Studio: international art (23.1901)

Studio- Talk

OAK CABINET WITH RELIEF PANEL AND FIGURES BY GILBERT BAYES

(See Birmingham Studio-Talk)

desirable for its appropriate
decoration.

C. W.

SWITZERLAND.—The
" Exposition Muni-
i cipale des Beaux-
Arts " at Geneva was
of interest from more than one
point of view. The seven-
teenth annual Exhibition of
the kind, it was the first in
which the artists themselves
had a free hand as far as
organisation is concerned. The
happy result of this was a
once evident in the arrange-
ment and decoration of the
rooms and the admirable way in
which the pictures were hung.

collective work of local centres or
the products of individuals. The
Guild has probably been well ad-
vised not to offer prizes, but with
the object of stimulating a spirit
of friendly rivalry between different
places the local centre presenting
the best general quality of work
will hold a shield for the year.
Individuals are to be encouraged
by cards of merit, a first-class award
three years in succession qualifying
for the Guild's Silver Medal. The
carefully planned series of " con-
siderations " which will determine
the awards should exert a bene-
ficial influence upon the develop-
ment of handicraft in Northumber-
land. While desiring to encourage
original design, the Guild for
the present attaches equal im-
portance to the appropriate ap-
plication of design in the decora-
tion of a given object. As soon
as some degree of skill, it is sug-
gested, has been acquired in the
use of tools, the first considera-
tion should be the object to
be ornamented; secondly, the
kind and amount of ornament
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•JEUNE FEMME BY MAURICE REYMOXD