DOI Heft:
No. 323 (February 1920)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21359#0209
STUDIO-TALK
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
BY HENRY THURBURN
charter, to enable these elections to be
made. This recognition of wood-engraving
marks an important stage in the Society's
history, and is especially opportune just
now when the wood-block as a vehicle of
original expression is coming to the fore.
On these pages we give reproductions
of some designs by Captain Thurburn, an
artist who evinces a decided feeling for
decoration expressed in a manner that is
by no means commonplace. Colour treat-
ment is also a strong point in many of his
designs, and in this respect again he
exhibits considerable originality, a a
The New English Art Club has of late
been hard pressed to find quarters for its
exhibitions, but for the present year at all
events it has been fortunate enough to
secure the Old Water-Colour Society's
large well-lighted gallery in Pall Mall East,
where its sixty-first exhibition has just
been held and the sixty-second will be
held during the coming summer. Excel-
lent as it is, however, this gallery is less
suited to the displays of the Club than to
the far more homogeneous shows of its
host and the Painter-Etchers. a a
This was especially evident in the recent
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BOOK ILLUSTRATION
BY HENRY THURBURN
charter, to enable these elections to be
made. This recognition of wood-engraving
marks an important stage in the Society's
history, and is especially opportune just
now when the wood-block as a vehicle of
original expression is coming to the fore.
On these pages we give reproductions
of some designs by Captain Thurburn, an
artist who evinces a decided feeling for
decoration expressed in a manner that is
by no means commonplace. Colour treat-
ment is also a strong point in many of his
designs, and in this respect again he
exhibits considerable originality, a a
The New English Art Club has of late
been hard pressed to find quarters for its
exhibitions, but for the present year at all
events it has been fortunate enough to
secure the Old Water-Colour Society's
large well-lighted gallery in Pall Mall East,
where its sixty-first exhibition has just
been held and the sixty-second will be
held during the coming summer. Excel-
lent as it is, however, this gallery is less
suited to the displays of the Club than to
the far more homogeneous shows of its
host and the Painter-Etchers. a a
This was especially evident in the recent
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