DOI Heft:
No. 270 (September 1915)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21213#0297
Studio-Talk
“MRS. GEORGE BELCHER”
FROM A MINIATURE BY BESS NORRISS TAIT
Decorative Arts Society, and an outline of its
objects and method is given in a circular signed by
the well-known designer, Mr. Frederick Vigers,
with whcm we understand other artists of note in
the field of decorative art are co-operating. The
primary object of the proposed society is stated
to be “to encourage the production of objects of
interior and exterior decoration of British design
and manufacture,” and as a means of securing
public interest in these productions it is proposed
that there should be formed “a permanent clearing-
house or exchange where all decorative objects will
be exhibited,” and further that “ an index illustrated
by sketches or reproductions of every kind of
decorative work be always available to prospective
buyers.” The suggested permanent exhibition is
to include works of fine art, and especially examples
of portraiture, and in order to induce the public to
make a habit of visiting the galleries, lounges and
light refreshments are to be provided. There has
long been a need for a continuous exhibition such
as that contemplated, and the idea is a good one if
only it can be carried out on practical lines. We
understand, however, that it is not proposed to
take any immediate steps to realise this programme,
and perhaps it would be as well for those concerned
to consider the expediency of joining up with the
organisation which has already made a start, for in
a case of this kind the existence of more or less
rival schemes may prove prejudicial to the attain-
ment of the objects which both have in view.
“ The Glory that was Reims ” was the title of an
exhibition at the Leicester Galleries last month
of photographs taken by the sculptor-restorer of
Reims Cathedral prior to, and since the bombard-
ments by the Germans. That these deliberate acts
of vandalism were not dictated by any military
necessity is shown by the declaration of the Vicar-
General to the Archbishop of Reims which is
quoted in the catalogue of this exhibition. “In
the name of his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop
of Reims, and as a witness myself hour by hour of
all that passes in my church, I offer the most formal
denial to the improbable German report. No post
of observation on the towers, nor batteries on the
court in front of the building, nor cantonment, nor
any post of troops whatever, at any moment, was near
the Cathedral. The whole population will bear me
witness.” As a magazine devoted to the arts we
should be failing in our function did we not record in
our pages this declaration; for, to quote further, and
this time from the protest issued by M. Delcasse,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Neutral States
“ cet acte revoltant de vandalisme . . . derobe a
a
“THE TULIP GIRL ”
FROM A MINIATURE BY BESS NORRISS TAIT
277
“MRS. GEORGE BELCHER”
FROM A MINIATURE BY BESS NORRISS TAIT
Decorative Arts Society, and an outline of its
objects and method is given in a circular signed by
the well-known designer, Mr. Frederick Vigers,
with whcm we understand other artists of note in
the field of decorative art are co-operating. The
primary object of the proposed society is stated
to be “to encourage the production of objects of
interior and exterior decoration of British design
and manufacture,” and as a means of securing
public interest in these productions it is proposed
that there should be formed “a permanent clearing-
house or exchange where all decorative objects will
be exhibited,” and further that “ an index illustrated
by sketches or reproductions of every kind of
decorative work be always available to prospective
buyers.” The suggested permanent exhibition is
to include works of fine art, and especially examples
of portraiture, and in order to induce the public to
make a habit of visiting the galleries, lounges and
light refreshments are to be provided. There has
long been a need for a continuous exhibition such
as that contemplated, and the idea is a good one if
only it can be carried out on practical lines. We
understand, however, that it is not proposed to
take any immediate steps to realise this programme,
and perhaps it would be as well for those concerned
to consider the expediency of joining up with the
organisation which has already made a start, for in
a case of this kind the existence of more or less
rival schemes may prove prejudicial to the attain-
ment of the objects which both have in view.
“ The Glory that was Reims ” was the title of an
exhibition at the Leicester Galleries last month
of photographs taken by the sculptor-restorer of
Reims Cathedral prior to, and since the bombard-
ments by the Germans. That these deliberate acts
of vandalism were not dictated by any military
necessity is shown by the declaration of the Vicar-
General to the Archbishop of Reims which is
quoted in the catalogue of this exhibition. “In
the name of his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop
of Reims, and as a witness myself hour by hour of
all that passes in my church, I offer the most formal
denial to the improbable German report. No post
of observation on the towers, nor batteries on the
court in front of the building, nor cantonment, nor
any post of troops whatever, at any moment, was near
the Cathedral. The whole population will bear me
witness.” As a magazine devoted to the arts we
should be failing in our function did we not record in
our pages this declaration; for, to quote further, and
this time from the protest issued by M. Delcasse,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Neutral States
“ cet acte revoltant de vandalisme . . . derobe a
a
“THE TULIP GIRL ”
FROM A MINIATURE BY BESS NORRISS TAIT
277