Studio: international art (21.1901)

Studio- Talk

have been struck by their geniality and by their seen at once that his comic beasts are truly comic,

boyishness of spirit. Now these two qualities, and that they have plenty of character and

boyishness and geniality, may justly be looked upon abundant movement. Mr. Parnell did some good

as the keynote of England's graphic humour during work for Mr. Harry Furniss's papers, " The New

the last fifty years. The survival of the boy in Budget " and " Lika Joko," and he has drawn pretty

Leech and in Doyle, in Caldecott and in Keene, has frequently of late for " Little Folks."

often been pointed out ; and among their sue- __

cessors, almost without exception, the same quality

, , ,. , ,, , The Central School of Arts and Crafts, Regent

is conspicuous and delightful. . . .

Street, was established by the 1 echmcal Education

— Board of the London County Council for the

To-day, as examples of a form of humour that is benefit of workers in artistic trades. It was opened
typically English, we reproduce some new and in November, 1896, and great expectations were
amusing sketches by Mr. R. Parnell, a brother of instantly raised by its admirably-chosen staff of
Mrs. Farmiloe, and a young artist who has much teachers and lecturers. That these expectations
in common with Mr. J. A. Shepherd. It will be were justified was made evident by the first ex-
hibition of students' work, a
criticism of which appeared in
The Studio in October,
1898; and no effort has been
spared since then to make
the system of training more effi-
cient and more attractive. But
every art school, however wisely
conducted, has ups and downs
of fortune. Its directors cannot
expect to show regularly year by
year that the standard of merit
in every class has not been
lowered, either by the new recruits
by onslow whiting or by the loss of clever old students.