DOI issue:
No. 160 (July, 1906)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20715#0182
Studio-Talk
HEAD IN IVORY BY R. GARBE
from within to seek persistently for the right rela-
tion of one part to another.
With Mr. Garbe no detail is too unimportant to
be passed over, and the workmanship in the drapery
and modelling of the faces in ivory is careful and
thorough. Especially is this the case in the statuettes
and heads ; in the ornamental foliage and the filling
in of spaces there is the same charm and distinc-
tion, as noticeable, for instance, in the carving of
the child’s head. Here there is a quite delightful
appreciation of the subject; the plump cheeks
and pouting lips are as admirable as they are
characteristic.
Another of our illustrations of Mr. Garbe’s work
shows a book-cover made of shagreen, and inlaid
front and back with ivory. The name of the book
is “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,” and the
subjects treated in the ivory panels are symbolical
of the poem. _
The Pastel Society were successful in giving an
exhibition this year as interesting as in any pre-
ceding year. Mr. Clausen, A.R.A., showed a
beautiful lamplight study and some outdoor studies,
including one called The Rick Yard., drawn with
remarkable power and full of luminous colour.
There were a set of clever pastels by M. Simon
Bussy, two pastels of sound draughtsmanship and
excellent colour by Lady Sassoon, a fine study of a
head by Mr. Harold Speed, a delicately drawn
pastel called Children in White by Mr. J. McLure
Hamilton, and a good landscape by the same
artist. Among works demanding note were the
Engaged of Mr. St. George Hare, R.I., studies of
animals by Mr. John Carlton, works by Mr.
W. Lee Hankey and of Mr. J. R. K. Duff, the
latter’s The Tank being especially noticeable; The
Flock, by Mr. Alfred Elias; Mr. A. S. Hartrick’s
works; An Afterglow, by Mr. A. L. Baldry; A
Maj-ch Evening, by Mr. Reginald Jones. Of much
IVORY STATUETTE BY R. GARBE
161
HEAD IN IVORY BY R. GARBE
from within to seek persistently for the right rela-
tion of one part to another.
With Mr. Garbe no detail is too unimportant to
be passed over, and the workmanship in the drapery
and modelling of the faces in ivory is careful and
thorough. Especially is this the case in the statuettes
and heads ; in the ornamental foliage and the filling
in of spaces there is the same charm and distinc-
tion, as noticeable, for instance, in the carving of
the child’s head. Here there is a quite delightful
appreciation of the subject; the plump cheeks
and pouting lips are as admirable as they are
characteristic.
Another of our illustrations of Mr. Garbe’s work
shows a book-cover made of shagreen, and inlaid
front and back with ivory. The name of the book
is “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,” and the
subjects treated in the ivory panels are symbolical
of the poem. _
The Pastel Society were successful in giving an
exhibition this year as interesting as in any pre-
ceding year. Mr. Clausen, A.R.A., showed a
beautiful lamplight study and some outdoor studies,
including one called The Rick Yard., drawn with
remarkable power and full of luminous colour.
There were a set of clever pastels by M. Simon
Bussy, two pastels of sound draughtsmanship and
excellent colour by Lady Sassoon, a fine study of a
head by Mr. Harold Speed, a delicately drawn
pastel called Children in White by Mr. J. McLure
Hamilton, and a good landscape by the same
artist. Among works demanding note were the
Engaged of Mr. St. George Hare, R.I., studies of
animals by Mr. John Carlton, works by Mr.
W. Lee Hankey and of Mr. J. R. K. Duff, the
latter’s The Tank being especially noticeable; The
Flock, by Mr. Alfred Elias; Mr. A. S. Hartrick’s
works; An Afterglow, by Mr. A. L. Baldry; A
Maj-ch Evening, by Mr. Reginald Jones. Of much
IVORY STATUETTE BY R. GARBE
161