DOI issue:
No. 368 (November 1923)
DOI article:[Studio-talk]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21398#0308
GLASGOW—DUBLIN
GLASGOW.—A little over twenty years
ago Glasgow was looked upon as one
of the most progressive cities then encour-
aging the individuality of the architect and
designer. About that time a young group
of enthusiastic architects and artist crafts-
men sprang up, the most outstanding
amongst them being Charles R. Mackin-
tosh. His early genius was practically ap-
preciated by Miss Cranston, a well-known
lady of Glasgow, whose dining and tea-
rooms, designed exteriorly as well as the
interiorly designed decorations and furni-
ture by him, became, and still are, amongst
the most originally outstanding artistic at-
tractions in the city. Of late years public
buildings, including dining and tea-rooms,
have risen up anew, but none of them call
for any special note other than good crafts-
manship expended on recognised adapted
design of other countries. Thus it is
uncommonly interesting to find examples
of the art of Maurice Greiffenhagen, R.A.,
in a series of mural decorations in the
recently opened men’s cafe and smoke
room at Messrs. Pettigrew & Stephens,
Ltd., Glasgow. As professor in the Life
School of the Glasgow School of Art, Mr.
Greiffenhagen is held in uncommon es-
teem, and his strong influence in painting,
too, is markedly noticeable in the work of
not a few of the rising portrait and figure
painters. The accompanying illustrations of
his panels are from the complete set of
seven, comprising in their motives attrac-
tive subjects from classical mythology,
such as Artemis, Atalanta, Discobolos,
Circe, a charming Aphrodite, Harvest,
recalling the name of Ceres to one’s mind,
and in his Bacchanal, the bearded Bacchus
of early mythology, all simply and har-
moniously expressed in masses of brilliant
colours and contrasting white on the sur-
rounding walls of a spacious room simple
in construction and unpretentious in fur-
nishings. E. A. T.
DUBLIN.—A turn for the better in
Irish art affairs appears to be now
taking place. No more significant proof
of the improvement in the condition of the
country could well be found. Brand-new
periodicals, such as the “ Dublin Maga-
zine " and the “ The Irish Statesman,”
are devoting unusual attention to criticism.
288
One-man shows are opening again and
securing good attendance. An exhibition
of the late Miss Marsh’s pictures is about
to be followed, on November 15th, by an
exhibition of Mr. J. Humbert Craig's
northern landscapes. a a a
The National Gallery is still closed to
the public, but this is more due to the
want of a Director than to the fear of
turmoil. The Governors of the Gallery
are busily engaged in trying to find a
successor to Capt. R. Langton Douglas,
who suddenly resigned the directorship
some months ago. They are already
flooded with applicants. The new appoint-
ment will, in all probability, be made at
their next statutory meeting, to be held on
December 5th. Applications should be
made through the Registrar, Mr. James
Stephens, at the National Gallery, The
Leinster Lawn, Dublin, from whom all
particulars of the duties and emoluments
attached to the post may be obtained. a
The long closure of the Gallery has had
one good effect, in sending people to the
Municipal Gallery of Modern Art. The
want of a catalogue and of proper publicity
tended to make Dubliners oblivious of their
wonderful possessions there. Few munici-
palities can boast a finer collection of
modern paintings than this one, which
includes five important oil paintings by
Mr. Augustus John, fifteen works by Sir
William Orpen, two remarkable portraits
by Mr. Sargent, and other paintings of
great merit by Sir John Lavery and Messrs.
Wilson, Steer, Brangwyn, Nicholson,
Clausen, Gerald Festus Kelly, Glyn Philpot
and W. W. Russell, not to mention a
number of excellent continental pictures
ranging from Corot to Mancini. Professor
S. C. Kaines Smith, M.A., has been
invited to deliver the Hermione lectures on
painting at Alexandra College on Novem-
ber 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th, and Mr.
Thomas Bodkin has been invited by
the Royal Dublin Society to lecture on art
early in the coming year. The last
occasion on which the Royal Dublin
Society busied themselves with art in this
way was when Mr. D. S. MacColl lectured
under their auspices, some six years ago,
in the lecture-theatre which now resounds
to the deliberations of the Free State
Parliament. T. B.
