DOI issue:
No. 89 (Aug. 1900)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19785#0228
Studio- Talk
The metal-workers have reproduced some ad- 1 ""V HILADELPHIA. — With the view of
ironwork under Mr. J. Piatt, and in beaten copper- 1 during the day on work from which
work under Mr. R. LI. B. Rathbone. In both they derive their necessary sustenance
branches a high quality of design is well maintained. an opportunity of developing their creative powers
There are promising signs of vigour also in the and originality of conception, the Unity Art
stained and leaded glass designed and executed by Club of Philadelphia was organised in the year
the students, but the wood-carving and furniture 1889 by a group of students just graduated from
construction classes remain in a more elemental some of the Industrial Art Schools. At present
stage. the Club has two large ateliers that communicate,
- one of which is used for the purposes of a
night life drawing and modelling class; the
Some additional illustrations of works shown at other for a library and meeting room and by
this exhibition will appear in the next number of those engaged in draughting designs. The walls
The Studio. have been decorated by the members themselves,
H. B. B. and are made interesting by numerous plaster-
casts of their own work
and by studies from the
nude and draped figure in
oil, water-colour, and black
and white.
There are features in
the practical management
of the Club which dis-
tinguish it from any other.
No strict rules are observed
as to hours of work, every
member having keys to the
ateliers and being at liberty
to come and go at any
time he likes. There are,
however, regular classes in
modelling and drawing
from the nude and draped
figure three nights in the
week throughout the year,
except during June, July,
and August.
BOOK ILLUSTRATION BY GERTRUDE A. WILLIAMS
(See Liverpool Studio- Talk)
196
From time to time
subjects of original design
are proposed to be worked
out in clay and repro-
duced in plaster or metal.
Most of the members
have interesting results
to show of this kind of
experiment ; but while
those who have the time
are expected to carry
out work of this kind
it is not regarded as
compulsory, for it often
The metal-workers have reproduced some ad- 1 ""V HILADELPHIA. — With the view of
ironwork under Mr. J. Piatt, and in beaten copper- 1 during the day on work from which
work under Mr. R. LI. B. Rathbone. In both they derive their necessary sustenance
branches a high quality of design is well maintained. an opportunity of developing their creative powers
There are promising signs of vigour also in the and originality of conception, the Unity Art
stained and leaded glass designed and executed by Club of Philadelphia was organised in the year
the students, but the wood-carving and furniture 1889 by a group of students just graduated from
construction classes remain in a more elemental some of the Industrial Art Schools. At present
stage. the Club has two large ateliers that communicate,
- one of which is used for the purposes of a
night life drawing and modelling class; the
Some additional illustrations of works shown at other for a library and meeting room and by
this exhibition will appear in the next number of those engaged in draughting designs. The walls
The Studio. have been decorated by the members themselves,
H. B. B. and are made interesting by numerous plaster-
casts of their own work
and by studies from the
nude and draped figure in
oil, water-colour, and black
and white.
There are features in
the practical management
of the Club which dis-
tinguish it from any other.
No strict rules are observed
as to hours of work, every
member having keys to the
ateliers and being at liberty
to come and go at any
time he likes. There are,
however, regular classes in
modelling and drawing
from the nude and draped
figure three nights in the
week throughout the year,
except during June, July,
and August.
BOOK ILLUSTRATION BY GERTRUDE A. WILLIAMS
(See Liverpool Studio- Talk)
196
From time to time
subjects of original design
are proposed to be worked
out in clay and repro-
duced in plaster or metal.
Most of the members
have interesting results
to show of this kind of
experiment ; but while
those who have the time
are expected to carry
out work of this kind
it is not regarded as
compulsory, for it often