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THE STUDIO LITHOGRAPHY IN EUROPE AND AMERICA DESIGN AND MASS PRODUCTION by John Woodman Higgins PASTELS OF THE FRENCH MASTERS FEBRUARY 1934 2s. NET
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STUDIO SELECTIONS FAVOURITE BRITISH PAINTINGS By Anthony Bertram. 24 plates in colour after chosen paintings by Blake, Bonington, Constable, Cotman, Cox, Cozens, Gainsborough, Hogarth, Reynolds, Turner, &c. $10 \times 7\frac{1}{2}$ in. Cloth 10s. 6d. MODERN DRAWINGS By Campbell Dodgson, C.B.E. With over 100 illustrations and 16 mounted supplements. An authoritative work for collector and student. Medium quarto. Cloth 30s. THE BOOK OF KELLS 49 colour reproductions of selected illustrations to the famous Celtic manuscript, with an exhaustive text by Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart. 4th edition. Cloth 30s. THE POEMS OF NIZAMI The illustrations to a famous Persian manuscript (16 in number) reproduced in facsimile, with critical text by Laurence Binyon. Plate size $14\frac{3}{8} \times 9\frac{5}{8}$ . Cloth 30s. --- THE STUDIO LTD., 44 LEICESTER SQ., LONDON
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A LIVING TRADITION Wedgwood Coloured Bodies—Lavender, Cane and Celadon—cost from £3.18.0 for a dinner set for six persons and from £1.5.6 for a tea set. Black Basalt Teapots from 4/3. The colour is in the body of the clay and therefore durable. Write for list of Agents and Colour Illustrations of these and other patterns. WEDGWOOD JOSIAH WEDGWOOD & SONS, DEPT. 52, ETRURIA, STOKE-ON-TRENT You can only buy at the right prices and in the right markets if you visit the LEIPZIG SPRING FAIR FROM 4th to 10th March, 1934. ALL THE LATEST ART NOVELTIES WILL BE DISPLAYED THERE. Full particulars can be obtained from :— LEIPZIGER MESSANT, LEIPZIG, or THE LONDON OFFICE OF THE LEIPZIG FAIR, 34-36 MADDOX STREET, LONDON, W.1 AD. I
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THE STUDIO Edited by C. Geoffrey Holme Number 491 Volume CVII Contents for February 1934 Title --- PAGE --- Lithography in Europe and America --- Design and Mass Production. John Woodman Higgins (President of the Worcester Pressed Steel Company of Massachusetts) --- The Oldest Civilisation and its Art (Discoveries at Ur by the Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania) --- The Art of Victor Hammer. John Rothenstein, M.A., Ph.D. --- Pastels of the French Masters. Claude Roger-Marx --- Leaves from the Sketch-book of Dame Laura Knight, A.R.A. --- Pictures and Statuary in the Modern Interior Scheme. Basenden Butt --- Artists and Pictures. Douglas Goldring --- American Notes --- Art Books Reviewed --- Letters to the Editor --- SUPPLEMENTS Title --- PAGE --- Sera di Festa. Colour Lithograph by Giuseppe Ugonia --- Frontispiece --- Pan Caught in a Thicket --- Part of a Woman’s Headdress discovered at Ur --- Paul Cobb Methuen. Gainsborough --- Embroidery and Mural Decoration: a room designed by Wyndham Tryon --- After Fifty Years. Charles Spencelagh --- THE MARCH ISSUE MY CHOICE OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PAINTING BY EDWARD ALDEN JEWELL : JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT, INTERPRETER OF POETRY IN ENGRAVING : ARTIST LIFE IN SOVIET RUSSIA : A GALLERY OF RACIAL SCULPTURE AT CHICAGO’S FIELD MUSEUM --- EDITORIAL. Valuable originals are usually insured while in custody of The Studio, but it must be understood that all material is sent, and received, at owner’s risk. Contributors should submit photographs, for first consideration, rather than originals. All material should bear full name and address, and be accompanied by return postage. Personal Enquiries should be accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope. The Editor can only be seen by appointment. AGENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. Home, 2s. per copy; 28s. per annum, post free. Bound Volume 15s. Overseas, British Dominions, India, Countries in Postal Union, 30s. post free. Canada (The Musson Book Co., 225 Jarvis St., Toronto), 26s. post free. France (Librairie d’Art Louis Reynaud, 52 Rue d’Assas, Paris 6), frs. 170 post free. Italy (Galleria Pesaro, Via Manzoni 12a, Milan), L.110. U.S.A. (Published under the title “The London Studio”), $6.00, by the Studio Publications Incorporated, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York, to whom orders from U.S. readers should be sent for all Studio Publications. ADVERTISEMENTS. For advertisement rates apply to the Advertisement Dept., 44 Leicester Square. Copy by 1st of month prior to publication. No responsibility accepted for loss or damage of material or drawings sent to Box Nos. or otherwise in response to advertisements. LONDON: THE STUDIO LIMITED, 44 LEICESTER SQUARE, W.C.2 Telephone: Whitehall 3267 (two lines) Telegrams: Rhombic, London AD II
