Studio- Talk
For the five cottage block, simple and effective STUDIO-TALK
designs were submitted by Mr. Naseby Adams (From our own Correspondents)
(first prize), Mr. T. J. M. Reid, Mr. T. Pickmere, W ONDON.—Messrs. Paterson are holding
Mr. Wilfrid Deacon, Mr. Edgar Quiggan, and Mr. at their gallery in Bond Street an ex-
T. V. Henshaw. Several designs submitted, though hibition of the delicate and suggestive
well planned, had obviously too expensive features." * • art of the late Mr. William E. Osborn,
whose death at a premature age recently occurred
in Chelsea. The deceased painter's art was formed
within the theoretical limitations which Whistler
" THE STUDIO " YEAR BOOK OF applied) andj as a consequence, it is essentially
DECORATIVE ART, 1907. aristocratic in'its aim. His fastidious sense of
The second number of this Year Book is now colour and conscientious regard for truth of tone
in preparation. Prominent among the new features could not fail but to endow his work with distinc-
to be introduced will be a section devoted exclu- tion. Such intense refinement as is apparent in
sively to Domestic Architecture, and the Editor it is seldom if ever coupled with that virility
will be glad to receive drawings or photographs of without which an artist has little chance of obtain-
recent work of this nature, in addition to designs, ing immediate recognition. That a wider recogni-
etc, suitable as illustrations to the various subjects tion of Mr. Osborn's qualities as a painter will
dealt with in the first Year Book. These should follow the exhibition of his works, we do not
reach us not later than November 4th, and bear doubt; for art is rare which, like this, declining
the name of the designer (and manufacturer, if the competition of large exhibitions, contents itself
necessary), with a short descriptive title of the with being so purely the personal and individual
design. expression of a refined temperament.
'THE BLUE RIVER" BY WILLIAM E. OSBORN
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For the five cottage block, simple and effective STUDIO-TALK
designs were submitted by Mr. Naseby Adams (From our own Correspondents)
(first prize), Mr. T. J. M. Reid, Mr. T. Pickmere, W ONDON.—Messrs. Paterson are holding
Mr. Wilfrid Deacon, Mr. Edgar Quiggan, and Mr. at their gallery in Bond Street an ex-
T. V. Henshaw. Several designs submitted, though hibition of the delicate and suggestive
well planned, had obviously too expensive features." * • art of the late Mr. William E. Osborn,
whose death at a premature age recently occurred
in Chelsea. The deceased painter's art was formed
within the theoretical limitations which Whistler
" THE STUDIO " YEAR BOOK OF applied) andj as a consequence, it is essentially
DECORATIVE ART, 1907. aristocratic in'its aim. His fastidious sense of
The second number of this Year Book is now colour and conscientious regard for truth of tone
in preparation. Prominent among the new features could not fail but to endow his work with distinc-
to be introduced will be a section devoted exclu- tion. Such intense refinement as is apparent in
sively to Domestic Architecture, and the Editor it is seldom if ever coupled with that virility
will be glad to receive drawings or photographs of without which an artist has little chance of obtain-
recent work of this nature, in addition to designs, ing immediate recognition. That a wider recogni-
etc, suitable as illustrations to the various subjects tion of Mr. Osborn's qualities as a painter will
dealt with in the first Year Book. These should follow the exhibition of his works, we do not
reach us not later than November 4th, and bear doubt; for art is rare which, like this, declining
the name of the designer (and manufacturer, if the competition of large exhibitions, contents itself
necessary), with a short descriptive title of the with being so purely the personal and individual
design. expression of a refined temperament.
'THE BLUE RIVER" BY WILLIAM E. OSBORN
57