Studio: international art (34.1905)

Enamelling in Relief

which Mr. Holiday designed for the Holy Trinity
Church, Edinburgh. It was commenced in the
autumn of 1900, and is a magnificent piece of work.
The main interest is in the centre panel, which
strikingly depicts the Crucifixion. The two side
panels, which are equally beautiful in dignity of con-
ception and in execution, represent Christ in the
Garden of Gethsemane and A Station of the Cross.
The writer was shown in Mr. Holiday's studio a
replica of this work, and no art lover could look
at the solemn grandeur, the rich colouring, the
glow and warmth depicted in the group, without
feeling that this was indeed the work of a master-
hand in this method. One also saw a replica
of the beautiful panel representing the allegorical
figure of Venus rising from the Sea, which has a
mosaic frame; and a smaller round design, an
exquisite little coloured medallion, entitled Hope,
of which a very successful facsimile reproduction
in colours accompanies this article.

Mr. Holiday's studio is full of objects of interest,
the chief being, perhaps, his model of the Acropolis
at Athens, a work executed with infinite patience
and care from sketches taken on the spot. At the
time of my visit Mr. Holiday was engaged in pre-
paring designs for a set of windows for the Preston
Library and Museum.

A visitor to Oak Tree House is at once made to
feel at home. In this charming retreat beautiful
(and indestructible) work is produced, which will
for many years adorn some of our noblest
churches. If you mention to Mr. Holiday the
idea of patenting his invention he laughs it to
scorn. " One might as well say oil painting should
have been patented!" It is in this spirit that the
cultured and public-spirited artist puts into effect
the ideas which were his favourite dream for many
years, and which now appear likely to have con-
siderable effect upon the art of enamelling.

JEL Murray.

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' CHRIST IN THE CARPENTER'S SHOP " FROM THE PICTURE IN ENAMELS BY HENRY HOLIDAY

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