DOI issue:
No. 156 (March, 1906)
DOI article:The arts and crafts exhibition at the Grafton Gallery, [2]
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20714#0152
Arts and Crafts Exhibition. Second Notice
panels of
organ cask
by oliver
win-; AT ley
artist results more beautiful than his first
design, however well conceived, could in-
dicate. The transparent and lucent quality
that the colour attains lifts it into a beauty
such as is only to be met elsewhere in
gems. The artist learning to count on his
ideas coming back to him doubled in this
way in attractiveness works for acci-
dental effects which seldom disappoint
him. The difficult processes and the care
needed in the achievement of good results
find their reward in this. For hardly
any other medium is so uncompromising,
or yields so little to momentary inspira-
tion. A charming enamel pendant by
Miss Phcebe Traquair is placed beside
her exhibit of The Red Cross Knight.
It seems not quite equal to the former
design in the rendering of the subject
and its drawing, but has a certain charm
it is impossible to escape. In design
after design for pendants we find one
motif worked to death, viz., the pearl
attached to the design by a chain.
Effective and pleasant as it was at first,
carried his art to a rare height. Mr. Vigers' it surely indicates a failure of invention or a turning
exhibits are characterised by a happy invention and too often to worked-out examples when one finds
a profound knowledge of natural form
itself in a highly artistic and individual ^^ff^^B
Some beautiful enamels were shown by S^w nB
been carried out with most refined taste
and finish, and possess a singularly attrac-
tive quality of colour. We rank this case ■vnBff' IjF.II
of miniatures amongst the best things sent
to the exhibition this year. The drawing I ^^PM^/^^^^j^i^^^rti' '"' t" I
in them is sympathetic and highly decora- iJlsMSP'. • l'l I
live; the restraint of their colour and - . L H j^H
the classic feeling in the drawing make
them, miniatures though they are, full of
especial interest. Thelarger central design : JSL''
shows to best advantage his skilfully mod-
ulated colour, and the design to the left of
the centre exemplifies the sense of design
with which Mr. Southall carries out his : I
work. Miss Phcebe Traquair sent an H ^ Uuj , ■ , , t-, ■■yjrs:, . ■ ■ u^jj^ . yJJ H flj
enamel triptych, The Red Cross Knight,
which toowas notable asadesign in colour.
The qualities which are attained in enamel
by a worker with a sensitiveness to colour
make it peculiarly a medium which satis-
fies an artistic nature. It yields back to the lire-screen (Copyright reserved) by w. reynolds-stephens
T32
panels of
organ cask
by oliver
win-; AT ley
artist results more beautiful than his first
design, however well conceived, could in-
dicate. The transparent and lucent quality
that the colour attains lifts it into a beauty
such as is only to be met elsewhere in
gems. The artist learning to count on his
ideas coming back to him doubled in this
way in attractiveness works for acci-
dental effects which seldom disappoint
him. The difficult processes and the care
needed in the achievement of good results
find their reward in this. For hardly
any other medium is so uncompromising,
or yields so little to momentary inspira-
tion. A charming enamel pendant by
Miss Phcebe Traquair is placed beside
her exhibit of The Red Cross Knight.
It seems not quite equal to the former
design in the rendering of the subject
and its drawing, but has a certain charm
it is impossible to escape. In design
after design for pendants we find one
motif worked to death, viz., the pearl
attached to the design by a chain.
Effective and pleasant as it was at first,
carried his art to a rare height. Mr. Vigers' it surely indicates a failure of invention or a turning
exhibits are characterised by a happy invention and too often to worked-out examples when one finds
a profound knowledge of natural form
itself in a highly artistic and individual ^^ff^^B
Some beautiful enamels were shown by S^w nB
been carried out with most refined taste
and finish, and possess a singularly attrac-
tive quality of colour. We rank this case ■vnBff' IjF.II
of miniatures amongst the best things sent
to the exhibition this year. The drawing I ^^PM^/^^^^j^i^^^rti' '"' t" I
in them is sympathetic and highly decora- iJlsMSP'. • l'l I
live; the restraint of their colour and - . L H j^H
the classic feeling in the drawing make
them, miniatures though they are, full of
especial interest. Thelarger central design : JSL''
shows to best advantage his skilfully mod-
ulated colour, and the design to the left of
the centre exemplifies the sense of design
with which Mr. Southall carries out his : I
work. Miss Phcebe Traquair sent an H ^ Uuj , ■ , , t-, ■■yjrs:, . ■ ■ u^jj^ . yJJ H flj
enamel triptych, The Red Cross Knight,
which toowas notable asadesign in colour.
The qualities which are attained in enamel
by a worker with a sensitiveness to colour
make it peculiarly a medium which satis-
fies an artistic nature. It yields back to the lire-screen (Copyright reserved) by w. reynolds-stephens
T32