Studio: international art (15.1899)

Studio- Talk

by george morris

oil painting seems in conflict with the ruder craft
that makes the chest itself a really notable object.
But while criticising this portion, one has only
praise for the admirably effective use of simple
materials in ways that are both structurally

correct and logically deco-
rative. If the people who
paint milking stools and
the rest as badly as the
average amateur (or even
as well as Mr. Hughes
Stanton has painted the
debatable angels on this
chest) would leave the brush
and take up a hammer and
a cold chisel to fashion
pleasant bits of craft, then
indeed should we feel grate-
ful. It is wholly encourag-
ing to find a painter, recog-

book-cover

designed and executed by george fisher

nised at home and abroad, setting aside for the
moment his own craft and using the knowledge
he has acquired for lowlier purposes.

On the occasion of the visit last year of Prince
Arisugawa of Japan to this country in connection
with the Jubilee festivities, an address of welcome
book-cover, designed by d. b. cockereli. was presented to his Royal Highness by the

executed by f. h. lloyd members of the Japan Society. The address has

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