DOI Heft:
No. 98 (May, 1901)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19787#0320
Studio- Talk
ber of ladies, including Mrs. Traquair, Miss
Cameron, and Miss Meg Wright, all of whom are
artists of distinct gifts. Considering Academic
tradition it is perhaps needless to say that no
woman was elected, but the fact that Mrs. Traquair
received only a small measure of support is eloquent
of the narrowness of ideal which cramps the minds
of many painters. Probably three out of four of
those voting had not taken the trouble to see the
mural decorations—that they were the work of a
lady was evidently enough for them—which have
earned Mrs. Traquair a great reputation among
those who have. The R. S. A. is to be com-
miserated upon having lost an opportunity of
showing that it is really interested in the arts.
J. L. C.
LIVERPOOL.—Many art lovers here are
depressed by the threatened dispersal at
an early date of the unique collection of
Japanese art gathered by the late Mr. J.L.
Bowes. During his lifetime his private museum
at Streatlam Towers was always generously
thrown open to public view. Besides the streams
of visitors on ordinary weekdays, many who rarely
are able to enjoy museums and art galleries were
BY SCHILLING AND GRAEENKR
permitted the pleasure of attending Sunday exhi-
bitions, which frequently were made extremely
interesting by the lucid descriptions given in the
most unassuming manner by the owner of these
treasures to groups of appreciative listeners, while
he unlocked the cases and handed around for
inspection some of his finest specimens.
The major part of a lifetime was devoted un-
ceasingly to the task of collecting, with unstinted
expenditure, every kind of specimen that would
best illustrate each branch of Japanese art—to
arranging, eliminating, adding, re-arranging, and
cataloguing, with proper grouping and in chrono-
logical order, by the aid and advice of many native
artists and experts, so that the collection achieved
the reputation of being one of the finest of the
kind in Europe.
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282
ber of ladies, including Mrs. Traquair, Miss
Cameron, and Miss Meg Wright, all of whom are
artists of distinct gifts. Considering Academic
tradition it is perhaps needless to say that no
woman was elected, but the fact that Mrs. Traquair
received only a small measure of support is eloquent
of the narrowness of ideal which cramps the minds
of many painters. Probably three out of four of
those voting had not taken the trouble to see the
mural decorations—that they were the work of a
lady was evidently enough for them—which have
earned Mrs. Traquair a great reputation among
those who have. The R. S. A. is to be com-
miserated upon having lost an opportunity of
showing that it is really interested in the arts.
J. L. C.
LIVERPOOL.—Many art lovers here are
depressed by the threatened dispersal at
an early date of the unique collection of
Japanese art gathered by the late Mr. J.L.
Bowes. During his lifetime his private museum
at Streatlam Towers was always generously
thrown open to public view. Besides the streams
of visitors on ordinary weekdays, many who rarely
are able to enjoy museums and art galleries were
BY SCHILLING AND GRAEENKR
permitted the pleasure of attending Sunday exhi-
bitions, which frequently were made extremely
interesting by the lucid descriptions given in the
most unassuming manner by the owner of these
treasures to groups of appreciative listeners, while
he unlocked the cases and handed around for
inspection some of his finest specimens.
The major part of a lifetime was devoted un-
ceasingly to the task of collecting, with unstinted
expenditure, every kind of specimen that would
best illustrate each branch of Japanese art—to
arranging, eliminating, adding, re-arranging, and
cataloguing, with proper grouping and in chrono-
logical order, by the aid and advice of many native
artists and experts, so that the collection achieved
the reputation of being one of the finest of the
kind in Europe.
GATE BY SCHILLING AND GRAEliNER
282