Studio: international art (45.1909)

Art School Notes

who gained the first prize,
showed one especially good
drawing of a seated figure.
The 'students next in merit
to Miss Digby were Miss
Jackson, Miss Gellibrand,
Miss Coats, and Miss Bas-
tian, in the order named.
In the men’s competition
Mr. Pitcher was first with
some unconventional and
original drawings, Mr. Nors-
worthy second, and Mr.
Richter third.

THE INFANCY OF BACCHUS

BY MRS. R. DOUGLAS WELLS

(London School oj Art)

able competition for the prizes offered] to the
members of the class conducted by Mr. Brangwyn.
The average of the work shown was high, and
there was very little difference in merit between
the contributions of the four successful students,
Mr. Richter, Miss Penne-
thorne, Mr. Ncrsworthy,
and Miss Marsh. In Mr.

Richter’s low-toned study
of pottery, bronze and
brass, which gained the
first prize, some of the
fine qualities of his teacher
were reflected. In the
composition class, also
directed by Mr. Bran-
gwyn, Mrs. Wells took
the first prize with a large
and well-managed arrange-
ment of numerous figures,

Miss Layng the second,
and Miss Hogarth the
third. The men and
Women students had
separate competitions in
drawing in charcoal from
the nude. The women’s
work was perhaps better
°n the whole than the
men s, and Miss Digby,

The chief prize at the
London School of Art is the
Chase Scholarship, named
after Mr. W. M. Chase, the
well-known American
painter and teacher. The
Chase Scholarship, which
carries with it free admission
to all the classes in the
school, is given 'for painting from the nude, and
in the recent competition Mr. Brundrit was the
winner, with Mr. Buehr in the second place.
Mr. Buehr also took the first prize for the
best painted head, a study made in the garden

DECORATIVE COMPOSITION BY MABEL LAYNG

(London School of Art)

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