Studio: international art (56.1912)

The National Competition of Schools of Art, 1912

masculine strength and de-
cision was contributed by
Noel Laura Nisbet (Clap-
ham), a student who has
gained honours in several
previous competitions.
The weakest point of this
spirited drawing is per-
haps the mass of spears
carried by the victorious
troops. There are too
many weapons and their
character does not agree
with the period of the pic-
ture. From the Leicester
School of Art Walter F. V.
Anson sent a number of
sketches that gained de-
servedly high commenda-
tion. Other creditable
designs for book illustration
were an allegory by George
S. Perriman (Lambeth),
which though not perfect in
drawing; was larger in

CHARCOAL SKETCH OF PAINTED PANEL. BY LEONARD R. SQUIRRELL (IPSWICH)
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DESIGN FOR COLOURED BOOK
ILLUSTRATION: “A SUGGESTION
FROM THE LIFE ROOM.” BY
LEONARD R. SQUIRRELL
(IPSWICH)

treatment than most of the
similar studies; the curious
water-colours by John H.
Brookes (Leicester), of
foliage and branches traced
delicately on tinted skies,
showing strong signs of
Japanese influence; a de-
sign for a lithograph of men
working in a foundry by
William G. Whitaker (Cam-
berwell) ; and drawings of
various kinds by Dorothy
M. E. Payne (Lambeth),
Hilda Warlow (Liverpool),
and Audrey Peake (Bristol).
A good collection of etch-
ings included a study of an
avenue of trees by Jessie
Beswick (Liverpool), and
others of various subjects
by Jeanne M. T. Fischer
(Liverpool), Fred. C. Jones
(Bradford), and Dorothy
E. G. Woollard (Bristol).