DOI Heft:
Nr. 222 (September 1911)
DOI Artikel:Whitley, William Thomas: The National Competition of Schools of Art, 1911
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20973#0321
The National Competition of Schools of Art, ion
book illustration by dorothy payne (lambeth)
Victorian ladies promenading in a formal park, by Street), was quaint and attractive. A third casket
Marjorie Grey, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There that deserves commendation was one of copper, by
was but a poor display of posters this year. Cedric D. Boarland of Leicester School of Art.
Wood-carving is rarely seen to advantage at the Among the book-covers there was a considerable
National Art Competition Exhibitions, but although amount of creditable work but nothing at all
the average quality is almost always low there are of outstanding excellence. Kathleen Becher ot
generally one or two examples of merit. This Westminster (London County Council Technical
time there was an admirably designed
oak mantel, in which the carving had
exactly the right degree of prominence
without being too assertive. It was by
Ernest Smith of Bradford. Another
capable piece of carving was a pierced
panel, part of a fourfold screen, by
Oswin Cunningham of Sunderland.
The picture panels of inlaid wood
which were popular two or three years
ago seem to have gone out of fashion
among the students, but four small
and very clever works of this kind
have gained a silver medal for James
Simpson of Settle Technical School.
A vellum-covered tea-caddy by Hilda
M. Potts of Newcastle-upon-Tyne bad
a pleasant decoration in green and
gold; and the chequered blue and
green of the jewellery cabinet by Annie
° ... , lithographed illustration. by stanley royle (sheffield,
Burman of Birmingham (Margaret technical school)
300
book illustration by dorothy payne (lambeth)
Victorian ladies promenading in a formal park, by Street), was quaint and attractive. A third casket
Marjorie Grey, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There that deserves commendation was one of copper, by
was but a poor display of posters this year. Cedric D. Boarland of Leicester School of Art.
Wood-carving is rarely seen to advantage at the Among the book-covers there was a considerable
National Art Competition Exhibitions, but although amount of creditable work but nothing at all
the average quality is almost always low there are of outstanding excellence. Kathleen Becher ot
generally one or two examples of merit. This Westminster (London County Council Technical
time there was an admirably designed
oak mantel, in which the carving had
exactly the right degree of prominence
without being too assertive. It was by
Ernest Smith of Bradford. Another
capable piece of carving was a pierced
panel, part of a fourfold screen, by
Oswin Cunningham of Sunderland.
The picture panels of inlaid wood
which were popular two or three years
ago seem to have gone out of fashion
among the students, but four small
and very clever works of this kind
have gained a silver medal for James
Simpson of Settle Technical School.
A vellum-covered tea-caddy by Hilda
M. Potts of Newcastle-upon-Tyne bad
a pleasant decoration in green and
gold; and the chequered blue and
green of the jewellery cabinet by Annie
° ... , lithographed illustration. by stanley royle (sheffield,
Burman of Birmingham (Margaret technical school)
300