DOI Heft:
No. 302 (May 1918)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21356#0144
Studio- Talk
Thornycroft and Sir Thomas Brock ; and two Mr. Lewis Baumer's pastel, The Blue Kimono,
painters, Mr. Frank Dicksee and Mr. Charles which we reproduce in colour, was one of his
Sims—has drawn up a series of suggestions contributions to the last exhibition of the
to those who are considering such memorials, Pastel Society early this year. Mr. Baumer's
the last of which is especially worthy of atten- delicate sense of colour and disciplined draughts-
tion: namely, that in all memorials simplicity, manship are admirably exemplified in his pastel
scale, and proportion should be aimed at rather work, always an attractive feature of these
than profusion of detail or excessive costliness exhibitions,
of material. The committee would be willing
to give further advice in particular cases if We regret to record the death of Mr. Edward
called upon to do so, and communications rela- Stott, A.R.A., who died on March 19, in his
tive thereto may be addressed to the Secretary, sixty-third year, at Amberley, the peaceful
Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, W.i. Sussex village where he had lived and worked
---- for many years. The placid environment in
Lieutenant H. W. Mann, R.F.A., from whose which he passed his life was reflected in the
sketches of towns and village in Northern pictures he sent to the annual exhibitions of
France we reproduced a selection in our March the Royal Academy, of which he was elected
number, was, we regret to learn, killed in action Associate in 1906.
on March 30. The deceased officer
was an Associate of the Royal
Institute of British Architects,
and practised at Chelmsford.
The name of Second-Lieutenant
Rhys Davids, D.S.O., M.C., whose
portrait we reproduce on page
137 along with that of another
famous British airman, appeared
in one of the casualty lists pub-
lished early last month amongst
those " now reported killed."
Described officially as a " mag-
nificent fightei," this daring lad
of twenty knew absolutely no
fear, and it is fitting that it should
fall to one of the most distin-
guished portrait painters of our
generation to record for posterity
the image of such a hero. These,
and the other portraits which Mr.
Orpen has painted in his capacity
as an Official British Artist, are
now on exhibition at Messrs. Agnew
and Sons' galleries in Bond Street.
Mr. C. F. Voysey's design for
a stained-glass panel, which we
reproduce on this page, has the
merit of being a comparatively
inexpensive form of memorial
while being admirably decorative
and capable of adaptation to stained-glass memorial panel
varying circumstances. designed by c. f. a. voysey, architect
138
Thornycroft and Sir Thomas Brock ; and two Mr. Lewis Baumer's pastel, The Blue Kimono,
painters, Mr. Frank Dicksee and Mr. Charles which we reproduce in colour, was one of his
Sims—has drawn up a series of suggestions contributions to the last exhibition of the
to those who are considering such memorials, Pastel Society early this year. Mr. Baumer's
the last of which is especially worthy of atten- delicate sense of colour and disciplined draughts-
tion: namely, that in all memorials simplicity, manship are admirably exemplified in his pastel
scale, and proportion should be aimed at rather work, always an attractive feature of these
than profusion of detail or excessive costliness exhibitions,
of material. The committee would be willing
to give further advice in particular cases if We regret to record the death of Mr. Edward
called upon to do so, and communications rela- Stott, A.R.A., who died on March 19, in his
tive thereto may be addressed to the Secretary, sixty-third year, at Amberley, the peaceful
Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, W.i. Sussex village where he had lived and worked
---- for many years. The placid environment in
Lieutenant H. W. Mann, R.F.A., from whose which he passed his life was reflected in the
sketches of towns and village in Northern pictures he sent to the annual exhibitions of
France we reproduced a selection in our March the Royal Academy, of which he was elected
number, was, we regret to learn, killed in action Associate in 1906.
on March 30. The deceased officer
was an Associate of the Royal
Institute of British Architects,
and practised at Chelmsford.
The name of Second-Lieutenant
Rhys Davids, D.S.O., M.C., whose
portrait we reproduce on page
137 along with that of another
famous British airman, appeared
in one of the casualty lists pub-
lished early last month amongst
those " now reported killed."
Described officially as a " mag-
nificent fightei," this daring lad
of twenty knew absolutely no
fear, and it is fitting that it should
fall to one of the most distin-
guished portrait painters of our
generation to record for posterity
the image of such a hero. These,
and the other portraits which Mr.
Orpen has painted in his capacity
as an Official British Artist, are
now on exhibition at Messrs. Agnew
and Sons' galleries in Bond Street.
Mr. C. F. Voysey's design for
a stained-glass panel, which we
reproduce on this page, has the
merit of being a comparatively
inexpensive form of memorial
while being admirably decorative
and capable of adaptation to stained-glass memorial panel
varying circumstances. designed by c. f. a. voysey, architect
138