DOI issue:
No. 345 (December 1921)
DOI article:Bodkin, Thomas: The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21393#0278
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY OF IRELAND
''MADONNA AND CHILD, WITH SS.
BRIGID AND PATRICK." WATER-
COLOUR BY HARRY CLARKE
invented a new convention for the repre- are downright bad, and most of them are
sentation of the human face with needle indifferent. A charming and unpre-
and thread. 00000 tentious page by Mr. James Hodgen
Other sections of the exhibition are provides almost the sole relief. 0 o
devoted to leather-work, bookbinding, People who have seen previous ex-
printing, wood-engraving, lithography, hibitions of the Irish Arts and Crafts
etching, pottery, carving in wood and Society will note with regretful surprise
marble, gesso, carpet making, mosaic, that Mr. George Atkinson, R.H.A., is not
furniture and illumination. It is curious represented in the present one. It,
that the worst work should be found in nevertheless, owes much to him, for he
the section devoted to illumination, the is responsible for its arrangement—which
art in which the ancient Irish were pre- is excellent—and he has contributed to
eminent. One or two pieces there shown its catalogue a thoughtful preface, which
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''MADONNA AND CHILD, WITH SS.
BRIGID AND PATRICK." WATER-
COLOUR BY HARRY CLARKE
invented a new convention for the repre- are downright bad, and most of them are
sentation of the human face with needle indifferent. A charming and unpre-
and thread. 00000 tentious page by Mr. James Hodgen
Other sections of the exhibition are provides almost the sole relief. 0 o
devoted to leather-work, bookbinding, People who have seen previous ex-
printing, wood-engraving, lithography, hibitions of the Irish Arts and Crafts
etching, pottery, carving in wood and Society will note with regretful surprise
marble, gesso, carpet making, mosaic, that Mr. George Atkinson, R.H.A., is not
furniture and illumination. It is curious represented in the present one. It,
that the worst work should be found in nevertheless, owes much to him, for he
the section devoted to illumination, the is responsible for its arrangement—which
art in which the ancient Irish were pre- is excellent—and he has contributed to
eminent. One or two pieces there shown its catalogue a thoughtful preface, which
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