Studio: international art (49.1910)

The Arts and Crafts Society's Exhibition

BRIGHT IRON SCREEN DESIGNED BY R. S. LORIMER

EXECUTED BY THOMAS HADDEN

Morris, the virtual founder of the Arts and Crafts
movement, but of Burne-Jones, his loyal supporter
in all that concerned the development of “ the

refining influence of the
beauty of common things in
daily life,” as Mr. Crane
aptly puts it, and with the
later achievements of Watts,
than whom the artist-crafts-
men had no sincerer friend.
The closing of the beautiful
Gallery in Regent Street, in
which all the Arts and Crafts
shows but one have been
held, is obviously an anxious
matter for the Society.
Galleries suitable for its ex-
hibitions are scarce in
London, and the chances
seem small of the realisation
of the hope expressed by
Mr. Crane that public and
national support may be
forthcoming “to provide
and maintain a permanent
home under responsible
management for periodic
exhibitions of art and craftsmanship, to give oppor-
tunities to workers in them to display specimens
of their skill, and to maintain a standard of

COLOURED PLASTER OVERMANTEL: “THE CHRIST CHILD”

BY G. A. WILLIAMS

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