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Tilo-leum gives the picturesque effect of an old-world floor of 9-inch red tiles; it is soft, warm and resilient to the tread, and extremely durable. The cost is 7/9 per square yard, with a slight additional charge for laying. A sample of Tilo-leum will be gladly forwarded for your inspection upon request. Please write to Liberty & Co., Limited, Regent Street, W.1 LIBERTY Copenhagen Faience BREMERHOLM is the name of a new series of Faiences with very carefully selected coloured Glazes, but without any decoration, relying entirely upon shapes and combination of colours. From left to right:— Vase, Green outside, Buff inside --- height 9½" £1 2 6 --- Small Bowl, Dark Brown outside, Blue inside diam. 5" --- £0 7 6 --- Large Bowl, Greenish-Black outside, Yellow inside --- height 8" £2 17 6 --- Flat Bowl, Greyish-Brown outside, Green inside --- diam. 9" £0 18 0 --- Vase, Dark Reddish-Brown outside, Green inside --- height 4½" £0 10 6 --- Vase, Brown outside, Green inside --- height 4" £0 9 0 --- Vase, Light Brown outside, Dark Reddish-Brown inside --- height 10" £1 2 6 --- Candlestick, Brown, Yellow, Green or Blue --- height 2½" £0 6 0 --- Ashtray, Green or Yellow inside --- diam. 2½" £0 2 9 --- Vase, Yellow outside, Dark Brown inside --- height 6½" £1 1 0 --- Nearly all the pieces illustrated are obtainable in different colour combinations and also in other sizes. Illustrated Brochure on Request ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN CO. LTD. 6 OLD BOND STREET, LONDON, W.1 AD. III
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FEBRUARY EXHIBITIONS ARLINGTON GALLERY, 22 Old Bond Street, W.1. Imaginative Illustrations by Heather C. Hamer (of Ceylon) (12th—23rd). 10—5.30 daily (Saturdays 10—1). BRITISH MUSEUM, Great Russell Street, W.C.1. Antiquities, Sculptures, Prints and Drawings, Books, Manuscripts. Special Exhibitions: (1) English Art, MSS. of the Brownings and the Brontes. (2) The Codex Sinaiticus. 10—6 daily (Sundays 2—6). BROOK STREET GALLERY, 14 Brook Street, W.1. (1) Exhibition of Water-colours by Charles Napier, R.S.W. (January 29—February 10). (2) Exhibition of lithographs of the “Nineties” and Drawings by Sir William Rothenstein (February 12—March 3). IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition of Works executed by Artists during the War. 10—6 daily (Sundays 2.30—6). JOHNSON GALLERY, 5 Kensington High Street, W.8. Exhibition of Water-colour Paintings by Ann Maitland. From February 5 for two weeks. Daily 10—6 (Saturdays 10—1). LEICESTER GALLERIES, Leicester Square, W.C.2. (1) Pictures by Glyn Philpot, R.A., including “The Great Pan.” (2) Engravings by Anthony Gross, Joseph Hecht, and S. W. Hayter. Admission 1s. NATIONAL GALLERY, Trafalgar Square, W.C.2. Old Masters of every School. Rehanging of British Room, and New Acquisitions. 10—4 daily (Sundays 2—4), Thursdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, St. Martin’s Place, W.C.2. British Celebrities of the Past (Lectures 3 p.m.; Monday to Friday). Recent Acquisitions: including portraits of Fanny Burney, Lewis Carroll, Fred Archer. 10—4 daily (Sundays 2—4). Thursdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. R.B.A. GALLERY, $ \frac{6}{2} $ Suffolk Street, S.W.1. Royal Society of British Artists—Winter Exhibition (closes 3rd). (2) Women’s International Art Craft (opens 26th). 10—5 daily. Admission 1s. REDFERN GALLERY, 27 Old Bond Street, W.1. Water-colours by Paul Nash, Frank Dobson, Isabel Nicholas, Percy Jowett and Adrian Allinson. REID & LEFEVRE LTD., 1a King Street, St. James’s, S.W.1. (1) Water-colours by Christopher Wood. (2) New Paintings by Florence Engelbach. 10—6 daily (Saturdays 10—1). ROYAL INSTITUTE GALLERIES, 195 Piccadilly, W.1. National Society—Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, Potters (opens 8th). 10—5 daily. Admission 1s. ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 35 Russell Square, W.C.1. (1) Camera Club of New York. (2) Photo-Club of Vienna. TATE GALLERY, Millbank, S.W.1. British and Foreign Modern Paintings and Sculpture. Special Exhibition —New bequest of Modern Foreign Pictures of the late C. Frank Stoop, including pictures by Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, Van Gogh, Modigliani, Cézanne, Marie Laurençin, and Douanier Rousseau. 10—4 daily (Sundays 2—4). Tuesdays and Wednesdays 6d.; other days free. VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition. Special Exhibitions: (1) Important New Acquisitions, Central Court. (2) English Art Exhibition in connection with Burlington House Exhibition. (3) William Morris Centenary Exhibition. 10—6 daily (Sundays 2.30—6). WALKER’S GALLERIES, 118 New Bond Street, W.1. (1) Essex, France, etc.—Paintings and Drawings by Annette Tritton (closes 13th). (2) Early English Water-colours—Five guineas and under. (3) Scottish Fishing Lochs and Rivers—Water-colours by Capt. G. Drummond-Fish, M.B.E. (opens 19th). (4) Public Schools—Water-colour Drawings by Robert F. Nathan (opens 19th). WALLACE COLLECTION, Manchester Square, W.1. Permanent Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Furniture and Armour. 10—5 daily (Sundays 2—5). Tuesdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. WERTHEIM GALLERY, 3—5 Burlington Gardens, W.1. Paintings in Oil and Water-colour by Fernando Manetti, of San Gimignano (closes 19th). ZWEMMER GALLERY, 26 Litchfield Street, Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. (1) First Exhibition of Paintings by Francis Butterfield (closes 17th). (2) Oil and Drawings by Nora MacGuinness (opens 21st). All Galleries open 10—6, Sats. 10—1, and admission free, unless otherwise stated. Applications for entries on this page should be addressed to ART EXHIBITIONS BUREAU, 3-5 Burlington Gardens, W.1. AD. IV
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Exhibition of NEW PAINTINGS by GLYN PHILPOT R.A. including the much-discussed picture "THE GREAT PAN" also Exhibition of Engravings by ANTHONY GROSS, S.W. HAYTER and JOSEPH HECHT 10 ill 6 daily. 1/2 inc. tax LEICESTER GALLERIES LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON ALEX. REID & LEFEVRE Ltd. (THE LEFEVRE GALLERIES) Recent Paintings by MURIEL and BASSETT WILSON And by JOHN STRACHEY (Until January 27th) DURING FEBRUARY Watercolours by CHRISTOPHER WOOD And New Paintings by FLORENCE ENGELBACH Daily 10-6 Saturdays 10-1 St. James's, S.W.1 Telephone: Whitehall 6384 MAROGER oil painting Medium (Soft or Shiff) THE NEWEST METHOD HAS COME TO HELP YOU TO ACHIEVE EVEN BETTER RESULTS MAROGER MEDIUM possesses a pleasing "Fixity" of touch which allows for continuous modelling on paint recently applied, and effectively prevents new touches from being sullied with the colour previously applied. Ordinary oily medium will not allow of this. Your first application of MAROGER MEDIUM will come as a new and pleasurable experience, as you see the additional charm and brilliance it imparts to your work. MAROGER MEDIUM gives a lasting brilliance, similar to good varnish, and an unctuosity which allows working for several hours. Prices: 1/- per Studio Tube. Post free (U.K.) 1/3 2/- per ¼-lb. Tube (nominal). Post free (U.K.) 2/4 Obtainable from: Lechertier Barbe Ltd 95 JERMYN STREET, LONDON, S.W.1 ARTISTS' COLOURMEN SINCE 1827 Phone: Whitehall 2938 Telegrams: Lechertier, Piccy, London A FINER TASTE IN LIFE "The Studio" brings this every month in different forms of Art. Every six issues are bound into a volume. The Recent Volume July—December, 1933, is ready. Volume Price 106 15s. net THE STUDIO LONDON NEW YORK AD. V
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'The Studio' Library of GARDENS AND GARDENING A garden by Helen Swift Jones. New York The third issue of “The Studio” Gardening Annual will be ready on February 2nd. Like its predecessors it illustrates beautiful examples of the gardens of many countries and deals in a more exhaustive manner with selected aspects of garden art. With its predecessors it provides the garden enthusiast with a comprehensive source of ideas, and is a work of enduring interest and enjoyment. 200 illustrations. Colour frontispiece. Cloth 10s. 6d. Wrappers 7s. 6d. --- DECORATIVE ART 1934 is the twenty-ninth annual issue of “The Studio” Year Book, which reviews progress in domestic architecture, furniture and all the accessories of the home. Special section, “Possibilities in the small home for moderate purses,” by B. S Townroe. Ready March. Cloth 10s. 6d. Wrappers 7s. 6d. Dining Room by Maurice Adams Ltd. The Studio Limited, 44 Leicester Square, London AD. VI
