Studio: international art (54.1912)

Sir George Frampton, R.A.

design for seaside bungalow ( See next articie) by "melos"

Dr. Barnardo, his monument to Canon Major vocation as a sculptor has certainly to be taken
Lester, and his recumbent effigies of Lady Isobel into account. It explains the presence in his art
Wilson and the Duke of Argyll—comes from his of some distinguishing characteristics which are
finely expressed appreciation of the value of sufficiently rare to be reckoned as remarkable, and
reticence in decorative design, and from his well- it explains, too, the success of his effort to prove
considered elimination of unnecessary trivialities, that it is by a rational alliance with architecture
not from any lack of vigorous
masculinity. The strength ot
these things, indeed, is as
convincing as their subtlety
and refinement; they bear f"***-*'^]
the plain stamp of power, but hr
of power disciplined and con-
trolled by a perfectly trained
intelligence.

Undoubtedly his ability to
preserve in all his productions
this admirable balance of
qualities comes primarily from
something temperamental,
from something that has been
shaping and developing his
character all through his life;
but his remarkable architec-
tural sense of proportion and
relation of parts, which is quite
as evident in his ideal work as
in his architectural sculpture,
has not less undoubtedly been
perfected by training. The
fact that he went through a
period of work in an architect's

office before he found his true ground plan of bungalow by "melos'

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