DOI Heft:
No. 385 (April 1925)
DOI Artikel:[Studio-talk]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21402#0220
LONDON
The New Cavendish Club, a group of Le Sidaner and Forain, water-colours by
young artists who were trained at the Delacroix and Boudin, charcoal drawings
Polytechnic School of Art, in Regent by Jacque and Fantin-Latour, and a series
Street, had recently an exhibition of of sketches and notes by Constantin Guys,
members' work at the Gieves Gallery— The colour plate 'Twixt Devon and
a collection of paintings and drawings Cornwall, reproduced from a tempera
which was unusually consistent in quality painting by Mr. J. H. Willis, has claims
and distinguished by an atmosphere of to attention as an example of the decorative
sane and healthy purpose. Most of the adaptation of nature, a considered design
contributors were represented by creditable which sufficiently fulfils its purpose with-
productions, none of them markedly out becoming unduly conventional and
ambitious, but mostly serious efforts to without departing too far from actuality,
realise the facts of nature intelligently and Similar qualities distinguish the other
to handle the various painting and drawing painting by Mr. Willis, The Chalk Pit,
mediums in a workmanlike way. They Amberley, in which the composition lines
had merit well above the average. At are very carefully adjusted, and yet there
the Goupil Gallery there has been on view is nothing unreasonable in their formality,
a collection of water-colours and draw- The medium, tempera, used by Mr. Willis
ings by French artists, living and dead, in the original works lends itself especially
in which there were many things of real well to the precision of statement which
importance. Perhaps the most noteworthy he has adopted. a a a 0
were a portrait drawing by Ingres, some Mr. Martin Travers, in his cartoons for
studies by Puvis de Chavannes, Degas, stained glass, has departed definitely from
' THE CHALK-PIT, AMBERLEY." TEM-
PERA PAINTING BY J. H. WILLIS
(60 ins. X 80 ins.)
214
The New Cavendish Club, a group of Le Sidaner and Forain, water-colours by
young artists who were trained at the Delacroix and Boudin, charcoal drawings
Polytechnic School of Art, in Regent by Jacque and Fantin-Latour, and a series
Street, had recently an exhibition of of sketches and notes by Constantin Guys,
members' work at the Gieves Gallery— The colour plate 'Twixt Devon and
a collection of paintings and drawings Cornwall, reproduced from a tempera
which was unusually consistent in quality painting by Mr. J. H. Willis, has claims
and distinguished by an atmosphere of to attention as an example of the decorative
sane and healthy purpose. Most of the adaptation of nature, a considered design
contributors were represented by creditable which sufficiently fulfils its purpose with-
productions, none of them markedly out becoming unduly conventional and
ambitious, but mostly serious efforts to without departing too far from actuality,
realise the facts of nature intelligently and Similar qualities distinguish the other
to handle the various painting and drawing painting by Mr. Willis, The Chalk Pit,
mediums in a workmanlike way. They Amberley, in which the composition lines
had merit well above the average. At are very carefully adjusted, and yet there
the Goupil Gallery there has been on view is nothing unreasonable in their formality,
a collection of water-colours and draw- The medium, tempera, used by Mr. Willis
ings by French artists, living and dead, in the original works lends itself especially
in which there were many things of real well to the precision of statement which
importance. Perhaps the most noteworthy he has adopted. a a a 0
were a portrait drawing by Ingres, some Mr. Martin Travers, in his cartoons for
studies by Puvis de Chavannes, Degas, stained glass, has departed definitely from
' THE CHALK-PIT, AMBERLEY." TEM-
PERA PAINTING BY J. H. WILLIS
(60 ins. X 80 ins.)
214