DOI issue:
No. 387 (September 1924)
DOI article:[Notes: one hundred and ninety-three illustrations]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21400#0180
WORCESTER—GLOUCESTER
STENCILLED DECORATION FOR A
CAFE. BY LEONARD W. PIKE
WORCESTER—A strong feeling for
the breadth and simplicity of nature
in all her varying moods has always been
clearly manifested by the young designer,
Leonard W. Pike, an example of whose
work appears on this page. His ability
to select only the big things in nature
and to discard the trivial, gives to his
work that dignity of composition and
breadth of treatment which are essential
to the success of work produced frankly
for the purpose of decoration. 0 0
Since his passing with distinction, prior
to the War, some of the Board of Educa-
tion's Examinations in the Industrial
Design group, Mr. Pike has produced
work for many of the leading wallpaper
manufacturers in the country, has executed
a number of commissions for panel
decorations in many of the leading cinemas
and is deeply interested in the stencil as
a means of artistic expression. But it is,
perhaps, in his decorative landscape work
that he excels. His colour is pure and
fresh always, his composition dignified
160
and arresting, and he shows strong
imaginative qualities. Mr. Pike has
lately been turning his attention to poster
designing, a branch of art which strongly
appeals to him and to which his style is
particularly suited. 0000
The stencil decoration illustrated is one
of a series of twelve panels designed for
and used in the decoration of a cafe. This
illustrates his ability to express his subject
as simply as possible and to turn to
advantage the limitations of the stencil
as a means of expression. 000
N. C.
GLOUCESTER.—The illustration on
the opposite page is reproduced from
a stained glass window in a church at
Hempstead, Gloucestershire. The desire
of the donor was that the window should
express the joy of childhood, and this Mr.
Parsons has effected with conspicuous
success, at the same time producing an
admirably balanced design, well suited to
ecclesiastical decoration. 000
STENCILLED DECORATION FOR A
CAFE. BY LEONARD W. PIKE
WORCESTER—A strong feeling for
the breadth and simplicity of nature
in all her varying moods has always been
clearly manifested by the young designer,
Leonard W. Pike, an example of whose
work appears on this page. His ability
to select only the big things in nature
and to discard the trivial, gives to his
work that dignity of composition and
breadth of treatment which are essential
to the success of work produced frankly
for the purpose of decoration. 0 0
Since his passing with distinction, prior
to the War, some of the Board of Educa-
tion's Examinations in the Industrial
Design group, Mr. Pike has produced
work for many of the leading wallpaper
manufacturers in the country, has executed
a number of commissions for panel
decorations in many of the leading cinemas
and is deeply interested in the stencil as
a means of artistic expression. But it is,
perhaps, in his decorative landscape work
that he excels. His colour is pure and
fresh always, his composition dignified
160
and arresting, and he shows strong
imaginative qualities. Mr. Pike has
lately been turning his attention to poster
designing, a branch of art which strongly
appeals to him and to which his style is
particularly suited. 0000
The stencil decoration illustrated is one
of a series of twelve panels designed for
and used in the decoration of a cafe. This
illustrates his ability to express his subject
as simply as possible and to turn to
advantage the limitations of the stencil
as a means of expression. 000
N. C.
GLOUCESTER.—The illustration on
the opposite page is reproduced from
a stained glass window in a church at
Hempstead, Gloucestershire. The desire
of the donor was that the window should
express the joy of childhood, and this Mr.
Parsons has effected with conspicuous
success, at the same time producing an
admirably balanced design, well suited to
ecclesiastical decoration. 000