Studio: international art (89.1925)

BIRMINGHAM

An exhibition recently held at Queen's which the design, fully thought out and

College, Birmingham, consisting of hand- considered, obtains its expression by means

dyed silks and leather work by Miss Grace of every technical device possible. Siena

Digby, showed, however, the higher pos- —morning and San Gemignano exemplified

sibilities of the craft, many of the exhibits this final evolution. The subjects included

being delightful in their softly-blended also such well-known places as Warwick

colours. 00000 Castle, Kenilworth, Tintern and Bolton

A collection of over forty drawings in Abbeys, and several of the environs of

water-colour byMr.W. H. Allcott, R.W.A., Snowdon. 0 0 0 0 0

was recently on view at the Graves' Gal- Mr. Allcott is a painter of visions ; of

lery, Cherry Street; an interesting feature rare moments as elusive as they are

of the exhibition being the inclusion of a transient, and is, moreover, steeped in the

number of pastels from which the more traditions of early English water-colour

important works were painted. The art, the result being that these drawings

artist draws definite distinction between possess a subtle charm arising from the com-

a " sketch "—a synthetic grasping of bination of influences governing the work,

essentials, as in Assisi, Santa Chiara and We illustrate Florence which, though

a " study," an analysis of the subject, as in losing greatly in translation into mono-

Assisi, La Fonte Marcella, both of which chrome, gives a good idea of the design and

phases may precede the " picture," in treatment. M. B. B.

'FLORENCE." WATER-COLOUR BY
WALTER H. ALLCOTT, R.W.A.

(Graves' Gallery, Birmingham)

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