DOI issue:
No. 337 (April 1921)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21392#0172
STUDIO-TALK
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His father, George Richmond, R.A., was designed for a room equipped with
a close friend of William Blake " the lacquer furniture, and there it is perfectly
mystic," after whom he named his son. at home, so thoroughly has the artist
Sir William was elected Associate of the expressed the spirit of the Far East in
Academy in 1888 and full member in this fantasia of gay and harmonious
1895, the year before his father's death, colour. 000000
so that for a short time the Academy had Mr. Stanhope Forbes's panel repre-
the unique experience of having a father senting the burning of the Royal Exchange
and son on its roll as Royal Academicians, in 1838, which we reproduce on page
His Knighthood was conferred in 1897. 159, is the latest addition to the unique
He was a facile writer on art and public
affairs, and besides letters innumerable to
the newspapers he was the author of several
books, the last of which, " Democracy—
False or True i " published a day or two
after his death, is dedicated " to the
honest working classes of England, rich
and poor, by one of themselves," and un-
folds the distinguished artist's dream of
an ideal social state. He was a very
energetic champion of schemes for the
improvement of the Metropolis, and the
London Society loses an ardent supporter
by his death. 0000
We also regret to record the death of .
an old and valued contributor to this
magazine in the person of Sir Frederick
Wedmore, who died a few weeks ago in his
77th year. Sir Frederick was chief art
critic of The Standard for about 30 years,
and his contributions to this magazine
date back almost to its beginning in 1893,
terminating in 1918 with articles on the
work of Mr. William Nicholson, Sir
William Orpen and Mr. H. M. Livens
respectively. Broad in his sympathies,
and an erudite exponent in England of
Nineteenth Century French Art, he
specialized as a connoisseur of etchings
and engravings, and his numerous writings
gained for him a high reputation in this
branch of art. 0000
The decorative drawing by Miss Jeanne
Labrousse, reproduced on this page, is
executed in black and white with the
addition of gold in several places. The
text which furnishes the motive for the
drawing is from a mediaeval Ave Maria
" Heil be Thou Marie Christis Moder
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In any ordinary English home an over-
mantel panel like Mr. George Shering-
ham's The Two Poets of Canton, repro-
duced in colour opposite, would, of -madonna." drawing
course, be rather out of place, but it was by jeanne a. labrousse
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aa. HettBeLHCxj mAwe cRisns tnoi>eR D£Re
tHKCAHCtjueene-orHeuenTAiRWiBsmtErtoicffiRt
His father, George Richmond, R.A., was designed for a room equipped with
a close friend of William Blake " the lacquer furniture, and there it is perfectly
mystic," after whom he named his son. at home, so thoroughly has the artist
Sir William was elected Associate of the expressed the spirit of the Far East in
Academy in 1888 and full member in this fantasia of gay and harmonious
1895, the year before his father's death, colour. 000000
so that for a short time the Academy had Mr. Stanhope Forbes's panel repre-
the unique experience of having a father senting the burning of the Royal Exchange
and son on its roll as Royal Academicians, in 1838, which we reproduce on page
His Knighthood was conferred in 1897. 159, is the latest addition to the unique
He was a facile writer on art and public
affairs, and besides letters innumerable to
the newspapers he was the author of several
books, the last of which, " Democracy—
False or True i " published a day or two
after his death, is dedicated " to the
honest working classes of England, rich
and poor, by one of themselves," and un-
folds the distinguished artist's dream of
an ideal social state. He was a very
energetic champion of schemes for the
improvement of the Metropolis, and the
London Society loses an ardent supporter
by his death. 0000
We also regret to record the death of .
an old and valued contributor to this
magazine in the person of Sir Frederick
Wedmore, who died a few weeks ago in his
77th year. Sir Frederick was chief art
critic of The Standard for about 30 years,
and his contributions to this magazine
date back almost to its beginning in 1893,
terminating in 1918 with articles on the
work of Mr. William Nicholson, Sir
William Orpen and Mr. H. M. Livens
respectively. Broad in his sympathies,
and an erudite exponent in England of
Nineteenth Century French Art, he
specialized as a connoisseur of etchings
and engravings, and his numerous writings
gained for him a high reputation in this
branch of art. 0000
The decorative drawing by Miss Jeanne
Labrousse, reproduced on this page, is
executed in black and white with the
addition of gold in several places. The
text which furnishes the motive for the
drawing is from a mediaeval Ave Maria
" Heil be Thou Marie Christis Moder
dere." 000000
In any ordinary English home an over-
mantel panel like Mr. George Shering-
ham's The Two Poets of Canton, repro-
duced in colour opposite, would, of -madonna." drawing
course, be rather out of place, but it was by jeanne a. labrousse
156
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