DOI issue:
No. 165 (December, 1906)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20716#0277
Studio-Talk
"IRIS" BY ARTHUR SPOONER
the head and face is accurately delineated, stamp
Mr. Davidson as a rare craftsman. But even
in these days man cannot live by art alone, so in
the studio there were also to be seen examples
of repoussb work and chasing fit to satisfy commerce.
Here also, while the design must necessarily be
somewhat commonplace, the workmanship is super-
lative, for the true artist will not permit his hand
to do dishonest work.
The new scheme for the establishment of a
National Collection of Scottish Modern Art has
met with general approval, and nothing will be
lacking on the part of the representative committee
elected to make the movement successful. Of
the lay members it is sufficient to say that Lord
Balcarres, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Professor
Baldwin Brown and Mr. Arthur Kay are amongst
the number; while Sir Jas. Guthrie, Alex. Roche,
D. Y. Cameron and E. A. Walton are but a
few in a strong professional group. Whether the
inception of the idea is due to the widely extended
interest modern Scottish painters have aroused,
OAK CANDLESTICKS
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY JOHN SWAINE
matters little ; it is not the first time that recognition
came to a school of painting like to a prophet from
without. It is proposed to raise a capital sum and
to create a membership that will insure an annual
BRASS ALMS DISH
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY W. A. DAVIDSON
257
"IRIS" BY ARTHUR SPOONER
the head and face is accurately delineated, stamp
Mr. Davidson as a rare craftsman. But even
in these days man cannot live by art alone, so in
the studio there were also to be seen examples
of repoussb work and chasing fit to satisfy commerce.
Here also, while the design must necessarily be
somewhat commonplace, the workmanship is super-
lative, for the true artist will not permit his hand
to do dishonest work.
The new scheme for the establishment of a
National Collection of Scottish Modern Art has
met with general approval, and nothing will be
lacking on the part of the representative committee
elected to make the movement successful. Of
the lay members it is sufficient to say that Lord
Balcarres, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Professor
Baldwin Brown and Mr. Arthur Kay are amongst
the number; while Sir Jas. Guthrie, Alex. Roche,
D. Y. Cameron and E. A. Walton are but a
few in a strong professional group. Whether the
inception of the idea is due to the widely extended
interest modern Scottish painters have aroused,
OAK CANDLESTICKS
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY JOHN SWAINE
matters little ; it is not the first time that recognition
came to a school of painting like to a prophet from
without. It is proposed to raise a capital sum and
to create a membership that will insure an annual
BRASS ALMS DISH
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY W. A. DAVIDSON
257