Studio: international art (47.1909)

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a steep hillside at twilight, with gnomes and other
fantastic figures dancing round her and racing up
and down the slopes. Honourable mentions in
this section were given to Miss Sybel Tawse
and Miss M. Chidson. The prize for the best
portrait was awarded to Mrs. Walsh for a paint-
ing of a woman in a white dress and large
black hat, the colour and quality of which were
alike commendable. Miss Dorette Roche gained
a well-deserved honourable mention for a dex-
terous little portrait of a girl in water colour.
There were many competitors for the prize offered
for the best study of a head’ in oil. It was

carried off by Miss Charlotte M. Legg with a
spirited painting of a man in the character of a
jester, and honourable mentions were given to Miss
Winifred Haxell and Miss Mary Dew. Miss Sybel
Tawse won the prize for black and white with a
dainty pen-and-ink drawing illustrating Herrick’s
poem “Upon Julia’s Hair in a Golden Net,” and
Miss E. K. Burgess the prize for design in colour,
with illustrations of “The Swineherd ” and “Ole
Luk.” The prize for landscape was given to Miss
E. Herbert for a pleasant study in water colour of
old red houses, with a
glimpse of a grey river in
the background; for still
life to Mr. J. G. Martin for
a commendably careful
painting on a small scale ;
and for poster design to
Miss Gertrude Brodie.

The prize for a design
for a dessert plate was
awarded to Miss Con-
stance Bult, and the prize
for a design for a fan was
divided between Miss
Mary Simpson and Mr.

Eric Bradbury.

exhibition of 1908. This was particularly notice-
able in the paintings and drawings from the nude.
The painting of a female figure that gained the
first award in its class for Mr. Norsworthy was
admirably observed and put in, although in
colour it was, perhaps, a trifle monotonous.
Breadth and vigour and the right impression of
the subject as a whole, are the things especi-
ally aimed at in the life classes at this school,
in which the principal teachers are Mr. William
Nicholson and Mr. George W. Lambert. The
students are not allowed to worry over the detail
until the figure has been drawn and built up with
approximate accuracy, and in one or two not
quite completed paintings from the nude (executed
in Mr. Nicholson’s class) the faces, to which many
students devote their first attention, were still mere
blank ovals of paint. In the men’s life class the
first prize for drawing from the nude was taken by
Mr. Richter, and in the women’s class by Miss
Sandford (afternoon) and Miss Hynes (morning).
In the sketch class, for drawing in black and white
from the life, under the direction of Mr. Joseph
Simpson, the first prize was gained by Miss

The London School of
Art held its annual exhi-
bition of students’ work
last month at the studios
in Stratford Road, Ken-
sington. The group of
compositions was, owing
to special causes, smaller
and less important than
last year, but in all other
departments the work
showed a distinct advance
upon that included in the

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