DOI Heft:
Nr. 44 (November 1896)
DOI Artikel:The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1896 (second notice)
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0133
The Arts
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DESIGN'S FOR A PACK OF CARDS BY R. AWING BELL
Anning Bell imparts to his most graceful creations.
The detail of the costumes and of the accessories
is certainly delightful, the flowers are as charming
and as new as anything he has done; but yet one
cannot help feeling that the said "swags" are
unduly prominent in the section shown. It is
quite possible that in the completed frieze this
detail would not merely fall into its proper place,
but prove to be the connecting link which brought
the whole procession into unity. For it is always
safe to give the benefit of the doubt to the designer,
who sees in imagination the effect of the whole,
whereas a spectator can be impressed only by the
fragment before him, and may be incapable of
supplying the missing parts even in fancy, and so
escape entirely the aim of the artist's work.
and Crafts
A beautiful panel in coloured relief, The Cup
of Water (page 124), is the final contribution by Mr.
R. Anning Bell to the present Exhibition. Grace-
ful in design, accomplished in its modelling, and
singularly harmonious in colour, it is a worthy suc-
cessor to the series of similar works which did
more to establish his fame among artists than any
other of the many objects which he has produced.
For few things owe so little to their predecessors as
this delightful coloured relief, based upon fine early
Italian work. They have copied nothing, but re-
embodied new motives and new ideas as freshly as
Delia Robbia and the rest expressed their fancies
without reference to previous work. It is with
genuine pleasure that one finds Mr. R. Anning Bell,
the popular and widely known craftsman, is as
DESIGN'S FOR A PACK OF CARDS BY R. ANNING BELL
121
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DESIGN'S FOR A PACK OF CARDS BY R. AWING BELL
Anning Bell imparts to his most graceful creations.
The detail of the costumes and of the accessories
is certainly delightful, the flowers are as charming
and as new as anything he has done; but yet one
cannot help feeling that the said "swags" are
unduly prominent in the section shown. It is
quite possible that in the completed frieze this
detail would not merely fall into its proper place,
but prove to be the connecting link which brought
the whole procession into unity. For it is always
safe to give the benefit of the doubt to the designer,
who sees in imagination the effect of the whole,
whereas a spectator can be impressed only by the
fragment before him, and may be incapable of
supplying the missing parts even in fancy, and so
escape entirely the aim of the artist's work.
and Crafts
A beautiful panel in coloured relief, The Cup
of Water (page 124), is the final contribution by Mr.
R. Anning Bell to the present Exhibition. Grace-
ful in design, accomplished in its modelling, and
singularly harmonious in colour, it is a worthy suc-
cessor to the series of similar works which did
more to establish his fame among artists than any
other of the many objects which he has produced.
For few things owe so little to their predecessors as
this delightful coloured relief, based upon fine early
Italian work. They have copied nothing, but re-
embodied new motives and new ideas as freshly as
Delia Robbia and the rest expressed their fancies
without reference to previous work. It is with
genuine pleasure that one finds Mr. R. Anning Bell,
the popular and widely known craftsman, is as
DESIGN'S FOR A PACK OF CARDS BY R. ANNING BELL
121