DOI Heft:
No. 265 (April 1915)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21212#0206
Studio-Talk
almost inconceivable hardships endured by our
soldiers and sailors in the life and death struggle
now going on. The offices of the fund are at
Central House, Kingsway.
We regret to record the death of Mr. Ernest
Brown, one of the proprietors of the Leicester
Galleries, who died on February 18. These gal-
leries were opened by Messrs. Phillips in 1902, and
Mr. Brown, who had for some years been associated
with the Fine Art Society, joined them the follow-
ing year. Mr. Brown was quick to recognise
undiscovered talent, and he made many friends
among artists by his sincere interest in their aims.
His acumen as a judge of etching is commemorated
by a reference to him in Whistler’s “Gentle Art.”
Two societies of women artists have been
holding exhibitions during the past few weeks, the
Women’s International Art Club at the Grafton
Galleries and the Society of Women Artists in the
Suffolk Street Galleries. A prominent feature of
the former was an exceptionally fine collection of
English and foreign lace, including some dainty
examples of Flemish lace brought over to this
country by M. Paul Lambotte. The pictures were
numerous, and many of our leading women artists
were represented, as well as a few of Belgian
nationality who are now domiciled in England.
The other exhibition also contained a large number
of pictures, all so much on a level that it would
be difficult to single out more than a few as being
above the average. On a screen in one of the
rooms were shown some drawings of a deceased
member of both these societies, Miss Jessie Hall,
whose career was brought to an untimely end by a
cycle accident a few weeks ago. This talented
artist specialised in animal painting, which she
studied under Mr. Calderon, and her drawings of
horses in particular gained for her work many ad-
mirers, both in this country and far off in Australia
and New Zealand also.
GLASGOW.—Though there may, in
some cases, be merit in leisurely
production, to linger over a portrait
often robs it of interest. Miss Helen
Paxton Brown, trained at the Glasgow School
“A SUFFOLK LANDSCAPE”
200
BY JESSIE HALL
almost inconceivable hardships endured by our
soldiers and sailors in the life and death struggle
now going on. The offices of the fund are at
Central House, Kingsway.
We regret to record the death of Mr. Ernest
Brown, one of the proprietors of the Leicester
Galleries, who died on February 18. These gal-
leries were opened by Messrs. Phillips in 1902, and
Mr. Brown, who had for some years been associated
with the Fine Art Society, joined them the follow-
ing year. Mr. Brown was quick to recognise
undiscovered talent, and he made many friends
among artists by his sincere interest in their aims.
His acumen as a judge of etching is commemorated
by a reference to him in Whistler’s “Gentle Art.”
Two societies of women artists have been
holding exhibitions during the past few weeks, the
Women’s International Art Club at the Grafton
Galleries and the Society of Women Artists in the
Suffolk Street Galleries. A prominent feature of
the former was an exceptionally fine collection of
English and foreign lace, including some dainty
examples of Flemish lace brought over to this
country by M. Paul Lambotte. The pictures were
numerous, and many of our leading women artists
were represented, as well as a few of Belgian
nationality who are now domiciled in England.
The other exhibition also contained a large number
of pictures, all so much on a level that it would
be difficult to single out more than a few as being
above the average. On a screen in one of the
rooms were shown some drawings of a deceased
member of both these societies, Miss Jessie Hall,
whose career was brought to an untimely end by a
cycle accident a few weeks ago. This talented
artist specialised in animal painting, which she
studied under Mr. Calderon, and her drawings of
horses in particular gained for her work many ad-
mirers, both in this country and far off in Australia
and New Zealand also.
GLASGOW.—Though there may, in
some cases, be merit in leisurely
production, to linger over a portrait
often robs it of interest. Miss Helen
Paxton Brown, trained at the Glasgow School
“A SUFFOLK LANDSCAPE”
200
BY JESSIE HALL