DOI Heft:
No. 74 (May 1899)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19231#0298
Sittdio- Talk
For the colour scheme, the walls and ceiling are
dull neutral green, upon which the pilasters, arches-
of frieze, and frame of chimneypiece stand out in
a lighter tone of bronze blue-green. The shipping
and the deuizens of the sea are picked out with poly-
chromatic tints enriched with touches of silver and
gold, and the insides of the shells are silvered,
reflecting the electric lamps.
Mr. J. Hamilton Hay is perhaps the youngest of
our local painters, and one who has yet to be " dis-
covered." Nevertheless his modest little exhibition
should serve to impress his visitors—and they
ought to be numerous—with the refined quality of
his colour. Some of his Cornish scenes, especially,
display exceptionally good selective instinct. His
work demands fuller notice at some future time.
A strong attempt has, during the last few months,
been made to revive the Liverpool Academy,
founded in 1810 for the advancement of art by
the gratuitous instruction of art students, and by
the holding of exhibitions. William Roscoe was
its first treasurer, and amongst the earliest con-
tributors were P. De Winr, Chalon, Corbould,
Howard, Benjamin West, Westall, James Ward,
J. Varley, Stothard, and John Gibson.
Exhibitions were held from 1S20 to 1830 in the
Royal Institution, and afterwards in the galleries in
figure in the angles of the board room Old Post Office Place until 1862, when they were
by w. r. colton
walls, springing from a series
of pilasters, and fitly joining
the boldly treated chimney-
piece at the end of the room.
In the corners the pilasters
are set angle-wise, and are
continued up to the ceiling
by figures modelled in fuller
relief, carrying the electric
lamps. The centre of the
ceiling has also a group of
electric lamps, appearing like
pearls in the shells, which
are held by emblematical
figures, as seen in the illus-
trations. _
The general idea expressed
is that the commerce of the
world is drawn to this great
seaport by its capital and
enterprise. eecorated base to pilasters by w. r. colton
274
For the colour scheme, the walls and ceiling are
dull neutral green, upon which the pilasters, arches-
of frieze, and frame of chimneypiece stand out in
a lighter tone of bronze blue-green. The shipping
and the deuizens of the sea are picked out with poly-
chromatic tints enriched with touches of silver and
gold, and the insides of the shells are silvered,
reflecting the electric lamps.
Mr. J. Hamilton Hay is perhaps the youngest of
our local painters, and one who has yet to be " dis-
covered." Nevertheless his modest little exhibition
should serve to impress his visitors—and they
ought to be numerous—with the refined quality of
his colour. Some of his Cornish scenes, especially,
display exceptionally good selective instinct. His
work demands fuller notice at some future time.
A strong attempt has, during the last few months,
been made to revive the Liverpool Academy,
founded in 1810 for the advancement of art by
the gratuitous instruction of art students, and by
the holding of exhibitions. William Roscoe was
its first treasurer, and amongst the earliest con-
tributors were P. De Winr, Chalon, Corbould,
Howard, Benjamin West, Westall, James Ward,
J. Varley, Stothard, and John Gibson.
Exhibitions were held from 1S20 to 1830 in the
Royal Institution, and afterwards in the galleries in
figure in the angles of the board room Old Post Office Place until 1862, when they were
by w. r. colton
walls, springing from a series
of pilasters, and fitly joining
the boldly treated chimney-
piece at the end of the room.
In the corners the pilasters
are set angle-wise, and are
continued up to the ceiling
by figures modelled in fuller
relief, carrying the electric
lamps. The centre of the
ceiling has also a group of
electric lamps, appearing like
pearls in the shells, which
are held by emblematical
figures, as seen in the illus-
trations. _
The general idea expressed
is that the commerce of the
world is drawn to this great
seaport by its capital and
enterprise. eecorated base to pilasters by w. r. colton
274