GLASGOW.—A little over twenty years
ago Glasgow was looked upon as one
of the most progressive cities then encour-
aging the individuality of the architect and
designer. About that time a young group
of enthusiastic architects and artist crafts-
men sprang up, the most outstanding
amongst them being Charles R. Mackin-
tosh. His early genius was practically ap-
preciated by Miss Cranston, a well-known
lady of Glasgow, whose dining and tea-
rooms, designed exteriorly as well as the
interiorly designed decorations and furni-
ture by him, became, and still are, amongst
the most originally outstanding artistic at-
tractions in the city. Of late years public
buildings, including dining and tea-rooms,
have risen up anew, but none of them call
for any special note other than good crafts-
manship expended on recognised adapted
design of other countries. Thus it is
uncommonly interesting to find examples
of the art of Maurice Greiffenhagen, R.A.,
in a series of mural decorations in the
recently opened men’s cafe and smoke
room at Messrs. Pettigrew & Stephens,
Ltd., Glasgow. As professor in the Life
School of the Glasgow School of Art, Mr.
Greiffenhagen is held in uncommon es-
teem, and his strong influence in painting,
too, is markedly noticeable in the work of
not a few of the rising portrait and figure
painters. The accompanying illustrations of
his panels are from the complete set of
seven, comprising in their motives attrac-
tive subjects from classical mythology,
such as Artemis, Atalanta, Discobolos,
Circe, a charming Aphrodite, Harvest,
recalling the name of Ceres to one’s mind,
and in his Bacchanal, the bearded Bacchus
of early mythology, all simply and har-
moniously expressed in masses of brilliant
colours and contrasting white on the sur-
rounding walls of a spacious room simple
in construction and unpretentious in fur-
nishings. E. A. T.
DUBLIN.—A turn for the better in
Irish art affairs appears to be now
taking place. No more significant proof
of the improvement in the condition of the
country could well be found. Brand-new
periodicals, such as the “ Dublin Maga-
zine " and the “ The Irish Statesman,”
are devoting unusual attention to criticism.
288
One-man shows are opening again and
securing good attendance. An exhibition
of the late Miss Marsh’s pictures is about
to be followed, on November 15th, by an
exhibition of Mr. J. Humbert Craig's
northern landscapes. a a a
The National Gallery is still closed to
the public, but this is more due to the
want of a Director than to the fear of
turmoil. The Governors of the Gallery
are busily engaged in trying to find a
successor to Capt. R. Langton Douglas,
who suddenly resigned the directorship
some months ago. They are already
flooded with applicants. The new appoint-
ment will, in all probability, be made at
their next statutory meeting, to be held on
December 5th. Applications should be
made through the Registrar, Mr. James
Stephens, at the National Gallery, The
Leinster Lawn, Dublin, from whom all
particulars of the duties and emoluments
attached to the post may be obtained. a
The long closure of the Gallery has had
one good effect, in sending people to the
Municipal Gallery of Modern Art. The
want of a catalogue and of proper publicity
tended to make Dubliners oblivious of their
wonderful possessions there. Few munici-
palities can boast a finer collection of
modern paintings than this one, which
includes five important oil paintings by
Mr. Augustus John, fifteen works by Sir
William Orpen, two remarkable portraits
by Mr. Sargent, and other paintings of
great merit by Sir John Lavery and Messrs.
Wilson, Steer, Brangwyn, Nicholson,
Clausen, Gerald Festus Kelly, Glyn Philpot
and W. W. Russell, not to mention a
number of excellent continental pictures
ranging from Corot to Mancini. Professor
S. C. Kaines Smith, M.A., has been
invited to deliver the Hermione lectures on
painting at Alexandra College on Novem-
ber 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th, and Mr.
Thomas Bodkin has been invited by
the Royal Dublin Society to lecture on art
early in the coming year. The last
occasion on which the Royal Dublin
Society busied themselves with art in this
way was when Mr. D. S. MacColl lectured
under their auspices, some six years ago,
in the lecture-theatre which now resounds
to the deliberations of the Free State
Parliament. T. B.