Studio: international art (52.1911)

Studio- Talk

rooms beside a bathroom and other accommoda-
tion. The owner was fortunate in being able
to buy an interesting collection of old Dutch
tiles, and these arranged round some of the
fireplaces, together with an interesting collection
of antique furniture, combine to give the low,
light rooms a pleasing individuality.

The house at Rusper near Horsham in Sussex,
shown in the water-colour perspective by Mr.
Walter Tyndale, R.I. which we here reproduce
in colour, was constructed largely of old mate-
rials forming part of the building which origin-
ally occupiedV the site, and it was therefore
possible to re-use all the oak-framed timbers.
The roof is covered with old stone slabs, a
characteristic feature of the district of Horsham,
and the woodwork everywhere is carried out
in oak. The neighbourhood of Horsham
abounds with houses of an interesting type,
and local traditions have been retained wher-
ever possible. This is especially the case in
the framing of the half-timber work, which in
Sussex is always spaced widely apart. In
order to get more variety of colouring into the
exterior, tile-hanging has been used in places,
and, for the same purpose, the chimney stacks
have been carried out in thin bricks. As will be
seen from the plan (below), the entrance lobby
opens into a large hall from which doors lead
to the drawing-room and to the dining-room,
the latter projecting into the garden with a large
bay window. The first floor contains seven
bed and dressing rooms. The architects of this
house were Messrs. Unsworth, Son and Triggs,
of Petersfield, Hants.

STUDIO-TALK.
(From Our Own Correspondents.)

LONDON.—-One of the most attractive
exhibitions held last month was Mr-
. James Aumonier's at the Leicester
Galleries. We have so often dealt
with the qualities of this painter's landscapes,
which must rank with the best of our time, that
it is difficult to add to what has already been
said in this respect. In another room at the
same galleries Mr. Hugh L. Norris's water-
colours well supplemented Mr. Aumonier's ex-
hibition, having the same distinctly English
characteristics in the preferences shown in re-
gard to point of view and subject.

The Fine Art Society have not. held an
exhibition calling for more study than Mr.
Lamorna Birch's for some time. This artist
is becoming now one of the best of our water-
colourists, with a quite personal method and
habit of looking at things, and a palette scheme
that does not show its origin in other contempo-
rary work. Mr. E. Wake Cook also had an exhi-
bition at these galleries, under the collective title
of " Nature's Pageantry," which revealed the
characteristic qualities of the artist—a feeling
for stately composition, with, however, some
lack of breadth and spontaneity in handling the
brush and combining detail.

The Twenty-ninth Annual Exhibition of the
Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and En-
gravers, which closed on the 18th of March, was

GROUND PLAN OF HOUSE AT RUSPER, SUSSEX UNSWORTH, SON AND TRIGGS, ARCHITECTS

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