DOI Heft:
No. 173 (August, 1907)
DOI Artikel:Baldry, Alfred Lys: Robert W. Little, R.W.S.: a review of his work
DOI Artikel:Crane, Walter: The rumoured disbandment of the Arts & Crafts Society
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20775#0211
Robert W'. Little, R.1V.S.
LETTER FROM MR. WALTER CRANE.
"the red cross knight" (By permission of Dr. IV. J. Little) by roisert w. little
and it gives conviction and meaning to such defi- THE RUMOURED DISBANDMENT
nitely contrasted subjects as the Moonlight at Flor- OF THE ARTS & CRAFTS SOCIETY.
etice, and From Criffel to Allonby. It is, in fact, the
only system by which an artist of Mr. Little's tem-
perament could hope to do justice to himself, for it To the Editor "f The Studi°-
is a creation of his own, and has been added to and Sir,—As president of the Arts and Crafts Exhibi-
perfected by the promptings of his own intelligence, tion Society, will you allow me to contradict in your
In one sense it would be right to speak of him influential paper an entirely erroneous and unfound-
as a self-taught artist. He had his share of art- ed report, which I regret to find has obtained some
school drilling; he added to his experiences by currency, that our Society has been " disbanded."
study in French studios; but these educational So far is this from the truth that we are a
opportunities came to him sufficiently late in life to stronger band than before, having elected many
leave his original convictions practically untouched, new members since our last Exhibition in 1906,
What he learned from his masters was not so much and we are now, according to triennial custom,
what he was to do, but how to carry out efficiently contemplating our next show, which we hope to
the artistic intentions which were already formed in open in the autumn of 1908.
his mind—how to overcome those mechanical de- As the false report I have mentioned is calculated
ficiencies which confound the half-trained artist to be injurious to our Society, I shall be much obliged
and condemn him to inexpressiveness. That he if you can give space to this official contradiction,
acquired all that he needed is evident enough in I am, Sir,
Mr. Little's work to-day; there is no hint of 1 Hare Court, Yours faithfully,
indecision in his art. A. L. B. Temple, E.C. Walter Crane.
LETTER FROM MR. WALTER CRANE.
"the red cross knight" (By permission of Dr. IV. J. Little) by roisert w. little
and it gives conviction and meaning to such defi- THE RUMOURED DISBANDMENT
nitely contrasted subjects as the Moonlight at Flor- OF THE ARTS & CRAFTS SOCIETY.
etice, and From Criffel to Allonby. It is, in fact, the
only system by which an artist of Mr. Little's tem-
perament could hope to do justice to himself, for it To the Editor "f The Studi°-
is a creation of his own, and has been added to and Sir,—As president of the Arts and Crafts Exhibi-
perfected by the promptings of his own intelligence, tion Society, will you allow me to contradict in your
In one sense it would be right to speak of him influential paper an entirely erroneous and unfound-
as a self-taught artist. He had his share of art- ed report, which I regret to find has obtained some
school drilling; he added to his experiences by currency, that our Society has been " disbanded."
study in French studios; but these educational So far is this from the truth that we are a
opportunities came to him sufficiently late in life to stronger band than before, having elected many
leave his original convictions practically untouched, new members since our last Exhibition in 1906,
What he learned from his masters was not so much and we are now, according to triennial custom,
what he was to do, but how to carry out efficiently contemplating our next show, which we hope to
the artistic intentions which were already formed in open in the autumn of 1908.
his mind—how to overcome those mechanical de- As the false report I have mentioned is calculated
ficiencies which confound the half-trained artist to be injurious to our Society, I shall be much obliged
and condemn him to inexpressiveness. That he if you can give space to this official contradiction,
acquired all that he needed is evident enough in I am, Sir,
Mr. Little's work to-day; there is no hint of 1 Hare Court, Yours faithfully,
indecision in his art. A. L. B. Temple, E.C. Walter Crane.