DOI Heft:
No. 328 (July 1920)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21360#0198
STUDIO-TALK
“in the country”
BY ETHELBERT WHITE
(DECORATIVE ART group)
paintings and applique hangings, posters,
and stencilled designs, “ restrict them-
selves more or less to two-dimensional
design/' and recognising the supreme
importance of rhythmic colour and line
in decoration, they hold that u these
decorative qualities are at variance with
any attempt to create an illusion of
actuality/' This declaration of principles
continues to hold good, not excluding the
“ more or less " in relation to design of
two dimensions, for not all the members
of the group are averse to the use of
shadows, though they may use them for a
different purpose than that of creating an
illusion of actuality. We include with our
192
illustrations two of the paintings contri-
buted to this exhibition by Mr. Reginald
Higgins and Mr. Ethelbert White respec-
tively. The display comprises, in addition
to numerous pictures, an interesting assort-
ment of designs for textiles, posters, etc.,
and some pottery, a 0 0 0
The British Institute of Industrial Art
was inaugurated rather more than a year
ago at the instance of two Government
departments—the Boards of Trade and
Education—and in its scheme of operations,
of which an account was given in these
pages at the time, a prominent place
was given to the holding of a permanent
exhibition of work by individual craftsmen
“in the country”
BY ETHELBERT WHITE
(DECORATIVE ART group)
paintings and applique hangings, posters,
and stencilled designs, “ restrict them-
selves more or less to two-dimensional
design/' and recognising the supreme
importance of rhythmic colour and line
in decoration, they hold that u these
decorative qualities are at variance with
any attempt to create an illusion of
actuality/' This declaration of principles
continues to hold good, not excluding the
“ more or less " in relation to design of
two dimensions, for not all the members
of the group are averse to the use of
shadows, though they may use them for a
different purpose than that of creating an
illusion of actuality. We include with our
192
illustrations two of the paintings contri-
buted to this exhibition by Mr. Reginald
Higgins and Mr. Ethelbert White respec-
tively. The display comprises, in addition
to numerous pictures, an interesting assort-
ment of designs for textiles, posters, etc.,
and some pottery, a 0 0 0
The British Institute of Industrial Art
was inaugurated rather more than a year
ago at the instance of two Government
departments—the Boards of Trade and
Education—and in its scheme of operations,
of which an account was given in these
pages at the time, a prominent place
was given to the holding of a permanent
exhibition of work by individual craftsmen