DOI Heft:
No. 83 (February, 1900)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19784#0058
Studio-Talk
yet penetrated into official quarters. Thus Sir E. J.
Poynter, in his address to the students of the Royal
Academy, felt called upon to warn his listeners
against a dexterous display in brushwork, and it
was humorous to contrast his admonition with
the laboured and feeble brushwork encouraged in
the Academy schools. The President would have
employed his time to better purpose had he told
the students that most of them had yet to learn
the rudiments of painting, and that a serious lack
of strength had given an effeminate character to
much of their drawing.
There were some promising studies, however,
among the students' prize-work in painting. The
chief success was won by Mr. Fred. Appleyard,
who came out first in several competitions, winning
the Turner gold medal, a prize of ,£40 for a
lunette of Spring chasing away Winter, and other
honours besides. This versatile young artist gained
one of the first prizes offered by The Studio, and
it will be interesting to follow his career. He has
imagination, colour, acuteness of observation, and
a fine sense of decorative form and balance; his
technique is sometimes over-refined, but this weak-
ness will soon pass away under the influence of
decorative painting. The subject chosen for the
historical picture was Ladas, winner of the long
foot-race at Olympia, falling dead as he goes to
receive the crown of victory. It is a difficult
subject, and no competitor can be satisfied with
his efforts to make it impressive on canvas. The
winner of the gold medal, Mr. F. M. Bennett, is
too theatrical, but his picture is direct in workman-
ship, and sudden death is well suggested in the
figure of Ladas. From this subject we turn to the
one which tested the value of the teaching in
architecture. It was a school for 200 boys, and
some very good drawings were carefully studied
by the judges before the gold medal was finally
awarded to Mr. Charles Hide, together with a
travelling studentship of £,200.
Two months ago, when speaking of the Royal
Society of British Artists, attention was drawn here
to a good picture by Mr. Cayley Robinson, called
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yet penetrated into official quarters. Thus Sir E. J.
Poynter, in his address to the students of the Royal
Academy, felt called upon to warn his listeners
against a dexterous display in brushwork, and it
was humorous to contrast his admonition with
the laboured and feeble brushwork encouraged in
the Academy schools. The President would have
employed his time to better purpose had he told
the students that most of them had yet to learn
the rudiments of painting, and that a serious lack
of strength had given an effeminate character to
much of their drawing.
There were some promising studies, however,
among the students' prize-work in painting. The
chief success was won by Mr. Fred. Appleyard,
who came out first in several competitions, winning
the Turner gold medal, a prize of ,£40 for a
lunette of Spring chasing away Winter, and other
honours besides. This versatile young artist gained
one of the first prizes offered by The Studio, and
it will be interesting to follow his career. He has
imagination, colour, acuteness of observation, and
a fine sense of decorative form and balance; his
technique is sometimes over-refined, but this weak-
ness will soon pass away under the influence of
decorative painting. The subject chosen for the
historical picture was Ladas, winner of the long
foot-race at Olympia, falling dead as he goes to
receive the crown of victory. It is a difficult
subject, and no competitor can be satisfied with
his efforts to make it impressive on canvas. The
winner of the gold medal, Mr. F. M. Bennett, is
too theatrical, but his picture is direct in workman-
ship, and sudden death is well suggested in the
figure of Ladas. From this subject we turn to the
one which tested the value of the teaching in
architecture. It was a school for 200 boys, and
some very good drawings were carefully studied
by the judges before the gold medal was finally
awarded to Mr. Charles Hide, together with a
travelling studentship of £,200.
Two months ago, when speaking of the Royal
Society of British Artists, attention was drawn here
to a good picture by Mr. Cayley Robinson, called
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