Studio: international art (83.1922)

MURAL PAINTERS' SOCIETY, NEW YORK

LIVING ROOM BY
MAXWELL ARMFIELD

SOME RECENT EXHIBITS BY THE
MURAL PAINTERS' SOCIETY OF
NEW YORK. 0 0 0 a

THE accompanying illustrations are pho-
tographic reproductions of a series of
quarter-size models for rooms exhibited by
the Mural Painters' Society at the annual
exhibition of the Architectural League of
New York this year. The Society's Com-
mittee on Current Work brought forward
the scheme last summer, and thanks to the
energetic President, Mr. Monroe Hewlett,
the co-operation of sixteen painters of note
was obtained, so that the exhibit was able
to be installed for the current exhibition. 0

It must be emphasised that these models
are only sketches and not completed
paintings ; the idea being to give people an
impression of the kind of thing which is
possible in an ordinary room at reasonable
cost. In this case the estimate for the
mural work was in no case to exceed $2500.
This and the size and proportion of the
models were the only restrictions accepted
by the painters, but even so a certain unity
of effect is obtained. The original inten-
tion was for each artist to design the
furniture and hangings, etc., in harmony
with his scheme, a method which is the
reverse of that usually adopted, of course,
and this has been achieved in a few cases.

BEDROOM. DECORATION BY
J. MONROE HEWLETT ; FUR-
NITURE BY C. R. MORSON

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