DOI Heft:
No. 39 (June, 1896)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17297#0060
Studio- Talk
COPPER PLAQUE BY J. D. MACKENZIE
IRMINGHAM.—The permanent col-
lections of the Corporation Art Gallery
have recently been enriched by the gift
of three important pictures. One is an
exceedingly fine specimen of the little-
known work of Thomas Baker, of Leamington, a
Midland artist whose landscapes were popular dur-
ing the first half of the present century, but which are
rarely met with nowadays. The one given to Bir-
mingham by Mr. J. C Holder is in a fine state of
preservation, and exhibits all the minute and loving
care this painter lavished upon the delineation of
Warwickshire scenery. The second picture, pre-
sented by Mr. George Myers, is a large work by
Miss Flora M. Reid, called The First Communion,
painted in her strongest and boldest manner, a
subject which appeals to the majority of people
who visit a free institution such as the Birmingham
Gallery. The third, of which an illustration is
The explanation of this is Mr. J. D. Mackenzie, given here, comes from the subscribers to the
I had intended enlarging this explanation some- Society for the Preservation of Pictorial Re-
what, but I don't see the use. Mr. Mackenzie is cords of Ancient Works of Art. It is a water-
an artist with great charm and facility of design, colour drawing of Rouen Cathedral from the South-
kept constantly flowing by his desire to help on East, by Mr. T. M. Rooke, A.R.W.S., and is one
the industry or craft, or whatever it may be called, of a series which the Society is presenting to Bir-
Consequently, for all artistic purposes, Mr. J. D. mingham, because our Art Gallery can boast of a
Mackenzie represents the metal class at Newlyn. larger attendance of visitors week by week than
With the aid of his assistant, Mr. Hodder, four large any similar institution in the country. This series
copper plaques have been
executed for the front of
the Newlyn Art Gallery,
representing earth, air, fire,
and water. These plaques
were beaten on lead by Mr.
Hodder, according to the
system pursued by Pearson.
They are exceedingly effec-
tive now, and we expect that
when the weather covers
them with a tone of green
they will be even more
pleasant. _
You can imagine many
objects for which this kind
of work would be very suit-
able, for the beautifying of
homes externally. But
there, I don't want to hang
upon my shoulders the sin
of suggesting villas stuck all
over with cheap machine-
made copper plaques !
N. G. COPPER PLAQUE FOR THE NEWLYN ART GALLERY BY J. D. MACKENZIE
45
COPPER PLAQUE BY J. D. MACKENZIE
IRMINGHAM.—The permanent col-
lections of the Corporation Art Gallery
have recently been enriched by the gift
of three important pictures. One is an
exceedingly fine specimen of the little-
known work of Thomas Baker, of Leamington, a
Midland artist whose landscapes were popular dur-
ing the first half of the present century, but which are
rarely met with nowadays. The one given to Bir-
mingham by Mr. J. C Holder is in a fine state of
preservation, and exhibits all the minute and loving
care this painter lavished upon the delineation of
Warwickshire scenery. The second picture, pre-
sented by Mr. George Myers, is a large work by
Miss Flora M. Reid, called The First Communion,
painted in her strongest and boldest manner, a
subject which appeals to the majority of people
who visit a free institution such as the Birmingham
Gallery. The third, of which an illustration is
The explanation of this is Mr. J. D. Mackenzie, given here, comes from the subscribers to the
I had intended enlarging this explanation some- Society for the Preservation of Pictorial Re-
what, but I don't see the use. Mr. Mackenzie is cords of Ancient Works of Art. It is a water-
an artist with great charm and facility of design, colour drawing of Rouen Cathedral from the South-
kept constantly flowing by his desire to help on East, by Mr. T. M. Rooke, A.R.W.S., and is one
the industry or craft, or whatever it may be called, of a series which the Society is presenting to Bir-
Consequently, for all artistic purposes, Mr. J. D. mingham, because our Art Gallery can boast of a
Mackenzie represents the metal class at Newlyn. larger attendance of visitors week by week than
With the aid of his assistant, Mr. Hodder, four large any similar institution in the country. This series
copper plaques have been
executed for the front of
the Newlyn Art Gallery,
representing earth, air, fire,
and water. These plaques
were beaten on lead by Mr.
Hodder, according to the
system pursued by Pearson.
They are exceedingly effec-
tive now, and we expect that
when the weather covers
them with a tone of green
they will be even more
pleasant. _
You can imagine many
objects for which this kind
of work would be very suit-
able, for the beautifying of
homes externally. But
there, I don't want to hang
upon my shoulders the sin
of suggesting villas stuck all
over with cheap machine-
made copper plaques !
N. G. COPPER PLAQUE FOR THE NEWLYN ART GALLERY BY J. D. MACKENZIE
45