DOI Heft:
No. 89 (Aug. 1900)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19785#0212
Studio- Talk
observation. Altogether, the show was an excellent M. Helleu, had a considerable measure of in-
one and did the artist infinite credit. dividuality and independence.
In the same galleries and at the same time were The enamelled gold casket presented last month
to be seen some miniatures of dogs by Mrs. by the Lord Mayor to H.H. the Khedive is typical
Gertrude Massey, some oil paintings and pastel of the way in which money is wasted by our public
drawings by Mr. T. Austen Brown, and a series of bodies upon the production of work of a pseudo-
etchings by M. Edgar Chahine. Mrs. Massey's artistic character. A more glaring example of
miniatures were not only excellently handled and depraved design than this same casket can scarcely
delightful in colour, but they were also notable for be conceived. The Egyptian toy-sphinxes and
their wonderful expression of animal character. obelisks; the dome-like lid surmounted by a
They may fairly be said to be the best things of cushion and crown and flanked by Mohammedan
their class that have appeared of late years. Mr. minarets; the enamelled views of City buildings
Austen Brown's work was, as usual, thorough, inlet upon the sides of the box; all show by their
earnest, and sincere; and M. Chahine's etchings, treatment and juxtaposition a deplorable want of
though distinctly reminiscent of the elegances of knowledge in regard to the common principles of
ornament. What should we think
of a casket of Indian or Japanese
workmanship that mixed native or-
nament with the spire of Salisbury
Cathedral and the Arch of Titus ?
And yet to such a fearsome object
the Guildhall example is in every
way akin. Why, in the name of
common-sense, cannot commissions
of this nature be entrusted to
artists of ability who have made
the subject of metal-working and
enamelling a study, and whose pro-
ductions are artistically beautiful
and valuable, and a credit to the
age in which they live ?
The art gallery in the Woman's
Exhibition at Earl's Court is of no
little importance as a place where
the latest developments in feminine
conviction about aesthetic questions
are adequately illustrated. It pro-
vides what is perhaps the most
complete assertion of women's ac-
complishment in art that has as yet
been made in this country, and gives
exceptional opportunities for esti-
mating the value of the effort made
by what is called the weaker sex to
help in artistic undertakings. The
collection brought together includes
not only pictures and water-colours,
but also black-and-white drawings
for illustrations, pastels, etchings,
and designs of various kinds; and,
besides, a few examples of modelled
' the goose girl by bessie macnicol work are shown. A great deal
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observation. Altogether, the show was an excellent M. Helleu, had a considerable measure of in-
one and did the artist infinite credit. dividuality and independence.
In the same galleries and at the same time were The enamelled gold casket presented last month
to be seen some miniatures of dogs by Mrs. by the Lord Mayor to H.H. the Khedive is typical
Gertrude Massey, some oil paintings and pastel of the way in which money is wasted by our public
drawings by Mr. T. Austen Brown, and a series of bodies upon the production of work of a pseudo-
etchings by M. Edgar Chahine. Mrs. Massey's artistic character. A more glaring example of
miniatures were not only excellently handled and depraved design than this same casket can scarcely
delightful in colour, but they were also notable for be conceived. The Egyptian toy-sphinxes and
their wonderful expression of animal character. obelisks; the dome-like lid surmounted by a
They may fairly be said to be the best things of cushion and crown and flanked by Mohammedan
their class that have appeared of late years. Mr. minarets; the enamelled views of City buildings
Austen Brown's work was, as usual, thorough, inlet upon the sides of the box; all show by their
earnest, and sincere; and M. Chahine's etchings, treatment and juxtaposition a deplorable want of
though distinctly reminiscent of the elegances of knowledge in regard to the common principles of
ornament. What should we think
of a casket of Indian or Japanese
workmanship that mixed native or-
nament with the spire of Salisbury
Cathedral and the Arch of Titus ?
And yet to such a fearsome object
the Guildhall example is in every
way akin. Why, in the name of
common-sense, cannot commissions
of this nature be entrusted to
artists of ability who have made
the subject of metal-working and
enamelling a study, and whose pro-
ductions are artistically beautiful
and valuable, and a credit to the
age in which they live ?
The art gallery in the Woman's
Exhibition at Earl's Court is of no
little importance as a place where
the latest developments in feminine
conviction about aesthetic questions
are adequately illustrated. It pro-
vides what is perhaps the most
complete assertion of women's ac-
complishment in art that has as yet
been made in this country, and gives
exceptional opportunities for esti-
mating the value of the effort made
by what is called the weaker sex to
help in artistic undertakings. The
collection brought together includes
not only pictures and water-colours,
but also black-and-white drawings
for illustrations, pastels, etchings,
and designs of various kinds; and,
besides, a few examples of modelled
' the goose girl by bessie macnicol work are shown. A great deal
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