DOI issue:
No. 350 (May 1922)
DOI article:Some recent exhibits by the mural painters' society of New York
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21395#0279
MURAL PAINTERS' SOCIETY, NEW YORK
The ignorance of the modem painter in
regard to all crafts except the one or two he
is obliged to use, is much to be deplored ;
and it is quite a mistake to suppose that the
time devoted to learning other crafts is
wasted by any artist. The pre-eminence
of such men as Michael Angelo, Giotto and
Leonardo is largely due to the fact that they
were all-round craftsmen who could build
their houses and sculpture them before
they went inside to paint. 000
The second rate quality of almost all
decoration to-day is largely due to this
inadequate training of the art school, which
invariably begins at the wrong end with
figure drawing, instead of architecture.
ENTRANCE HALL, BY JULIUS
GREGORY. MURAL DECORATION
BY JOSEPH B. PLATT ; METAL-
WORK BY STERLING BRONZE CO.
This amateurish education—or instruction
rather—results in the modern diseases
known as the Period Room and the Interior
Decorator; and the example of the Mural
Painters' Society, following on the work of
craftsmen such as William Morris, W.
R. Lethaby, the Barnsley Brothers, C. F.
Voysey and Prof. Margold, should do
much to interest the public in a better
state of things. 0000
These models are to tour the principal
Museums and Art Galleries of the United
States during the present year, and it is to
be hoped that they may be seen eventually
at some London exhibition, 000
An interesting departure of the American
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MUSIC ROOM BY NATHANIEL POUSSETTE-
DART. WOODWORK AND FURNITURE BY
EDWARD H. FRANKE
The ignorance of the modem painter in
regard to all crafts except the one or two he
is obliged to use, is much to be deplored ;
and it is quite a mistake to suppose that the
time devoted to learning other crafts is
wasted by any artist. The pre-eminence
of such men as Michael Angelo, Giotto and
Leonardo is largely due to the fact that they
were all-round craftsmen who could build
their houses and sculpture them before
they went inside to paint. 000
The second rate quality of almost all
decoration to-day is largely due to this
inadequate training of the art school, which
invariably begins at the wrong end with
figure drawing, instead of architecture.
ENTRANCE HALL, BY JULIUS
GREGORY. MURAL DECORATION
BY JOSEPH B. PLATT ; METAL-
WORK BY STERLING BRONZE CO.
This amateurish education—or instruction
rather—results in the modern diseases
known as the Period Room and the Interior
Decorator; and the example of the Mural
Painters' Society, following on the work of
craftsmen such as William Morris, W.
R. Lethaby, the Barnsley Brothers, C. F.
Voysey and Prof. Margold, should do
much to interest the public in a better
state of things. 0000
These models are to tour the principal
Museums and Art Galleries of the United
States during the present year, and it is to
be hoped that they may be seen eventually
at some London exhibition, 000
An interesting departure of the American
262
MUSIC ROOM BY NATHANIEL POUSSETTE-
DART. WOODWORK AND FURNITURE BY
EDWARD H. FRANKE