Studio: international art (41.1907)

Sttidio-Talk

than the National Competi-
tions Exhibition, which took
place at the same time in
the Indian Section of the
Victoria and Albert Mu-
seum, and fully dealt with
elsewhere in this number.
Amongst the decorative
paintings exhibited by the
students of the Royal
College were several com-
positions which showed
originality in conception
and poetic imaginativeness.
Full scope being given to
the individuality of the
young artist, it is not sur-
prising to find some of
the designs bordering on
the grotesque. Neverthe-
less the freedom from "the story book" (See also-p. 308) by f..mabelle unwin
convention which charac-
terised the collection was, on the whole, stimulating ambitious composition. Influenced to some extent
and hopeful. Of the larger drawings The Gates of by the creations of Puvis de Chavannes, the artist
Life, by Mr. T. Lewis, showed undoubted merit has endeavoured, and not altogether unsuccessfully,
both in the conception and execution of a rather to introduce a dramatic note, without detracting

from the decorative quali-
ties of the whole. Humanity
Unveiling Nature, by Miss
Amy K. Browning, was an-
other ambitious work, but
lacking the higher decora-
tive qualities of the design
just referred to. Mr. A.
Mackinder's Henry III.
granting Charter to New-
castle to sink Coal Shafts,
displayed sound draughts-
manship and a right feeling
for the balance of the com-
position ; while his Finding
of Dechtire and Setanta
earns the name of Cuchulain
were amongst the best of
the smaller designs.

We here reproduce two
photographic studies of
drapery by Mr. S. Elwin
Neame, who has devoted
much thought and experi-
ment to the subject. The
disposition of drapery upon
photographic study by s. elwin neame the figure has always

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