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THE WRITER’S NEWS No. 11 NEW YEAR, 1934 For Literary Aspirants --- Write for Profit Make a Second Income in Spare Time WHAT EDITORS WANT By A PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST IF you are able to view a subject in a new light, you are, if you can write good English, a potential journalist capable of earning a considerable income in your spare time. The keynote of all newspaper contributions is novelty. There are comparatively few new subjects; but there are many variations on the same themes. Any averagely intelligent person is capable of striking a new note. It is that new note, that variation on familiar themes, that literary editors want—in fact, one type of “magazine” article is nothing more than a novel point of view upon a familiar or topical subject. But there is another kind of article—that which deals with unfamiliar aspects of, or gives interesting facts about, a particular business, profession or experience. They are usually signed “By a Lawyer,” “By a Hostess,” “By a Teacher,” “By a Gardener,” “By a Philatelist,” etc. It is quite possible for one person to be hostess, gardener, philatelist, and a dozen other things, so that the writer’s scope is not limited. If you, a commercial traveller or a housewife, are also a stamp collector, you can write an article on stamps and sign yourself “A Philatelist.” Or you can put yourself in another’s place, as, for example, “Pity the ’Bus Conductor” (By a Passenger). Ideas for articles are endless. But the free lance needs something more; he needs to know the technique of article writing. It is not difficult to acquire. Anybody who takes the trouble to do so and can learn how to treat subjects in an entertaining style has a wonderful chance to add to his income — and in a way that is not only really fascinating, but which broadens his outlook and interests amazingly. Send for FREE BOOKLET The Regent Institute, Regent House, Palace Gate, London, W.8, is a school of journalism whose primary aim is to turn out writers who can sell their work, but it also welcomes those who desire to learn the craft of writing because of its cultural value or those who want a fascinating hobby. Send for the Institute’s free booklet, “How to Succeed as a Writer.” It will show you of what the literary Courses consist and how it is possible to make an absorbing hobby both cultural and remunerative. Post the coupon given on page 3 or write a simple request for the prospectus. --- “I am Inundated With Work” —a new writer FEW postbags are more interesting than that of the Regent Institute. Letters are being constantly received from students reporting their success in getting articles and stories accepted by leading newspapers and magazines. Practically none of these students had any experience of writing for publication before they enrolled, yet after postal tuition under the guidance of successful authors and journalists they have been enabled to dispose of their work at good prices. Following are extracts from a few out of the numerous success reports on file: > “Ever since I started your lessons I have been fortunate enough to be inundated with work, having written travel notes and also a travel book, which is being published next month.” > “Altogether I have had over 90 stories and articles accepted, all of which I have written in my spare time since the Course started.” > “I have now had over 100 articles in monthly magazines. Without exception, I have been in print every month since I took your Course.” > “I am being successful in having all my work published.” --- Why New Writers are Wanted Your Chances in Journalism OVER 1,000 publications in this country regularly require contributions — paragraphs, articles and short stories —from outside writers. Editors are always on the look-out for talent and spare no pains to stimulate unknown writers who show promise. From time to time they publish special invitations to new writers, and competitions are occasionally organised. Freshness and variety are essential to the success of any paper, and therefore editors in their own interests are keenly on the alert for people who have something new to say. A great many periodicals depend almost entirely upon contributions from the outside writer.
