DOI issue:
No. 362 (May 1923)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21397#0304
STUDIO-TALK
NURSERY PANEL BY
MARY ALISON
(Modern Embroideries
Society, Edinburgh)
Mr. Hartrick, Prof. Rothenstein, Miss
Gabain, Mr. John Copley, Mr. Blampied,
Mr. Raine-Barker, and other members.
Small as it was—there were barely 60 ex-
hibits—the show again demonstrated that,
as Mr. Hartrick observes in “ Some Notes
on Lithography in England to-day '' pre-
fixed to the catalogue, ** Lithography is one
of the most sensitive mediums an artist can
use with a range of tones from black to
white not to be bettered, if equalled, by any
other medium/' Some half-dozen or more
of the exhibits reinforced his remarks as to
the possibilities of the medium on the
colour side. He sees no reason why a
method of colour printing should not be
developed in it which shall be as original
and beautiful in itself as that of the
Japanese print, yet purely Western in
outlook. An attractive example of this
use of colour is Miss Marian Ellis's
Flowers, reproduced opposite. Miss Ellis
284
is a member of the Senefelder Club, and
had several prints in this year's show. 0
From the recent exhibition of Mr.
Charles E. Cundall's work at the Grosvenor
Galleries the Contemporary Art Society
has purchased Les Bains Chauds, Seine. 0
DINBURGH. — The outstanding
features of the Modern Embroideries
Society Exhibition in the New Gallery,
Edinburgh, last March were the importance
given to design in line and colour, and the
suitability of the materials employed to
make the most effective combination. The
members of the society are ten in number
and the recent exhibition was their second
appeal as a group for public recognition. A
fair proportion of the work on view was
contributed by outsiders, and some of the
designs were made by other than the
workers, but in general the exhibition
appealed because of the excellence of the
NURSERY PANEL BY
MARY ALISON
(Modern Embroideries
Society, Edinburgh)
Mr. Hartrick, Prof. Rothenstein, Miss
Gabain, Mr. John Copley, Mr. Blampied,
Mr. Raine-Barker, and other members.
Small as it was—there were barely 60 ex-
hibits—the show again demonstrated that,
as Mr. Hartrick observes in “ Some Notes
on Lithography in England to-day '' pre-
fixed to the catalogue, ** Lithography is one
of the most sensitive mediums an artist can
use with a range of tones from black to
white not to be bettered, if equalled, by any
other medium/' Some half-dozen or more
of the exhibits reinforced his remarks as to
the possibilities of the medium on the
colour side. He sees no reason why a
method of colour printing should not be
developed in it which shall be as original
and beautiful in itself as that of the
Japanese print, yet purely Western in
outlook. An attractive example of this
use of colour is Miss Marian Ellis's
Flowers, reproduced opposite. Miss Ellis
284
is a member of the Senefelder Club, and
had several prints in this year's show. 0
From the recent exhibition of Mr.
Charles E. Cundall's work at the Grosvenor
Galleries the Contemporary Art Society
has purchased Les Bains Chauds, Seine. 0
DINBURGH. — The outstanding
features of the Modern Embroideries
Society Exhibition in the New Gallery,
Edinburgh, last March were the importance
given to design in line and colour, and the
suitability of the materials employed to
make the most effective combination. The
members of the society are ten in number
and the recent exhibition was their second
appeal as a group for public recognition. A
fair proportion of the work on view was
contributed by outsiders, and some of the
designs were made by other than the
workers, but in general the exhibition
appealed because of the excellence of the