DOI Heft:
No. 270 (September 1915)
DOI Artikel:The National Competition of Schools of Art, 1915
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21213#0269
National Competition of Schools of Art, 1915
ENAMELLED JEWEL-CASKET. BY NATHAN ROSENBERG (BIR-
MINGHAM, MARGARET STREET SCHOOL OF ART)
Bergner was represented by a music-
cabinet in light wood with figures 'of
musicians and singers, very bright and
gay in colour, on the panel of each
door. Better, however, than the large
figures were the charming little designs
of fauns placed at each corner of the
panels. A circular tobacco-box in
stained wood by the same artist was jn
execution and colour one of the best
things of its kind in the exhibition.
Miss Bergner gained a silver medal for
her work, and similar awards were given
to Miss Louise Benjamin for the dainty
and elaborate floral designs in her
decoration of a box, and to Miss
medals, and she has also been
awarded the Princess of Wales’s
Scholarship of ^25. Miss Hitch-
cock’s honours have been gained
for design and execution in wood-
carving, drawing from the nude,
modelled designs for tiles, silver
plate and wall decoration, and
designs for fabrics and porcelain.
Decoration in stained wood was
again the most striking feature of
the National Art Competition ex-
hibition, and for her work in this
section Miss Gwen White won for
the third year in succession a gold
medal for the Polytechnic Institute
School of Art. Miss White’s medal
was given for a dressing-case of
light-coloured wood adorned with
a frieze of Elizabethan figures
carried all round with the Virgin
Queen herself in the centre of the
front. The top and the inside of
the lid were decorated in sympathy
with the rest, and so, too, were the
brushes and various articles of the
toilet with which the case was
fitted, though these, unfortunately,
could not be displayed at the exhi-
bition. Excellent work in stained
wood was also shown by several
other students of the Polytechnic
Institute, where the development
of this branch of the applied arts
has been carried farther than at
any other school. Miss Lucia B.
CARVED OAK FRAME FOR A ROLL OF HONOUR. BY DAVID EVANS
(MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART)
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ENAMELLED JEWEL-CASKET. BY NATHAN ROSENBERG (BIR-
MINGHAM, MARGARET STREET SCHOOL OF ART)
Bergner was represented by a music-
cabinet in light wood with figures 'of
musicians and singers, very bright and
gay in colour, on the panel of each
door. Better, however, than the large
figures were the charming little designs
of fauns placed at each corner of the
panels. A circular tobacco-box in
stained wood by the same artist was jn
execution and colour one of the best
things of its kind in the exhibition.
Miss Bergner gained a silver medal for
her work, and similar awards were given
to Miss Louise Benjamin for the dainty
and elaborate floral designs in her
decoration of a box, and to Miss
medals, and she has also been
awarded the Princess of Wales’s
Scholarship of ^25. Miss Hitch-
cock’s honours have been gained
for design and execution in wood-
carving, drawing from the nude,
modelled designs for tiles, silver
plate and wall decoration, and
designs for fabrics and porcelain.
Decoration in stained wood was
again the most striking feature of
the National Art Competition ex-
hibition, and for her work in this
section Miss Gwen White won for
the third year in succession a gold
medal for the Polytechnic Institute
School of Art. Miss White’s medal
was given for a dressing-case of
light-coloured wood adorned with
a frieze of Elizabethan figures
carried all round with the Virgin
Queen herself in the centre of the
front. The top and the inside of
the lid were decorated in sympathy
with the rest, and so, too, were the
brushes and various articles of the
toilet with which the case was
fitted, though these, unfortunately,
could not be displayed at the exhi-
bition. Excellent work in stained
wood was also shown by several
other students of the Polytechnic
Institute, where the development
of this branch of the applied arts
has been carried farther than at
any other school. Miss Lucia B.
CARVED OAK FRAME FOR A ROLL OF HONOUR. BY DAVID EVANS
(MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART)
249