DOI issue:
No. 72 (March 1899)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19231#0143
Studio- Talk
examples come from Mr. G. F. Watts, Mr. G. H. admirable. Miss Mabel Syson's printed silk hang-
Boughton, Mrs. Jopling, and Mr. Rothenstein; and ing is pleasant in colour, dark blueish-green on
some good drawings by Mr. Harold Speed, Mr. pale yellowy-green, and when broken by folds of
Melton Fisher, Mr. Whistler, and Mr. M. Bauer the material would have a decidedly rich effect.
help to raise the average of the collection. --
A very successful hanging cabinet, about three feet
LIVERPOOL. — The recent exhibition wide, in stained sycamore wood, designed and
held in connection with the distribu- executed by Edwin Jolliffe, commands attention,
tion of prizes at the School of Art, as also a panelled chest of stained oak decorated
Mount Street, afforded an oppor- with ivory gesso by the same student. The cabinet
tunity of noticing a satisfactory ad- here illustrated has a dark green ground, light warm
vance in the students' work during the last twelve green floral pattern with pale yellow flowers, and blue
months, more especially in the applied art section. " eyes " to the peacock's tail; the colours are well
The new head-master, Mr. Frederick V. Burridge, contrasted, and produce a rich effect under the
and his assistant master, Mr. R. R. Carter, have polished surface. R. Bonsey's stencilled landscape
in a comparatively brief period attracted a number is applied to the cove of the common room of the
of promising and capable students, and created a school. The plaster is prepared with flatted blush
new enthusiasm for design which had previously colour paling away to yellow at the top. W. A.
been scarcely recognised in this school. Martin's painted wall decoration, here illustrated,
- is a good study in colour of an incident from Morte
Miss Florence Cartwright has four clever plaques d'Arthur. _
representing the Elements, designed for under-
glaze painting, the colour treatment of which is A processional frieze, 18 feet long, for decoration
of a staircase, is an ambi-
tious composition by Wil-
J^^-ss^^^^^^^^ liam J. Medcalf, who is
jj^gSaSwMBM now working out the full-
jttjmSfr^ ^iiiSSjfcf. size cartoons, of one of
,jjj*|2P^ ^^^-;SX which a portion is here
j&ffitF >■ i illustrated. In book il-
jjter -A^p' " lustration there are three
/*'5jf JM^ »|\ decorative pages of "The
0/ TmCv Shepherd's Song," by Miss
0f£ \J», Alice Horton (see illus-
&jl 'GH\ tration, page 129). This
student also showed some
113 very clever designs for an
!Tif alphabet with original
B
UDAPEST.—
It is indeed a
noteworthy
fact that our
^/^^B . C &/'W so indifferent to the inte-
N^^^j^j^^^^^ " ^jjp^M^^ppp^r rests of art, should have no
V W'Jjr sively to the work of Hun-
...............-j^^ garian artists. One is the
show of the Society of de-
portrait sketch by philipp laszlo corative artists in their new
130
examples come from Mr. G. F. Watts, Mr. G. H. admirable. Miss Mabel Syson's printed silk hang-
Boughton, Mrs. Jopling, and Mr. Rothenstein; and ing is pleasant in colour, dark blueish-green on
some good drawings by Mr. Harold Speed, Mr. pale yellowy-green, and when broken by folds of
Melton Fisher, Mr. Whistler, and Mr. M. Bauer the material would have a decidedly rich effect.
help to raise the average of the collection. --
A very successful hanging cabinet, about three feet
LIVERPOOL. — The recent exhibition wide, in stained sycamore wood, designed and
held in connection with the distribu- executed by Edwin Jolliffe, commands attention,
tion of prizes at the School of Art, as also a panelled chest of stained oak decorated
Mount Street, afforded an oppor- with ivory gesso by the same student. The cabinet
tunity of noticing a satisfactory ad- here illustrated has a dark green ground, light warm
vance in the students' work during the last twelve green floral pattern with pale yellow flowers, and blue
months, more especially in the applied art section. " eyes " to the peacock's tail; the colours are well
The new head-master, Mr. Frederick V. Burridge, contrasted, and produce a rich effect under the
and his assistant master, Mr. R. R. Carter, have polished surface. R. Bonsey's stencilled landscape
in a comparatively brief period attracted a number is applied to the cove of the common room of the
of promising and capable students, and created a school. The plaster is prepared with flatted blush
new enthusiasm for design which had previously colour paling away to yellow at the top. W. A.
been scarcely recognised in this school. Martin's painted wall decoration, here illustrated,
- is a good study in colour of an incident from Morte
Miss Florence Cartwright has four clever plaques d'Arthur. _
representing the Elements, designed for under-
glaze painting, the colour treatment of which is A processional frieze, 18 feet long, for decoration
of a staircase, is an ambi-
tious composition by Wil-
J^^-ss^^^^^^^^ liam J. Medcalf, who is
jj^gSaSwMBM now working out the full-
jttjmSfr^ ^iiiSSjfcf. size cartoons, of one of
,jjj*|2P^ ^^^-;SX which a portion is here
j&ffitF >■ i illustrated. In book il-
jjter -A^p' " lustration there are three
/*'5jf JM^ »|\ decorative pages of "The
0/ TmCv Shepherd's Song," by Miss
0f£ \J», Alice Horton (see illus-
&jl 'GH\ tration, page 129). This
student also showed some
113 very clever designs for an
!Tif alphabet with original
B
UDAPEST.—
It is indeed a
noteworthy
fact that our
^/^^B . C &/'W so indifferent to the inte-
N^^^j^j^^^^^ " ^jjp^M^^ppp^r rests of art, should have no
V W'Jjr sively to the work of Hun-
...............-j^^ garian artists. One is the
show of the Society of de-
portrait sketch by philipp laszlo corative artists in their new
130