DOI Heft:
No. 113 (August, 1902)
DOI Artikel:Watson, Walter R.: Miss Jessie M. King and her work
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19876#0189
Jessie M. King
M
ISS JESSIE M. KING AND
HER WORK. BY WALTER R.
WATSON.
his own essays, learning through failures how to the decoration of the covers of books which have
produce satisfactory results. given them that added value which true art ever
Edward Ertz. gives where beauty is coupled with utility. Miss
King is a pure product of what may be called the
Glasgow School of Decorative Art. Her education
has been received entirely at the School of Art of
that city, and her personality conjoined with her
environment are responsible alone for the work
that she produces. Her evolution is a matter of
" Books are the best friends man can commune some interest. From the art school point of view,
with." So says an old writer, and though the state- as popularly understood, she was an unsuccessful
ment sums up the influence of the words upon the student. For her, courses of study had no mean-
life and manners of men, there is also another ing, examinations failed to produce anything but
appeal which a book can make, namely, one arising failure, and her opinion of the examiners in the
from its treatment as an artistic product, whether National Competition was not enhanced by the fact
by printer, illustrator, or
binder. The written
matter contained in a < ^
book, however beautiful
its periods, however deep
its teaching, can yet have
an added appeal in its
presentment as a work
of art, whether through its
binding or in the illustra-
tions that adorn its pages.
Many a literary work,
worthless though its pages
may be, finds a place in a
museum or in a library
solely because it is en-
shrined in a covering that
makes an artistic appeal
to the sense of sight, and
numerous examples may
be cited where a book
would have failed to attract
public attention were it
not that its pages are ex-'
plained and illumined by
the drawings of the artist
called in to aid the writer
in the expression of his
thoughts. And in the
subject of this article,
Miss Jessie M. King, we
have an artist who has
acted in a dual capacity.
She has not only illus-
trated the meaning of
prose and poetry by her
conception of the thoughts
of the poet or author, but
has produced designs for portrait ok miss jessie king by m. f. rowat
T77
M
ISS JESSIE M. KING AND
HER WORK. BY WALTER R.
WATSON.
his own essays, learning through failures how to the decoration of the covers of books which have
produce satisfactory results. given them that added value which true art ever
Edward Ertz. gives where beauty is coupled with utility. Miss
King is a pure product of what may be called the
Glasgow School of Decorative Art. Her education
has been received entirely at the School of Art of
that city, and her personality conjoined with her
environment are responsible alone for the work
that she produces. Her evolution is a matter of
" Books are the best friends man can commune some interest. From the art school point of view,
with." So says an old writer, and though the state- as popularly understood, she was an unsuccessful
ment sums up the influence of the words upon the student. For her, courses of study had no mean-
life and manners of men, there is also another ing, examinations failed to produce anything but
appeal which a book can make, namely, one arising failure, and her opinion of the examiners in the
from its treatment as an artistic product, whether National Competition was not enhanced by the fact
by printer, illustrator, or
binder. The written
matter contained in a < ^
book, however beautiful
its periods, however deep
its teaching, can yet have
an added appeal in its
presentment as a work
of art, whether through its
binding or in the illustra-
tions that adorn its pages.
Many a literary work,
worthless though its pages
may be, finds a place in a
museum or in a library
solely because it is en-
shrined in a covering that
makes an artistic appeal
to the sense of sight, and
numerous examples may
be cited where a book
would have failed to attract
public attention were it
not that its pages are ex-'
plained and illumined by
the drawings of the artist
called in to aid the writer
in the expression of his
thoughts. And in the
subject of this article,
Miss Jessie M. King, we
have an artist who has
acted in a dual capacity.
She has not only illus-
trated the meaning of
prose and poetry by her
conception of the thoughts
of the poet or author, but
has produced designs for portrait ok miss jessie king by m. f. rowat
T77