Studio: international art (68.1916)

Studio- Talk

t IDEAL BUST BY T. STIRLING LEE

the longest-lived member of the Royal Academy
since its foundation in 1768. Mr. Sant was
born at Croydon, and after studying as a youth
first under John Varley and then under Sir A.
Callcott, R.A., entered the Academy Schools
in 1840, his first contribution to the summer
exhibition following soon afterwards. Becom-
ing an Associate in 1861, he was made full
Member in 1870, continuing in that capacity
until 1914, when he retired, but it was not till
last year that he made his final appearance at
Burlington House. As a portrait-painter he had
at one time a considerable vogue among the
aristocracy.

The little chalk statuette reproduced on page
175 is by Private Reid Dick, a sculptor whose

work we have on several occasions had the
pleasure of introducing to our readers. In a
letter written from the Front a few weeks ago he
says : " I had heard of and seen things carved in this
material, but did not try it myself until recently.

I was agreeably surprised to find that
with a penknife very good results may be obtained,
and that a dug-out with only the light of the
doorway or a candle makes a very good studio.
Carving became quite a craze in our dug-out, and
indeed all along the trench little groups of soldiers
were seen busily carving. The pursuit of art, how-
ever, was brought to an abrupt close one afternoon
when the Bosches made themselves objectionable
by a fierce bombardment which was succeeded by
attacks, counter-attacks and more bombardment
lasting for the best part of a week." The original
of this little figure is at the Leicester Galleries.

"CHLOE." IDEAL BUST BY T. STIRLING LEE

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