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DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
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Studio- Talk
mere. He is engaged upon a series which will, decorative purpose of stained glass; but at the
when completed, fill all the lancets in the aisles of same time he has not descended into conventional
the church, and will provide an effective and intelli- commonplaces. His draughtsmanship is strong
gible sequence of illustrations of the Parables, and easy, his composition is fluent and graceful,
The conditions laid down by the vicar of the and there is in his management of details just
church, the Rev. Eric Robertson, which have to be that correctness of judgment which was to be ex-
satisfied, are that the windows should be beautiful pected from an artist of his unusual ability. The
in themselves, and should teach clearly the Biblical designs have been ably interpreted by Mr. Arthur
lessons selected as subjects. The two examples of Dix.
the work, " The Pearl of Great Price," and " The -
Lost Piece of Silver," which are illustrated, show Mr. F. Cadogan Cowper is rapidly coming to the
well how correct is Mr. Clark's appreciation of the front as the leader of the group of young painters
particular obligations inherent to this form of that is known as the " Label" School, because its
design. He has, with the soundest judgment, members, when signing their pictures, place their
avoided the temptation to make his treatment names on painted labels similar in shape to those
unduly pictorial, and has kept properly in view the in common use. The " Label " School is an
offshoot of the Pre-Raph-
aelite Brotherhood, and
all its members are tho-
rough and earnest in the
practice of their beliefs.
Their patient and laborious
study from nature cannot
but discipline their hands
and store their minds with
knowledge. It is an ad-
mirable training, similar
in kind to that which did
so much for Turner in
his early years of plodding,
indefatigable study; but
when this training shall
have served its purpose,
let us hope that the Label
School will then follow the
example of Millais by rising
beyond the narrowness of
Pre-Raphaelite tendencies
into an art enriched with a
larger handling and a more
vigorous and varied appeal.
In the meantime, however,
Mr. Cadogan Cowper, like
Mr. Denis Eden, makes
great progress, showing
considerable invention in
the treatment of his chosen
subjects, and much skill
and observation in his dili-
gent and careful balancing
of co-ordinated details.
His rendering of The
Churchyard Scene in Ham-
"THE CHURCHYARD SCENE IN ' HAMLET ' " BY F. CADOGAN COWPER ?et, illustrated On this page,
58
mere. He is engaged upon a series which will, decorative purpose of stained glass; but at the
when completed, fill all the lancets in the aisles of same time he has not descended into conventional
the church, and will provide an effective and intelli- commonplaces. His draughtsmanship is strong
gible sequence of illustrations of the Parables, and easy, his composition is fluent and graceful,
The conditions laid down by the vicar of the and there is in his management of details just
church, the Rev. Eric Robertson, which have to be that correctness of judgment which was to be ex-
satisfied, are that the windows should be beautiful pected from an artist of his unusual ability. The
in themselves, and should teach clearly the Biblical designs have been ably interpreted by Mr. Arthur
lessons selected as subjects. The two examples of Dix.
the work, " The Pearl of Great Price," and " The -
Lost Piece of Silver," which are illustrated, show Mr. F. Cadogan Cowper is rapidly coming to the
well how correct is Mr. Clark's appreciation of the front as the leader of the group of young painters
particular obligations inherent to this form of that is known as the " Label" School, because its
design. He has, with the soundest judgment, members, when signing their pictures, place their
avoided the temptation to make his treatment names on painted labels similar in shape to those
unduly pictorial, and has kept properly in view the in common use. The " Label " School is an
offshoot of the Pre-Raph-
aelite Brotherhood, and
all its members are tho-
rough and earnest in the
practice of their beliefs.
Their patient and laborious
study from nature cannot
but discipline their hands
and store their minds with
knowledge. It is an ad-
mirable training, similar
in kind to that which did
so much for Turner in
his early years of plodding,
indefatigable study; but
when this training shall
have served its purpose,
let us hope that the Label
School will then follow the
example of Millais by rising
beyond the narrowness of
Pre-Raphaelite tendencies
into an art enriched with a
larger handling and a more
vigorous and varied appeal.
In the meantime, however,
Mr. Cadogan Cowper, like
Mr. Denis Eden, makes
great progress, showing
considerable invention in
the treatment of his chosen
subjects, and much skill
and observation in his dili-
gent and careful balancing
of co-ordinated details.
His rendering of The
Churchyard Scene in Ham-
"THE CHURCHYARD SCENE IN ' HAMLET ' " BY F. CADOGAN COWPER ?et, illustrated On this page,
58