DOI issue:
No. 241 (April 1913)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21160#0240
Studio- Talk
to acknowledge that both in choice of subjects and
in her interpretation of them, feminine traits are
dominant, and in truth no little of the charm which
much of her work undoubtedly possesses is due
to the frankly feminine sentiment by which it is per-
vaded. She has in a marked degree the decorative
feeling. Her line is graceful yet firm, and her
colour is both harmonious and effective. This is
well shown in the circular panel reproduced in
colour among our illustrations, It was exhibited
at the recent exhibition of the Arts and Crafts
Society at the Grosvenor Gallery, and was indeed
one of the most delightful things of the kind there.
Mrs. Burleigh received all the training she has
had at the Brighton School of Art but she was
fortunate in marrying an artist whose help and
encouragement have been of much service to her,
so that instead of relinquishing her work, as so
often happens in such cases, she has devoted
herself to it more ardently than before. She is a
prominent member of the Sussex Women's Art
Club, which has its headquarters at Brighton, and
has exhibited at the Academy and Royal Institute
as well as at the Paris Salon. She has illustrated
a recent edition of Keats's Poems, and in the shape
of greeting cards her work has already become
known to many readers of this magazine.
The Pencil Society, to quite'justify its title, should
count among its members more of the brilliant
executants in the medium of pencil whose art is
known to visitors of London exhibitions, and
others who though not exhibiting do excellent
work in the illustration of periodicals and books.
There is plenty of room for this extension of
membership without cutting into the ranks of the
group of remarkable draughtsmen known as the
Society of Twelve. The most interesting exhibitors
in the Pencil Society's recent exhibition at Mr.
Paterson's Gallery were Mr. Joseph Simpson, Mr.
F. Gillett, Mr. S. Spurrier, and Sir Charles Holroyd,
whose studies frankly rested the claim for attention
upon the qualities of the flexible and sympathetic
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to acknowledge that both in choice of subjects and
in her interpretation of them, feminine traits are
dominant, and in truth no little of the charm which
much of her work undoubtedly possesses is due
to the frankly feminine sentiment by which it is per-
vaded. She has in a marked degree the decorative
feeling. Her line is graceful yet firm, and her
colour is both harmonious and effective. This is
well shown in the circular panel reproduced in
colour among our illustrations, It was exhibited
at the recent exhibition of the Arts and Crafts
Society at the Grosvenor Gallery, and was indeed
one of the most delightful things of the kind there.
Mrs. Burleigh received all the training she has
had at the Brighton School of Art but she was
fortunate in marrying an artist whose help and
encouragement have been of much service to her,
so that instead of relinquishing her work, as so
often happens in such cases, she has devoted
herself to it more ardently than before. She is a
prominent member of the Sussex Women's Art
Club, which has its headquarters at Brighton, and
has exhibited at the Academy and Royal Institute
as well as at the Paris Salon. She has illustrated
a recent edition of Keats's Poems, and in the shape
of greeting cards her work has already become
known to many readers of this magazine.
The Pencil Society, to quite'justify its title, should
count among its members more of the brilliant
executants in the medium of pencil whose art is
known to visitors of London exhibitions, and
others who though not exhibiting do excellent
work in the illustration of periodicals and books.
There is plenty of room for this extension of
membership without cutting into the ranks of the
group of remarkable draughtsmen known as the
Society of Twelve. The most interesting exhibitors
in the Pencil Society's recent exhibition at Mr.
Paterson's Gallery were Mr. Joseph Simpson, Mr.
F. Gillett, Mr. S. Spurrier, and Sir Charles Holroyd,
whose studies frankly rested the claim for attention
upon the qualities of the flexible and sympathetic
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