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THE WRITER'S NEWS The Great Demand for Short Stories By A WELL-KNOWN NOVELIST AND SHORT STORY WRITER WHY are so many American stories—stories which require to be adapted in many cases—printed in British magazines? Because editors cannot get what they want from British authors. The supply of suitable short stories is very much less than the demand. The scope for the fiction writer in this country is enormous. Payment varies between one guinea and five guineas a thousand words (short stories are usually from 2,000 to 6,000 words long), all types of story are wanted, and the work of the unknown writer is carefully considered. Story-writing demands an ability to write, imagination and a knowledge of the rules of construction. And a great number of people who do not write have the ability to do so (their entertaining letters are witness to that) and the imagination which, if used correctly, could seize on the myriads of ideas that everyday life provides and make plots of them. If you have literary aptitude you can be trained to build plots and turn them into stories which editors would be glad to buy. As a spare-time occupation story-writing is the most delightful of all hobbies and it is probably the most profitable. There is a short-cut to successful story writing—the Regent way. In a fascinating Course of ten lessons conducted by correspondence, the literary aspirant is shown what a short story really is, how to get plots (the Regent Plot Finder, an inimitable production, taps dozens of sources of material for story-writers), how to construct them, how to write dialogue, how to characterise and gain atmosphere, how to prepare MSS. for the market and HOW TO SELL THEM for the best prices. The tuition is conducted on individual lines by well-known authors (one of the tutors has himself sold 300 stories to a wide variety of publications). A Valuable Free Test YOU need not be a genius nor have had an elaborate education to succeed in journalism, for, provided you have aptitude for literary work, you can be trained in the technique of writing for the Press. There are several ways by which you may test yourself for aptitude. For instance: - Do your friends tell you that you write interesting letters? - Were your school essays considered good? - Is your imagination good? - Can you write fascinating descriptions? - Are you a good judge of character? If you can answer any one of these questions in the affirmative you are probably a potential writer and could be trained to earn money by your pen. If a doubt still holds you up, then let an expert test your ability. Write an article or a short story and send it to the Regent Institute, Regent House, Palace Gate, London, W.8, for a free criticism—without obligation. It will be reported on by an experienced journalist, so that a frank and an expert opinion is assured. --- WRITE for Famous Newspapers & Magazines Over seven hundred newspapers and magazines have printed contributions by Regent students. Among them are the following: Blackwood’s Magazine --- Glasgow Herald --- Royal Magazine --- Bookman --- Good Housekeeping --- Saturday Review --- Business --- Homes and Gardens --- Scotsman --- Bystander --- John O’London’s Weekly --- Spectator --- Chambers’s Journal --- Manchester Guardian --- Sphere --- Country Life --- Morning Post --- Sunday Times --- Daily Express --- News-Chronicle --- Tatler --- Daily Mail --- National Review --- The Times --- Daily Telegraph --- Novel Magazine --- Time and Tide --- Empire Review --- Observer --- Wide World Magazine --- English Review --- Pearson’s Magazine --- Windsor Magazine --- Everyman --- Punch --- Woman’s Magazine ---
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