DOI Heft:
No. 126 (September, 1903)
DOI Artikel:Wood, Esther: The national competition of schools of art, 1903
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19879#0277
The National Competition
and pleasing, and was prepared intelligently with a
view to printing in the fewest colours—the grey
and green of the background and of the white-
kirtled maiden's gown, with one printing of lemon
yellow upon it, being very cleverly alternated. A
" Cinderella " poster by Frank Quirk (Fenton) was
quite interesting, decorative, and appropriate to its
purpose—to advertise shoes; in this case five
printings are required, and carefully indicated.
Lambeth, Scarborough and Birmingham, took
the lead in black-and-white designs and book
design for silk by w. a. stewart (bradford)
(By permission ofMessrs. Lister 5f Co.)
{Birmingham) calls for praise, chiefly as a fine
piece of colouring, being somewhat thin and
imitative in subject matter. In the lighter vein
again were some designs for the decoration of a
nursery by Eugenie M. K. Richards (Nottingham),
whose majolica plates we have already alluded to.
These were admirably conceived from the decora- '
tive standpoint, and full of juvenile interest; as
were also, in a similar method, her designs for
colour-prints for children's books. The same
student sent the two posters that headed the very
small group of works in this neglected class. Her
design of three little maids sampling a blend of
tea was hardly so original in idea as it was good in design for printed muslin
■execution, but her "soap" poster was both effective by jessie m. browton (watford)
design for an embroidered piano front by lucy smith (battersea)
26l
and pleasing, and was prepared intelligently with a
view to printing in the fewest colours—the grey
and green of the background and of the white-
kirtled maiden's gown, with one printing of lemon
yellow upon it, being very cleverly alternated. A
" Cinderella " poster by Frank Quirk (Fenton) was
quite interesting, decorative, and appropriate to its
purpose—to advertise shoes; in this case five
printings are required, and carefully indicated.
Lambeth, Scarborough and Birmingham, took
the lead in black-and-white designs and book
design for silk by w. a. stewart (bradford)
(By permission ofMessrs. Lister 5f Co.)
{Birmingham) calls for praise, chiefly as a fine
piece of colouring, being somewhat thin and
imitative in subject matter. In the lighter vein
again were some designs for the decoration of a
nursery by Eugenie M. K. Richards (Nottingham),
whose majolica plates we have already alluded to.
These were admirably conceived from the decora- '
tive standpoint, and full of juvenile interest; as
were also, in a similar method, her designs for
colour-prints for children's books. The same
student sent the two posters that headed the very
small group of works in this neglected class. Her
design of three little maids sampling a blend of
tea was hardly so original in idea as it was good in design for printed muslin
■execution, but her "soap" poster was both effective by jessie m. browton (watford)
design for an embroidered piano front by lucy smith (battersea)
26l