Studio: international art (87.1924)

GLASGOW

GLASGOW.—Though not of Scottish
nationality, Mr. Benno Schotz has
become so closely associated with Glasgow
and Scottish artists that they may claim
him as one of their outstanding sculptors,
sculpture being an art in which Scotland
can well afford to have more artists of a
similar calibre added to its ranks. For
several years most of Mr. Schott's time was
taken up in a (to him) less interesting profes-
sion. He nevertheless employed all his spare
moments in the art of sculpture, which,
judging from the early successes he had
achieved in that craft, had not called to
him in vain ; as it is not long since he
renounced a perhaps more lucrative career
to devote himself entirely to it. His output
has naturally not been large, but it has
always been of a distinguished and high
order. His exhibits, too, from time to
time in the Royal Scottish Academy and
the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine
Arts have never been rated with other
than the most remarkable, his Herzl, here

"herzl.’' BY.
BENNO SCHOTZ

EMBROIDERIES BY MISS H.PAX-
TON BROWN. TABLE-RUNNER
(TOP); CHAIRBACK (BOTTOM)

illustrated, being an uncommon example
of one of his fairly recent creations. 0
For many years Glasgow was distin-
guished for its unique output of applied
arts, but for some time past few amongst
the younger generation of its artists in
that branch of art have shown any dis-
tinctive individualism, being more in-
clined to follow less efficiently in the steps
of those who helped to make Glasgow
notable. One of those who ably assisted
in this last respect was Miss H. Paxton
Brown. An early example of her design
and embroidery may be seen in the
accompanying illustration of a Chairback,
and a Table-Runner. Of recent years Miss
Brown has spent a considerable part of
her time in France, completing there a
number of personally expressive water-
colours, some of which were amongst the
most attractive shown by members of The
Glasgow Artists’ Club, in their recent
exhibition. E. A. T.

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