Studio: international art (77.1919)

STUDIO-TALK

“FROM OLD COPENHAGEN ”
FROM A WOOD-ENGRAV-
ING BY WILHELM KAGE

reproduced by us in our issue for May 1912,
was before the break-up of Russia a pro-
fessor at the School of Art in Moscow and
a permanent member of the Imperial
Academy of Art. 0 0 0 0

The Royal College of Art at South Ken-
sington begins its new session at the end
of September, the teaching staff being
practically the same as in the past session,
the chief change being the appointment of
Mr. F. Derwent Wood, A.R.A., as Pro-
fessor of Modelling in succession to the
late Professor Edward Lanteri. 0 0

Great advances have been made in re-
cent years in the illustration of daily and
weekly newspapers, and nowadays the ma-
jority of them make considerable use of the
half-tone process for this purpose. Of late
an intaglio process, known as “ rotary photo-
gravure,” has been coming into use, and an
excellent example of its employment may
be seen in the illustrated section recently
added to the weekly edition of "The Times.”
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TOCKHOLM,—The woodcut and kin-
dred graphic methods are at present
making many friends, and they are often
possessed of a freshness and force which,
apart from other merits, have a decided
decorative value. To Mr. Wilhelm Kage's
artistic temperament the woodcut naturally
commends itself, and the three examples
of his work in this domain of art which are
reproduced herewith, so to speak, tell their
own tale. They demonstrate that he
understands the peculiar advantages offered
by this special branch of the graphic arts
and are likely to gain for him and his art
fresh friends. They all deal with Northern
motifs, and more especially the one depict-
ing the old pottery works at Gustafsberg,
near Stockholm, aptly conveys the mood of
the place and season. Mr. Kage is closely
connected with these famous works, where
his artistic impulses have already made
themselves felt in a marked and distinctly
happy manner. 0 0 0 G. B.