DOI issue:
No. 63 (June, 1898)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21969#0072
Studio-Talk
Ethel is excellent as a technical study; Mr. Mel-
ton Fisher’s In Realms of Fancy is clever in brush-
work, and not without a certain decorative charm
of arrangement; and Mr. H. J. Draper’s Lament
for Icarus is as good an example of the regular
Academic convention as the exhibition contains.
The fifth purchase, Mr. A. Glendening’s Haymak-
ing, is a water-colour drawing with rather remark-
able qualities of handling and colour, and is in some
respects the best selection of the lot.
In continuation of their series of exhibitions of
work by notable illustrators and black-and-white
draughtsmen, the Fine Art Society lately arranged
at their galleries in New Bond Street a fascinating
show of drawings by Caran d’Ache, a collection
which represents this extraordinary artist quite
adequately and completely. His inexhaustible
imagination, his amazing power of expression, and
his delightful sense of humour and character, were
thoroughly displayed in a really important gather-
ing; and, in addition to his comic designs, a
number of more serious productions, revealing the
highest type of artistic intelligence, were included.
Much of what he does is caricature with a political
significance, but he also draws military subjects
with immense vivacity, and he has a great com-
mand of decorative line. The posters he designed
for the exhibition may be taken as typical of his
methods. Their humour is unquestionable and
their artistic fitness is quite admirable.
The publication in these pages of Mr. Josiah
Conder’s series of articles upon Japanese Flower
Arrangement has aroused widespread interest in
the subject, and in response to numerous requests
for additional examples of this
fascinating art, we have commis-
sioned a recognised expert, Mr.
Kajima, to supply us from time to
time with arrangements, after the
Japanese manner, of common
flowers and plants. The two
examples here given consist re-
spectively of iris and flowering
currant (Rides). The latter is a
nine-line arrangement, and it will
be observed that, following an
almost invariable rule, the upper
extremity of the central line of
each composition returns, in spite
of a pronounced curve, to a point
exactly vertical over its base. The
iris composition is held fast in its
blue and white bowl by a specially
prepared piece of twisted lead,
while the perpendicular position of
the flowering currant is secured by
means of a pronged twig inserted
in the narrow well of the bronze
vase. In each case the supports
are hidden from view by pebbles.
IVERPOOL. — At the
Royal Institution a
small exhibition of
competitions in wood-
carving, metal-work,
marqueterie, embroideries and
leather-work, brought together a
few good examples of design in
each class. The wood-carving for
«MSR5538S^SSES38I2^3;
(arbn®Ache's _
i4&weto Bwts ^iRggr*
POSTER
BY CARAN D’ACHE
L
56
Ethel is excellent as a technical study; Mr. Mel-
ton Fisher’s In Realms of Fancy is clever in brush-
work, and not without a certain decorative charm
of arrangement; and Mr. H. J. Draper’s Lament
for Icarus is as good an example of the regular
Academic convention as the exhibition contains.
The fifth purchase, Mr. A. Glendening’s Haymak-
ing, is a water-colour drawing with rather remark-
able qualities of handling and colour, and is in some
respects the best selection of the lot.
In continuation of their series of exhibitions of
work by notable illustrators and black-and-white
draughtsmen, the Fine Art Society lately arranged
at their galleries in New Bond Street a fascinating
show of drawings by Caran d’Ache, a collection
which represents this extraordinary artist quite
adequately and completely. His inexhaustible
imagination, his amazing power of expression, and
his delightful sense of humour and character, were
thoroughly displayed in a really important gather-
ing; and, in addition to his comic designs, a
number of more serious productions, revealing the
highest type of artistic intelligence, were included.
Much of what he does is caricature with a political
significance, but he also draws military subjects
with immense vivacity, and he has a great com-
mand of decorative line. The posters he designed
for the exhibition may be taken as typical of his
methods. Their humour is unquestionable and
their artistic fitness is quite admirable.
The publication in these pages of Mr. Josiah
Conder’s series of articles upon Japanese Flower
Arrangement has aroused widespread interest in
the subject, and in response to numerous requests
for additional examples of this
fascinating art, we have commis-
sioned a recognised expert, Mr.
Kajima, to supply us from time to
time with arrangements, after the
Japanese manner, of common
flowers and plants. The two
examples here given consist re-
spectively of iris and flowering
currant (Rides). The latter is a
nine-line arrangement, and it will
be observed that, following an
almost invariable rule, the upper
extremity of the central line of
each composition returns, in spite
of a pronounced curve, to a point
exactly vertical over its base. The
iris composition is held fast in its
blue and white bowl by a specially
prepared piece of twisted lead,
while the perpendicular position of
the flowering currant is secured by
means of a pronged twig inserted
in the narrow well of the bronze
vase. In each case the supports
are hidden from view by pebbles.
IVERPOOL. — At the
Royal Institution a
small exhibition of
competitions in wood-
carving, metal-work,
marqueterie, embroideries and
leather-work, brought together a
few good examples of design in
each class. The wood-carving for
«MSR5538S^SSES38I2^3;
(arbn®Ache's _
i4&weto Bwts ^iRggr*
POSTER
BY CARAN D’ACHE
L
56