Studio: international art (48.1910)

Art School Notes

series that now decorates the ambulatory, he con-
sulted Professor Church about the preparation of
the canvas, and assured him that he " should obey
his instructions punctually,'' and when something
went wrong with the completed picture owing to
the extraordinary cold of the famous winter of
1894-5, ^ was the Academy Professor to whom
the President appealed for advice. Last year
Germany paid Professor Church the compliment
of publishing a translation of his handbook,
familiar to English students, " The Chemistry
of Paints and Painting."

At Heatherley's a new nude life class has been
added to those already in existence at the evening
school, and nude models are now posed every
evening. On three nights a week the model
stands in the ordinary fixed pose, and on the other
nights (in what is now known as the French sketch
class) the model or models—for sometimes there
are more than one—take fresh poses every half
hour. Students are at liberty to work in the
nude or costume classes at their discretion. The
pictorial composition class held on Thursday
afternoons in Newman Street has now been thrown
open to non-students, and the Saturday class can
be joined for the whole day or for the afternoon
only. It has been arranged that the annual
costume ball given by the students shall take place
in January.

The exhibition held in September at the London
County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts
in Southampton Row resembled in its general
features the exhibition held in the same place in
July. Then it included work from most of the
London County Council Art and Craft schools,
but the September show was composed only of the
productions of the Central School. Some of these
had already been seen in the collective exhibition
in July. Among them was the admirable cabinet
in dark wood to which reference has already been
made in this column. It was shown at first anony-
mously, but in September bore the name of its
designer and maker, Mr. J. H. W. Brandt. The
enamels shown at this exhibition did not deserve
much praise, but there was some nice pottery—
unassuming but attractive; jewellery by, among
others, Mr. A. Ware, Mr. T. Seiling, and Miss
C. Adams, and a good collection of embroidery
and other needlework.

An interesting new departure was made this year
at the Birkbeck School of Art, where Mrs. Seymour
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Lucas was invited to judge the work and award
the prizes in the local competitions. Mrs. Lucas
awarded the two Taverner prizes to Miss Agnes
Sutherland and Miss Dorothea Goody, Miss Irene
Butterworth gaining an honourable mention. The
Holden prize was given this year for a figure com-
position founded on any time sketch made in the
life class, and it was carried off by Mr. Arthur M.
Boff, who also gained both the prizes offered by
the Head Master, Mr. Alfred W. Mason. The
Pocock prize for time studies from life fell to Mr.
Frederick H. Ballard, and the Hardy prizes to
Miss Viola D. Dunkley, for modelling a plant from

SILVER CARD TRAY BY ALBERT NEEDHAM

EMBROIDERED CUSHION COVER BY NORAH MAY

{Blackheath School of Arts and Crafts)