Studio: international art (24.1902)

Studio- Talk

" A CARD PARTY "

advantage in reproduction, owing to the loss of
the colour values. A mirror back, by Miss Emily
Arthur, was good in treatment if somewhat
hackneyed in form. An encouraging beginning has
been made in the designing of book-covers, and
several of merit were exhibited. Another branch of
women's industry was fairly well represented in
the show of artistic needlework. Always a feature
of the School show, the quantity this year was less
chiefly owing to the fact that the International
Exhibition claimed the best efforts of some of the
ladies whose skilful execution and appropriate
design usually lend peculiar interest to the collec-
tion. The Banner presented by Glasgow to the
President of the British Association (Professor
Rucker) was the chief exhibit. It was worked in
applique linen, and was designed and embroidered
by Mrs. Newbery and Miss Ann Macbeth.

LIVERPOOL.—An exhibition of pictures
and applied art by a group of local
artists and craftsmen at the studio of
Mr. H. Bloomfield Bare surprised many
by its revelation of the progress made during a
comparatively short period by some of the younger
designers and craftsmen.

HY DOROTHY C. SMYTH

Oil painting and water-colour, mainly land-
scapes, were ably represented by Robert Fowler,
R.I., J. Hamilton Hay, Mary McCrossan, Ethel
Martin, R. E. Morrison, Marian Walker, and
Florence Cooban. Marian Walker's portraits and
studies in pastel and miniatures formed an attrac-
tive part of the collection.

A bronze bust ot the late Philip Rathbone, a
small bronze group, Rescued, and a few fine
medallions were exhibited by Charles J. Allen ;
and a charmingly delicate statuette, Eros, was
shown by G. Crosland McClure. Two low-relief
coloured plaster panels, The Briar Rose, by Alfred R.
Martin, and Spring, by Constance Read, showed
admirable composition and technical skill. Fredk.
V. Burridge, R.E., and J. Hamilton Hay contributed
etchings, and the Misses Dorothy and Agnes Hilton
displayed delicate pencil drawings, pen-and-ink
illustrations, and illuminations on vellum showing
remarkable ability.

A daintily executed series of colour prints, Days
of the Week, by Florence Laverock, a beautiful
coloured cartoon for silk embroidery, and several
excellent posters by Constance Read, all claimed
much attention. The versatility and skill of the

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