Studio: international art (15.1899)

Studio- Talk

to attention. It is treated effectively with a sound
idea of decorative effect, and with very judicious
sense of proportion in the relations of masses of
black and white. The symbolism of the details is
appropriate, and there is in the introduction of the
eagle a justifiable play on the name of the owner,
the Rev. Michael Adler. The other accessories

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are in keeping with the general motive and help to
complete a well-considered scheme.

Mr. G. Bridge has just completed a panel in
mosaic to the order of the Gaikwar of Baroda for
the State Museum—a single figure decoratively
treated in modern style, with the mosaics varied in

size to suit the different portions of the design.

The whole composition is one which reflects

great credit on the craftsman.

GLASGOW.—At the Fine Art Insti-
tute there has been held the annual
exhibition of " The Glasgow School
of Art Club," whose membership is
made up of past and present pupils
of the school of which Mr. F. H. Newbery is
principal. For at least seven years this annual
exhibition has been regarded as an event, by
reason of the boldness of its innovations and the
certainty of the appearance of some novelty, and
this year, while perhaps on the whole the work
may be regarded as broader and sounder, it does
not disappoint those who are looking for charac-
ter and individuality. The present students of
the school are perhaps more in evidence than
formerly, and much of the work has been ac-
complished under the supervision of Mr. John
Guthrie, recently appointed as director of the
Decorative Art Section. As might be expected,
the painters' art occupies most space, and much
of the work shown in these rooms seems to
promise a strong accession to the band of