Studio: international art (8.1896)

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which were those executed in pastel, a
medium in which she has long excelled.
Mr. Havell was represented by land-
scapes and figure subjects, the results
of a long stay in Capri, Venice, and
other parts of Italy.

There are not many South Kensing-
ton students who make a reputation as
designers before they complete their
course in the Schools. But the name
of Leon V. Solon, although he has
ceased to be a student but a few
months, attached to work of consider-
able promise, has frequently appeared
in The Studio. It is interesting in
such a case to see the practical outcome
of the experiments which belong to the
days of pupilage. And now that he is
associated with Messrs. Minton, a firm
with whom his father has been so long
U llxml connected, it is pleasant to see that the

master of pdte-sur-pdte has a worthy
successor in other branches of applied
art. The tile-designs which we are
W^1! - jP|!l I permitted to illustrate, deprived of their
colour must needs lose much of their
true effect, yet the plan and arrange-
ment of their decoration is good and
fresh. The manner in which the natu-
I^OTlroillllW ralistic detail of the lilies is subordi-

nated to architectural lines, and the
harmonious convention in the other
panels of flowers, reveal a distinctly
accomplished mastery of the material.

One can but hope that the ordinary

TILES DESIGNED BY LEON V. SOLON MANUFACTURED BY MESSRS. MINTON

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