DOI issue:
Nr. 191 (February 1909)
DOI article:Art school notes
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20966#0102
Art School Notes
the recent competition for the Slade Prize the
honours were equally divided between two students,
Mr. J. Innes and Miss F. Phillips.
Mr. George Clausen, R.A., who, in the place of
Sir William Orchardson, distributed the prizes at
the St. John’s Wood Art Schools, deplored in his
brief speech the unavoidable absence of Sir
William, whose counsel, he said, was possibly more
valuable than that of any other living artist. How-
ever, Mr. Clausen, while modestly disclaiming any
attempt to fill the place of the great portrait and
subject painter, managed in his address to give
some excellent advice to the students, and his
efforts in this direction were ably seconded by
Mr. David Murray, R.A. The Orchardson silver
medal, for painting from the nude, was awarded to
Mr. R. C. Weatherby, for what Mr. Clausen de-
scribed as “ a first-rate incomplete study,” in refer-
ence, doubtless, to the fact that the treatment of the
extremities could have been carried further. Mr.
Weatherby also gained an honourable mention in
the competition for a six months’ scholarship offered
for the three best drawings from the life, which
was taken by Mr. D. Chumaceiro. Another six
months’ studentship, for the best work done in the
landscape class, was given to Miss Mildred Stevens;
a three months’ scholarship, for the best set of
three heads from life, to Miss E. Rudhall; and a
three months’ scholarship, for still life and a draw-
ing of a head from the cast, to Major F. H.
Rawlins. The “ Graphic ” prize, presented annu-
ally by the proprietors of the “ Graphic,” which
carries with it a three months’ scholarship in the
black-and white class, was won by Miss E. M.
Hosking, who carried off besides the sketch prize
in the first division. The sketch prize in the
second division fell to Mr. S. Henderson, and the
elementary antique prize to Mr. S. Marshall. Mrs.
L. Cooper received an honourable mention for her
work in the Pinner landscape class. The prize for
colour composition was not awarded, but at the
request of the judges, the prize was allotted to a
group of works by Miss G. L. Elliot.
So far as the regular school work was concerned
the judg ng was undertaken by Sir George Framp-
ton, R.A., Mr. J. W. Waterhouse, R.A., and Mr. G.
Clausen, R.A.; Mr. David Murray, R.A., awarded
the landscape prizes, and the work submitted for
the “Graphic” prize was judged by Mr. Frank Craig.
The exhibition of school work, held at the schools
in Elm Tree Road, was varied and interesting, and
Mr. C. M. Quiller Orchardson and Mr. F. D.
Walenn had every reason to be satisfied with the
display made by their pupils. The practice ot
making memory studies from the life is encouraged
at St. John’s Wood, and some of the drawings shown
were capital, especially those by Mr. A. E. Odle,
who exhibited in addition some pen-and-ink studies
CARTOON FOR DECORATIVE PAINTING
(Royal Acade?ny Schools)
BY AMY JOANNA FRY
the recent competition for the Slade Prize the
honours were equally divided between two students,
Mr. J. Innes and Miss F. Phillips.
Mr. George Clausen, R.A., who, in the place of
Sir William Orchardson, distributed the prizes at
the St. John’s Wood Art Schools, deplored in his
brief speech the unavoidable absence of Sir
William, whose counsel, he said, was possibly more
valuable than that of any other living artist. How-
ever, Mr. Clausen, while modestly disclaiming any
attempt to fill the place of the great portrait and
subject painter, managed in his address to give
some excellent advice to the students, and his
efforts in this direction were ably seconded by
Mr. David Murray, R.A. The Orchardson silver
medal, for painting from the nude, was awarded to
Mr. R. C. Weatherby, for what Mr. Clausen de-
scribed as “ a first-rate incomplete study,” in refer-
ence, doubtless, to the fact that the treatment of the
extremities could have been carried further. Mr.
Weatherby also gained an honourable mention in
the competition for a six months’ scholarship offered
for the three best drawings from the life, which
was taken by Mr. D. Chumaceiro. Another six
months’ studentship, for the best work done in the
landscape class, was given to Miss Mildred Stevens;
a three months’ scholarship, for the best set of
three heads from life, to Miss E. Rudhall; and a
three months’ scholarship, for still life and a draw-
ing of a head from the cast, to Major F. H.
Rawlins. The “ Graphic ” prize, presented annu-
ally by the proprietors of the “ Graphic,” which
carries with it a three months’ scholarship in the
black-and white class, was won by Miss E. M.
Hosking, who carried off besides the sketch prize
in the first division. The sketch prize in the
second division fell to Mr. S. Henderson, and the
elementary antique prize to Mr. S. Marshall. Mrs.
L. Cooper received an honourable mention for her
work in the Pinner landscape class. The prize for
colour composition was not awarded, but at the
request of the judges, the prize was allotted to a
group of works by Miss G. L. Elliot.
So far as the regular school work was concerned
the judg ng was undertaken by Sir George Framp-
ton, R.A., Mr. J. W. Waterhouse, R.A., and Mr. G.
Clausen, R.A.; Mr. David Murray, R.A., awarded
the landscape prizes, and the work submitted for
the “Graphic” prize was judged by Mr. Frank Craig.
The exhibition of school work, held at the schools
in Elm Tree Road, was varied and interesting, and
Mr. C. M. Quiller Orchardson and Mr. F. D.
Walenn had every reason to be satisfied with the
display made by their pupils. The practice ot
making memory studies from the life is encouraged
at St. John’s Wood, and some of the drawings shown
were capital, especially those by Mr. A. E. Odle,
who exhibited in addition some pen-and-ink studies
CARTOON FOR DECORATIVE PAINTING
(Royal Acade?ny Schools)
BY AMY JOANNA FRY