DOI Heft:
No. 284 (November 1916)
DOI Artikel:Whitley, William Thomas: Arts and crafts at the Royal Academy, [1]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.24575#0078
The Arts and Crafts Exhibition
scheme, which was soon after
accepted by the Royal Academy
Council, and its acceptance
ratified, though not without some
slight opposition, by the General
Assembly.
Mr. Wilson's plan for the exhibi-
tion is larger and bolder than any-
thing that has been carried out
before. In none of the preceding
exhibitions was there any general
scheme. The exhibits were
arranged to the best advantage in
the galleries and the whole was a
collection of contributions by indi-
vidual workers, of great interest
occasionally but with no more co-
hesion or combination of effort
than is to be seen at an exhibition
of the Royal Academy or the New
English Art Club. Mr. Wilson's idea
is to show the individual contribu-
tions as usual, and in addition to
Lancastrian lustre plaque, desigxed by walter crane. remodel the Academy galleries by
painted by c cundall (pilkingtons) , . .,
» building up inside them a great
scheme of planning and decoration
than once, most definitely seven years ago before in which the united efforts of the architect, painter,
the exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society held and sculptor are displayed.
in 1910. In each case it was opposed successfully, It is a fine idea, and Mr. Wilson, who is himself
but this year what had hitherto been impossible responsible for the architectural arrangement and
was accomplished easily. It so happens that on much of the decoration, has received the loyal
the present Council of the Royal Academy there support and active assistance of numbers of artists,
is a majority of men of advanced views, and in a some of whom must have devoted months of
conversation between one of
these and Mr. Henry Wilson,
who has succeeded Walter
Crane as President of the
Arts and Crafts Society, the
question was raised of
holding an exhibition at Bur-
lington House.
The Academician suggested
that Mr. Wilson should
approach Sir Edward Poynter
on the subject, and accord-
ingly a meeting between the
two Presidents was arranged.
Sir Edward, a painter intensely
interested in decorative art
and its application, and
possessed of far broader views
on art generally than his critics
credit him with, fell in at
' _ lancastrian rose bowl. designed by walter crane.
once with Mr. Wilson's painted by w. s. mycock (pilkingtons)
70
scheme, which was soon after
accepted by the Royal Academy
Council, and its acceptance
ratified, though not without some
slight opposition, by the General
Assembly.
Mr. Wilson's plan for the exhibi-
tion is larger and bolder than any-
thing that has been carried out
before. In none of the preceding
exhibitions was there any general
scheme. The exhibits were
arranged to the best advantage in
the galleries and the whole was a
collection of contributions by indi-
vidual workers, of great interest
occasionally but with no more co-
hesion or combination of effort
than is to be seen at an exhibition
of the Royal Academy or the New
English Art Club. Mr. Wilson's idea
is to show the individual contribu-
tions as usual, and in addition to
Lancastrian lustre plaque, desigxed by walter crane. remodel the Academy galleries by
painted by c cundall (pilkingtons) , . .,
» building up inside them a great
scheme of planning and decoration
than once, most definitely seven years ago before in which the united efforts of the architect, painter,
the exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society held and sculptor are displayed.
in 1910. In each case it was opposed successfully, It is a fine idea, and Mr. Wilson, who is himself
but this year what had hitherto been impossible responsible for the architectural arrangement and
was accomplished easily. It so happens that on much of the decoration, has received the loyal
the present Council of the Royal Academy there support and active assistance of numbers of artists,
is a majority of men of advanced views, and in a some of whom must have devoted months of
conversation between one of
these and Mr. Henry Wilson,
who has succeeded Walter
Crane as President of the
Arts and Crafts Society, the
question was raised of
holding an exhibition at Bur-
lington House.
The Academician suggested
that Mr. Wilson should
approach Sir Edward Poynter
on the subject, and accord-
ingly a meeting between the
two Presidents was arranged.
Sir Edward, a painter intensely
interested in decorative art
and its application, and
possessed of far broader views
on art generally than his critics
credit him with, fell in at
' _ lancastrian rose bowl. designed by walter crane.
once with Mr. Wilson's painted by w. s. mycock (pilkingtons)
70