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Nr. 121 (April 1903)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
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Studio- Talk
most cultivated kind. In this exhibition he showed
both his versatility and his power in a fashion that
could not be questioned, and his mastery over his
medium was made agreeably apparent. He had
brought together over a hundred and forty drawings
without repeating himself, without, indeed, even
inclining unduly to any one class of subject, and
throughout he had maintained the highest level of
accomplishment. The gathering is certainly one to
remember ; it can be praised as one of the most inter-
esting which has been seen in London this season,
and it appreciably advanced the artist's reputation.
Miss C. M. Nichols is an artist of unquestionable
talent, and her work in the various mediums she
employs deserves careful attention. She paints well
both in water-colours and in oil, and her etchings,
two of which are illustrated on page 199, are among
the best that the lady artists of our time have pro-
duced. Her drawing is good, her observation is
close and accurate, and she shows year by year an
improvement in design. Miss Nichols was for
several years the only Lady Fellow of the Royal
Society of Painter-Etchers.
It is pleasant to note that there is a revival of
interest in artistic inn-signs. It is not at present a
very lively interest, but it may become so, for artistic
signs would be of greater value to their owners than
many of those at present in use. Mr. Aymer
Vallance has recently painted two or three good
signs, and illustrations of one of them are given
on page 200. _
Collectors of old embroidery number among;
their valued treasures examples of the worked
pictures of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen-
turies, many of which are extremely beautiful.
Especially interesting are those in which silken
threads are employed to heighten the effect of
finely-painted work. It is always a difficult, if not
impossible, task to render the human face satis-
factorily in needlework, however fine it may be,,
or however carefully finished; and the most
successful examples of this class of handiwork
are those in which both brush and needle play a.
part. The Japanese have in recent years com-
bined the two arts to great advantage. That
some revival of this character of work should occur
in Europe is only natural. Miss Dora Holme,
A STUDY OF MOONLIGHT BY FRANK WASLER
I96
most cultivated kind. In this exhibition he showed
both his versatility and his power in a fashion that
could not be questioned, and his mastery over his
medium was made agreeably apparent. He had
brought together over a hundred and forty drawings
without repeating himself, without, indeed, even
inclining unduly to any one class of subject, and
throughout he had maintained the highest level of
accomplishment. The gathering is certainly one to
remember ; it can be praised as one of the most inter-
esting which has been seen in London this season,
and it appreciably advanced the artist's reputation.
Miss C. M. Nichols is an artist of unquestionable
talent, and her work in the various mediums she
employs deserves careful attention. She paints well
both in water-colours and in oil, and her etchings,
two of which are illustrated on page 199, are among
the best that the lady artists of our time have pro-
duced. Her drawing is good, her observation is
close and accurate, and she shows year by year an
improvement in design. Miss Nichols was for
several years the only Lady Fellow of the Royal
Society of Painter-Etchers.
It is pleasant to note that there is a revival of
interest in artistic inn-signs. It is not at present a
very lively interest, but it may become so, for artistic
signs would be of greater value to their owners than
many of those at present in use. Mr. Aymer
Vallance has recently painted two or three good
signs, and illustrations of one of them are given
on page 200. _
Collectors of old embroidery number among;
their valued treasures examples of the worked
pictures of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen-
turies, many of which are extremely beautiful.
Especially interesting are those in which silken
threads are employed to heighten the effect of
finely-painted work. It is always a difficult, if not
impossible, task to render the human face satis-
factorily in needlework, however fine it may be,,
or however carefully finished; and the most
successful examples of this class of handiwork
are those in which both brush and needle play a.
part. The Japanese have in recent years com-
bined the two arts to great advantage. That
some revival of this character of work should occur
in Europe is only natural. Miss Dora Holme,
A STUDY OF MOONLIGHT BY FRANK WASLER
I96