Studio: international art (15.1899)

Awards in " The Studio" Prize Competitions

many of the numerous admirers of one of England's
greatest modern painters, not only on account of
the beautiful and well-selected series of illustrations
which accompany it, but for its value as a plain
and appreciative record of the man and his work.
The late Mr. Gleeson White, we are informed, is
responsible for some alteration of, and additions
to, the text of the first edition.

A magazine edited, and with the illustrations
designed, engraved, printed, and published by one
person, should be a novelty worthy the attention of
collectors even were it far less intrinsically interesting
than is The Page, Mr. Gordon Craig's pleasant little
monthly. People who have never seen or perhaps
even heard of it should write for a copy to " The
Sign of the Rose," Hackbridge, Surrey. The illus-
trations of this dainty small quarto in its brown-
paper wrapper are all cut on wood by its projector,
and if by the naivete of their technique they dis-
arm criticism, the feeling and genuine originality of
not a few compel not merely appreciation, but
expectation that one who has done eleven numbers
so well needs but more wide support to do still
better. An excellent coloured woodcut of d'Arta-
gnan, a Pierrot poster design in No. V., a portrait
(in colours) in No. IV., several book-plates in
No. VI., a frontispiece for Marguerite de Valois,
also in No. VI., with many others, are each worth
far more than the nominal price of the magazine.
Mr. Gordon Craig's art owes much to that of his
friend Mr. W. P. Nicholson; but if derived some-
what, it has its own expression, and in a picture of
a little boy, / Travel On, as well as in those already
mentioned, there is singular originality and charm.
Commencing with the first number of the New
Year the admirable little magazine becomes a
quarterly instead of a monthly as hitherto, and
each issue is to be limited to four hundred copies.
Success to The Page and its staff of one !

AWARDS IN "THE STUDIO"
PRIZE COMPETITIONS.
Design for Carpets.
(A XX. to XXIII.)
The publication of the awards in
these competitions is unavoidably postponed.

Sketch Design for a Stencil Frieze.
(A XXV.)

Among the designs sent in for this competition
there are several which would make excellent friezes,
but which are quite unsuited for stencil work. We
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are consequently unable to award them the honours
that they would have deserved under other cir-
cumstances.

The First Prize {Two guineas) is awarded to
Curlew (L. G. Bird, Royal Marine Barracks,
Chatham).

The Second Prize {One guinea) to Gorgonzola
(Mary Wilcock, 74 Redesdale Street, Chelsea, S.W.).

Honourable mention is given to the following :—
Abotogur (Stacy Aumonier, 24 Lambolle Road,
South Hampstead, N.W.); Clevelode (A. T. Griffith
Graham Lodge, Great Malvern); Boomerang
(Constance Lindley, 19 Craven Hill Gardens,
Hyde Park, W.); Pan (Fred. H. Ball, 189 Noel
Street, Nottingham); Penhallow (W. R. Bullmore,
20 Albion Terrace, Gay wood Road, King's Lynn);
and Scorcher (Harold Chas. Bareham, 160 Ash-
ville Road, Leytonstone, E.); the above are illus-
trated; Abracadabra (Harry Arden Churchill);
Alphonse (Edith Jones); Binnorie (M. Jameson);
Blackie (Miss G. M. Simmons); Bessie (B. H.
Smale); Cincinatus (Hilda T. Baker); Golfhill
(William N. Walker); Hopeful (Mabel M. Brun-
ton) ; Lino (Clifford J. Beese); Inverbrolhock (J. C.
Wyse); Mac (H. A. McMurray); and Wing (T.
Hothersall).

Design for the Decoration of Tea-Ware.
(A XXVI.)

The First Prize {Three guineas) is awarded to
Scorcher (John Schorfield, 5oHatcham Park Road,
New Cross, S.E.).

The Second Prize {Tivo guineas) to Antyx
(Ernest Griffin, 197 Ivydale Road, Nunhead, S.E.).

Honourable mention is given to the following :—
Buttercup (A. Mosedale, 15 Dickinson Street,
Manchester); Thistledown (Alexander B. Burgess,
77 Braeside Street, Glasgow); these two are pur-
chased; Anglo-Saxon (John Slater); Chris (Chris-
tine Gregory); Chef (A. Cooke); Bingo (Mary
Bailey); Abei-brothock (H. T. Wyse); Edward
(Laforet Antonio) ; Jason (John Thirtle); Martyne
(Alice Edith Ross); North Sea (Isobel McGregor);
Pan (F. H. Ball) ; P. Z. (George B. Spooner-
Lillington) ; Sauchet (A. G. Biggs); Veronica
(M. I. Hunt); and Yaprak (F. Mason-Cooke).

Illustration for "The Song of Solomon."
(B XXIII.)

The First Prize {One guinea) is awarded to
Red Feather (Margaret Thompson, 183 Hither
Green, S.E.).

The Second Prize {Haifa-guinea) to Pan (Fred.
H. Ball, 189 Noel Street, Nottingham).