Studio: international art (24.1902)

Awards in " The Studio" Prize Competitions

ornaments printed in heliotrope and purple slate Class B. Pen-and-Ink Work.

colours. Design for a Motto.

The plate issued annually to its subscribers by ^ xi.)

the Art Union of London is this year an etching
by W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A., entitled Victoria Viclrix

This competition having failed to produce any-

-r , , , , thing even moderately good, the prizes will not

it commemorates the ever memorable day upon , , ,

, „ , , _ . , , be awarded,

the Solent, the ist February, 1901, when the

body of our late beloved Queen was conveyed Class q Photographs from Nature

from Cowes to Portsmouth on board the "Alberta,'
through the long lane of British war vessels. Mr
Wyllie has been highly successful in his rendering

A Portrait Study.
(C XIII.)

of the impressive, acute solemnity of the occasion, The FlRST Prizk (°"e Guinea) has been won
and his plate deserves to become popular throughout by Dtticieux Abandon (Pierre Dubreuil, 27 Rue
the Empire. d'Angleterre, Lille, France).

The series of coloured lithographs known as The Second Prize {Half-a-Guinea) by Wysdaei
The Fiizroy Pictuies, published by G. Bell & Sons, (J. Cruwys Richards, Wysdaei, Bournville).
of London, has been enriched by four new ones, Honourable Mention is given to the following
entitled The Months, designed by Mr. Heywood competitors :—Therese (A. Charrel) ; Betty Blue
Sumner. Upon each plate three months are repre- (Bessie Stanford); Hilda (W. E. Dowson); D Effort
sented by typical subjects, drawn in the broad (Leon Sneyers) ; Brock (George J. Carder) ; Zigo-
decorative spirit best suited to pictures intended vaux (Alfred Abrard); Banshee (E. T. Holding);
for the decoration of schoolroom walls. The low Aquarius (Agnes B. Warburg); Doubtful (Constance
price at which they are issued—ten shillings for the H. Ellis) ; Fifer (Harry P. Maiden); Nellie (Alfred
set of four prints—should ensure a large sale. W. Hill) ; Dria (Sybil Aird); Mac (John A.

The chromo-lithographic art studio of 24A, McMichael); Napsugdr (Z. de Szasz, Hungary) :
Gloucester Street, London, is producing some ex- Nature (Mrs. Caleb Keene); Dragon Fly (F. ]).
cellent work, and among its recent successes may Jamison); Ragnar (A. Schrhitt) ; Witch - Doctor
especially be cited a reproduction of the drawing (A. L. M. Bonn); Violeta (L. G. de Ossa); Argosy
of monkeys by Mori Sosen now in the British (Constance H. Ellis); Daub (Maud Shelley); and
Museum. This print is copied upon a large scale " IV" (A. E. Baumer).
suitable for framing, and
is published and sold by
the Art for Schools Asso-
ciation, 29, Queen Square,
London. The colours and
the many subtle qualities
of the original have been
superbly retained, and the
plate is in many respects a
quite notable and credit-
able performance.

AWARDS IN
"THE STU-
DIO" PRIZE
COMPETI-
TIONS.

Design for a Paddock
Fence and Gate.
(A XVI.)

The awards in this com-
petition will be published
next month. hon\ mention (comp. c xii) "aquarius"