Studio: international art (54.1912)

Art School Notes

embroidery panel designed
and executed by betty f.

can pass the intervals in fine weather is another^good feature
of the new school, and over the walljof [the] quadrangle is a
glimpse of the [roof of a picturesque old cottage that dates
from the time when Kensington was a favourite sketching-
ground for artists. The class for modelling from animals,
under Mr. Cecil Brown, which is now a permanent feature
of the curriculum, will have room at Kensington for further
developments, and Mr. Calderon thinks of starting a class of
animal drawing for children when the school is opened.

Sir George Frampton, R.A., Mr. George Clausen, R.A., Mr.
Charles Shannon, A.R.A., and Professor Selwyn Image were
among the judges in the recent competitions of the South
Kensington Sketch Club, which is composed of past and
present students of the Royal College of Art. The exhibition
of sketches was a very good one, and especially strong in
landscapes. The modelling competition was not so large
as might have been expected, but the quality was high, and
Sir George Frampton sent a special message of congratulation
to Miss Acheson, who carried off one of the first prizes.
Another compliment paid to the exhibition was the purchase
by Mr. Charles Shannon of a water-colour study of sandhills,
by Mr. L. Jones, a student whose picture at the same exhibi-
tion last year was bought by Mr. Clausen. Good landscapes
were shown by Mr. C. Norris, Mr. L. Underwood (who
carried off several prizes), Mr. H. Dearden, and Mr. P. H.
macpherson Jowett. Mr. H. B. Wright gained a first prize for a capital

study in oil of the interior of a bam, and Mr. W. F. Chandler

(Edinburgh Arts and Crafts
Club )

recently built for Mr. W. R. Colton,
A.R.A., and designed by Mr. A. G.
Leighton, who also prepared the
plans for the School of Animal
Painting, according to the require-
ments sketched out by Mr. Calderon.
A house for the principal forms
the front portion of the building,
and behind this is a very large
and admirably lighted ground-floor
studio, about fifty feet by forty, in
which horses and other large animals
will be posed daily. In another
studio upstairs, birds, cats, and other
small creatures can be painted, and
adjoining this is a large gallery in
which Mr. Calderon intends to
arrange his well-known collection
of anatomical casts of animals. This
collection has lately been strength-
ened by the addition of many casts

made for the late T M Swan R A collar of carrickmacross lace

quadrangle in which the Students (Edinburgh Arts and Crafts Club)

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designed and worked by
miss r. r. mcg1bbon