DOI Heft:
No. 110 (May, 1902)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19875#0303
Studio- Talk
Mr. Campbell Mitchell, and Mr. Mackie are, in ticularly as regards design, was also evident,
their several ways, conspicuous. Few West- Enamels were a new feature, Mrs. Traquair and
country painters, unconnected with the Academy, Lady Gibson Carmichael showing some interesting
have sent, and none of them, except Messrs. John work. J. L. C.
and Morris Henderson, and George Pirie, are
adequately represented. "I ERLIN.—Jacob Alberts may be reckoned
B
amongst those artists who have struggled
Although Sir Noel Paton's art was completely B 1 on heroically, making their own art, not
out of touch with the ideals of contemporary caring whether they were designated
Scottish painting, and his work was finished ten or modern painters, impressionists, or whether their
fifteen years ago, his death at Christmas - time work was given any of the numerous appella-
removed the most conspicuous figure from tions applied nowadays to painting, paying no heed
amongst resident Scottish artists. In the Academy's to public opinion, but working on steadily with
exhibition he is represented by three oil pictures sincerity and earnestness for art's sake alone,
in his earlier style. None of them is large, but the Born on the Schleswig coast in i860, Alberts was
Lutherof 1861 is one of his finest works, and the originally intended for the Church, but following
Lullaby, of the following year, and / wonder who his own inclinations, he soon turned his attention
lived in there are, in different ways, characteristic to art, joining the Diisseldorf Academy when he
of his talent. These are supplemented by a was twenty-one years of age. From there he went
number of beautiful draw-
ings, but the special ex-
hibition at Messrs. Dott's
gallery gave a far fuller
survey of his tendencies.
A few weeks ago the
Edinburgh Arts and Crafts
Club held an exhibition in
its studios near the Dean
Bridge. Although the Club
consists, for the most part,
of amateurs interested in
the decorative arts, a num-
ber of its members possess
considerable talent, and a
few.distinct gifts, and in the
two years that have elapsed
since its last show the
workers as a whole have
made appreciable progress.
Amateur a considerable
proportion of the exhibits
are almost bound to be,
and, in the metal-work
especially, greater refine-
ment and precision of hand-
ling is much to be desired ;
but, compared with previous
exhibitions, the technique ' 4fV ' \ '<■; - / ,'j / . -XV'>»
in such crafts as bookbind- 7" :)/A \/, A ' W: " VvU^WUk
ing and woodcarving, em- <J
broidery and lacemaking,
showed distinct advance,
while greater initiative, par- "a hallig islander" by j. Alberts
288
Mr. Campbell Mitchell, and Mr. Mackie are, in ticularly as regards design, was also evident,
their several ways, conspicuous. Few West- Enamels were a new feature, Mrs. Traquair and
country painters, unconnected with the Academy, Lady Gibson Carmichael showing some interesting
have sent, and none of them, except Messrs. John work. J. L. C.
and Morris Henderson, and George Pirie, are
adequately represented. "I ERLIN.—Jacob Alberts may be reckoned
B
amongst those artists who have struggled
Although Sir Noel Paton's art was completely B 1 on heroically, making their own art, not
out of touch with the ideals of contemporary caring whether they were designated
Scottish painting, and his work was finished ten or modern painters, impressionists, or whether their
fifteen years ago, his death at Christmas - time work was given any of the numerous appella-
removed the most conspicuous figure from tions applied nowadays to painting, paying no heed
amongst resident Scottish artists. In the Academy's to public opinion, but working on steadily with
exhibition he is represented by three oil pictures sincerity and earnestness for art's sake alone,
in his earlier style. None of them is large, but the Born on the Schleswig coast in i860, Alberts was
Lutherof 1861 is one of his finest works, and the originally intended for the Church, but following
Lullaby, of the following year, and / wonder who his own inclinations, he soon turned his attention
lived in there are, in different ways, characteristic to art, joining the Diisseldorf Academy when he
of his talent. These are supplemented by a was twenty-one years of age. From there he went
number of beautiful draw-
ings, but the special ex-
hibition at Messrs. Dott's
gallery gave a far fuller
survey of his tendencies.
A few weeks ago the
Edinburgh Arts and Crafts
Club held an exhibition in
its studios near the Dean
Bridge. Although the Club
consists, for the most part,
of amateurs interested in
the decorative arts, a num-
ber of its members possess
considerable talent, and a
few.distinct gifts, and in the
two years that have elapsed
since its last show the
workers as a whole have
made appreciable progress.
Amateur a considerable
proportion of the exhibits
are almost bound to be,
and, in the metal-work
especially, greater refine-
ment and precision of hand-
ling is much to be desired ;
but, compared with previous
exhibitions, the technique ' 4fV ' \ '<■; - / ,'j / . -XV'>»
in such crafts as bookbind- 7" :)/A \/, A ' W: " VvU^WUk
ing and woodcarving, em- <J
broidery and lacemaking,
showed distinct advance,
while greater initiative, par- "a hallig islander" by j. Alberts
288