DOI Heft:
No. 57 (December 1897)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18390#0235
Studio- Talk
bilities and intuitions of the nobler kind of souls, of those to whom painting is a pastime rather than
the foolish claim more of our sympathy. a profession. The interest of the exhibition un-
—- doubtedly centres in the screen on which is hung
Mrs. Traquair's work is not for the proletariat a seleetion of exquisite studies by Sir Edward
crowd, for the proletariat crowd have not got her Burne-Jones. Amongst these, the most interesting,,
artist's passion for pure and beautiful colour, nor because the least familiar, are two very distinguished
her reverence for, and delight in, pure and beautiful designs in gold for metal-work, which are dated
thought. It will, however, always appeal to the 1896. The assured dexterity of Mr. Albert Good-
simple-hearted everywhere, and to those whose win's water-colours, of which several examples are
culture has led them to discern, when they see it, the shown, is in acute and almost grotesque contrast to
true value of inspired work like this, wThich is lawT- the tentative technique of the pictures by which
less and unrestrained only because the artist has set they are surrounded. His Whitby is remarkable
before herself a higher aim than working to a con- for its elaborate detail and harmonious colour. Mr.
ventional standard. M. L. M. Fulleylove's drawings of the Bodleian Library and
the-library of Merton College are thoroughly work-
OXFORD.—The Oxford Art Society manlike, and their presence emphasises Mr. Walter
has just opened its annual exhibition Tyrwhitt's failure to achieve success in a representa-
in one of the rooms of the newMuni- tion of a Gothic interior, entitled The Knighfs Tomb.
cipal Buildings. If the majority of A design for a reredos for Holy Trinity Churchy
the exhibits deserve to be dismissed Florence, by Mr. R. Spencer Stanhope, is quite
as amateurish, they are at least free from the pre- agreeably decorative if not particularly original,
tentiousness which so often characterises the work -
Mr. T. F. M. Sheard
sends six pictures of un-
equal merit, and Mr. Carle-
ton Grant has several pic-
tures in which the pre-
dominant note is deep
bluish-purple. He so fre-
quently repeats this effect
that his work is open to the
charge of monotony. The
arrangement of a Japanese
doll, a green parasol, a yel-
low vase, and a blue and
white tea-pot, which Mrs.
Culmer entitles Japo?iica, is-
pleasantly fantastic. On
the other hand, Mrs. Dock-
ray's Azalea House and
Nature''s Mirrors have very
little to recommend them.
Mr. Briton Riviere's Pro-
metheus is an old friend,
Mr. G. Carline and Mr.
Harry Goodwin have each
several examples of their
capable work. It is inter-
esting to note that the
vigorous art of black-and-
white is on the whole well
represented at Oxford, and
mural decoration by mrs. traquair includes some careful archi-
(See Edinburgh Studio-Talk) tectural drawings, amongst
191
bilities and intuitions of the nobler kind of souls, of those to whom painting is a pastime rather than
the foolish claim more of our sympathy. a profession. The interest of the exhibition un-
—- doubtedly centres in the screen on which is hung
Mrs. Traquair's work is not for the proletariat a seleetion of exquisite studies by Sir Edward
crowd, for the proletariat crowd have not got her Burne-Jones. Amongst these, the most interesting,,
artist's passion for pure and beautiful colour, nor because the least familiar, are two very distinguished
her reverence for, and delight in, pure and beautiful designs in gold for metal-work, which are dated
thought. It will, however, always appeal to the 1896. The assured dexterity of Mr. Albert Good-
simple-hearted everywhere, and to those whose win's water-colours, of which several examples are
culture has led them to discern, when they see it, the shown, is in acute and almost grotesque contrast to
true value of inspired work like this, wThich is lawT- the tentative technique of the pictures by which
less and unrestrained only because the artist has set they are surrounded. His Whitby is remarkable
before herself a higher aim than working to a con- for its elaborate detail and harmonious colour. Mr.
ventional standard. M. L. M. Fulleylove's drawings of the Bodleian Library and
the-library of Merton College are thoroughly work-
OXFORD.—The Oxford Art Society manlike, and their presence emphasises Mr. Walter
has just opened its annual exhibition Tyrwhitt's failure to achieve success in a representa-
in one of the rooms of the newMuni- tion of a Gothic interior, entitled The Knighfs Tomb.
cipal Buildings. If the majority of A design for a reredos for Holy Trinity Churchy
the exhibits deserve to be dismissed Florence, by Mr. R. Spencer Stanhope, is quite
as amateurish, they are at least free from the pre- agreeably decorative if not particularly original,
tentiousness which so often characterises the work -
Mr. T. F. M. Sheard
sends six pictures of un-
equal merit, and Mr. Carle-
ton Grant has several pic-
tures in which the pre-
dominant note is deep
bluish-purple. He so fre-
quently repeats this effect
that his work is open to the
charge of monotony. The
arrangement of a Japanese
doll, a green parasol, a yel-
low vase, and a blue and
white tea-pot, which Mrs.
Culmer entitles Japo?iica, is-
pleasantly fantastic. On
the other hand, Mrs. Dock-
ray's Azalea House and
Nature''s Mirrors have very
little to recommend them.
Mr. Briton Riviere's Pro-
metheus is an old friend,
Mr. G. Carline and Mr.
Harry Goodwin have each
several examples of their
capable work. It is inter-
esting to note that the
vigorous art of black-and-
white is on the whole well
represented at Oxford, and
mural decoration by mrs. traquair includes some careful archi-
(See Edinburgh Studio-Talk) tectural drawings, amongst
191