DOI issue:
No. 328 (July 1920)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21360#0197
STUDIO-TALK
PETIT-POINT NEEDLEWORK PANEL
OF THE TIME OF CHARLES I
(Sidney Hand Ltd.)—see p. 187.
to Flansham, Bognor, Sussex. It is curious
that England should have been so long
without a society of this kind, while most
foreign countries have had such organiza-
tions , and considering the number of
designers and collectors of book-plates
here, the new Society should have no
difficulty in securing adequate support, a
The Society of Graphic Art is another
new body which has recently come into
existence, and bids fair to play an impor-
tant part in the progress of art in this
country. Mr. Frank Brangwyn, R.A.,
has, with Mr. Frank L. Emanuel, the
Honorary Secretary, taken an active part
in its promotion, and the President of the
Royal Academy and several R.A/s and
A.R.A/s have given their countenance
to the Society, while the list of original
members contains the names of prominent
representatives of original etching, litho-
graphy, wood engraving, book illustration,
and kindred arts. Pending the election of
a President and executive at a general
meeting, Mr. A. J. Finberg has been acting
as Chairman of the Provisional Committee,
and after the formal launching of the
Society at this meeting, arrangements
will be made for an inaugural exhibition,
which, owing to scarcity of accommodation,
may not take place till early next year. a
The Decorative Art Group, now holding
an exhibition at the Dorien Leigh Gallery
in Bruton Street, has expanded very much
since it made its debut at the Modern
Gallery four years ago, when it counted
but nine members, while now the number
exceeds a hundred. Those who have
joined the group include Mr. George
Sheringham, Mr. Walter Bayes, Miss
Jessie Bayes, Mr. Ernest Cole, Mr. Leo-
nard Richmond, Mr. Blamire Young,
Capt. Robert Gibbings, Mr. Reginald
Higgins, and other British artists whose
names are more or less familiar to the
public, as well as a number of foreign
artists whose co-operation gives an inter-
national aspect to the group. The aims
of the group are set forth in a statement
which prefaced the catalogue of the first
exhibition. Practically banishing from
their schemes ** that third dimension,
the illusion of which is created by the
use of shadows," these artists, in their
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PETIT-POINT NEEDLEWORK PANEL
OF THE TIME OF CHARLES I
(Sidney Hand Ltd.)—see p. 187.
to Flansham, Bognor, Sussex. It is curious
that England should have been so long
without a society of this kind, while most
foreign countries have had such organiza-
tions , and considering the number of
designers and collectors of book-plates
here, the new Society should have no
difficulty in securing adequate support, a
The Society of Graphic Art is another
new body which has recently come into
existence, and bids fair to play an impor-
tant part in the progress of art in this
country. Mr. Frank Brangwyn, R.A.,
has, with Mr. Frank L. Emanuel, the
Honorary Secretary, taken an active part
in its promotion, and the President of the
Royal Academy and several R.A/s and
A.R.A/s have given their countenance
to the Society, while the list of original
members contains the names of prominent
representatives of original etching, litho-
graphy, wood engraving, book illustration,
and kindred arts. Pending the election of
a President and executive at a general
meeting, Mr. A. J. Finberg has been acting
as Chairman of the Provisional Committee,
and after the formal launching of the
Society at this meeting, arrangements
will be made for an inaugural exhibition,
which, owing to scarcity of accommodation,
may not take place till early next year. a
The Decorative Art Group, now holding
an exhibition at the Dorien Leigh Gallery
in Bruton Street, has expanded very much
since it made its debut at the Modern
Gallery four years ago, when it counted
but nine members, while now the number
exceeds a hundred. Those who have
joined the group include Mr. George
Sheringham, Mr. Walter Bayes, Miss
Jessie Bayes, Mr. Ernest Cole, Mr. Leo-
nard Richmond, Mr. Blamire Young,
Capt. Robert Gibbings, Mr. Reginald
Higgins, and other British artists whose
names are more or less familiar to the
public, as well as a number of foreign
artists whose co-operation gives an inter-
national aspect to the group. The aims
of the group are set forth in a statement
which prefaced the catalogue of the first
exhibition. Practically banishing from
their schemes ** that third dimension,
the illusion of which is created by the
use of shadows," these artists, in their
191