Studio: international art (90.1925)

LONDON.—The water-colour portrait,
Nina, by Mr. Arthur E. Vokes,
which is reproduced here as a colour
plate, deserves attention as a piece of
capable accomplishment and a sound
example of well considered portraiture.
It has much quiet strength of characterisa-
tion and it is treated with a broad sim-
plicity of effect that can be sincerely
commended ; it is drawn, too, with
pleasant decision and handled with a
right appreciation of the qualities of the
medium. As a decorative arrangement it
is thoroughly satisfying, for its design is
skilfully adjusted and the balance of the
pictorial pattern is correctly maintained
without being insisted upon too obviously.
The artist is entitled to much credit for
the completeness of his achievement and
for the good judgment he has shown in
dealing with sufficiently difficult technical
problems. 00000
Miss Kathleen Hale's design for a title-
page to a book of verse for children,
" Songs of Fairyland," is amusingly remi-
niscent of a type of illustrative work
which was much enjoyed by the earlier

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DESIGN, BY KATHLEEN HALE, FOR
TITLE-PAGE OF "SONGS OF FAIRY-
LAND/' A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE

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