DOI issue:
No.127 (October, 1903)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19880#0099
Studio- Talk
and Lincoln Cathedrals being very skilfully practice of incorporating antiques in house-furnish-
rendered in fine wash. ings he regards as smacking more of the atmosphere
- of a museum than of a harmonious dwelling-place.
In the exhibition of sculpture must be men- For inspiration, he looks to the aims, tastes and
tioned, as especially successful as an expression of affairs of the people whose lives are to be lived in the
the symbolic meaning that can be conveyed in a house. He is a champion of rational restheticism,
nude figure, the work by Mr. Charles Grafly, and holds that the expression of art, to be con-
entitled In Much Wisdom. Mr. George Gray sistent and therefore idealistic, from its very nature
Barnard was represented by a graceful figure in can never be identical in any two localities; nor
marble, entitled A Maiden, and Mr. John can it be borrowed and transplanted from any
McLure Hamilton by a portrait in bronze, period to a later epoch. Environment and
entitled My Mother. local conditions are the leading indices, in line
with which all effort should be preserved. This,
CHICAGO.—A gratifying example of art notwithstanding the fact that the surest guide to
from the philosophical standpoint is purity of style is through an infinite and pains-
offered in the architectural work of taking study of standard examples, always in con-
Mr. George H. Maher of Chicago, sideration of the limiting fact, that such study
Casting traditions to the winds, this artist presents a should never be of an objective nature, but must
system which is at once novel and enduring. The rather seek its thread of research from what
appears to be the interior
directing principle.
To translate this prin-
ciple or theme into a
climatic and national lan-
guage, through the colour
of individual expression, is
the effort of Mr. Maher.
How well he succeeds
may be judged from an
examination of the ac-
companying illustrations,
which show his latest com-
pleted work—the much-
discussed residence of
Mayor Patton, of Evanston,
Illinois. Situated on a
slight eminence at the
intersection of two avenues,
this structure presents an
imposing aspect trom the
approach in any of four
directions. Instead of the
customary form it takes a
rich, beautiful line for the
profile of its supports,
which seems at once
effectually to combine
strength, elegance, and
repose.
One practice of Mr.
Maher is to identify with
SUNLIGHT BY FRANK W. BENSON . 1
(See Philadelphia Studio-Talk) his ornament some floral
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and Lincoln Cathedrals being very skilfully practice of incorporating antiques in house-furnish-
rendered in fine wash. ings he regards as smacking more of the atmosphere
- of a museum than of a harmonious dwelling-place.
In the exhibition of sculpture must be men- For inspiration, he looks to the aims, tastes and
tioned, as especially successful as an expression of affairs of the people whose lives are to be lived in the
the symbolic meaning that can be conveyed in a house. He is a champion of rational restheticism,
nude figure, the work by Mr. Charles Grafly, and holds that the expression of art, to be con-
entitled In Much Wisdom. Mr. George Gray sistent and therefore idealistic, from its very nature
Barnard was represented by a graceful figure in can never be identical in any two localities; nor
marble, entitled A Maiden, and Mr. John can it be borrowed and transplanted from any
McLure Hamilton by a portrait in bronze, period to a later epoch. Environment and
entitled My Mother. local conditions are the leading indices, in line
with which all effort should be preserved. This,
CHICAGO.—A gratifying example of art notwithstanding the fact that the surest guide to
from the philosophical standpoint is purity of style is through an infinite and pains-
offered in the architectural work of taking study of standard examples, always in con-
Mr. George H. Maher of Chicago, sideration of the limiting fact, that such study
Casting traditions to the winds, this artist presents a should never be of an objective nature, but must
system which is at once novel and enduring. The rather seek its thread of research from what
appears to be the interior
directing principle.
To translate this prin-
ciple or theme into a
climatic and national lan-
guage, through the colour
of individual expression, is
the effort of Mr. Maher.
How well he succeeds
may be judged from an
examination of the ac-
companying illustrations,
which show his latest com-
pleted work—the much-
discussed residence of
Mayor Patton, of Evanston,
Illinois. Situated on a
slight eminence at the
intersection of two avenues,
this structure presents an
imposing aspect trom the
approach in any of four
directions. Instead of the
customary form it takes a
rich, beautiful line for the
profile of its supports,
which seems at once
effectually to combine
strength, elegance, and
repose.
One practice of Mr.
Maher is to identify with
SUNLIGHT BY FRANK W. BENSON . 1
(See Philadelphia Studio-Talk) his ornament some floral
82