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ÉDITION SPÉCIALE AVEC TRADUCTION FRANÇAISE THE · STUDIO An Illustrated Magazine of Fine & Applied Art JAN. 15 1900 VOL. 18 No. 82 5 Henrietta Street Covent Garden, LONDON W.C Monthly $1\frac{1}{2}$ - BUREAU DU STUDIO PARIS: LIBRAIRIE OLLENDORFF 50 CHAUSSEE D'ANTIN PRIX : 1 FRANC 50c ABONNEMENT : 20 FRANCS

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THE STUDIO. EDITED BY CHARLES HOLME. Contents, January 15, 1900. SUPPLEMENTS:—Reproduction in facsimile of a Charcoal Drawing by JACOB MARIS entitled "The Schreierstoren, Amsterdam"; a Reproduction in Colours of a Painting entitled "Souvenir of Dordrecht" by JACOB MARIS; a Reproduction in Colours of a Drawing by GEORGE BOTTINI entitled "Sortie de Theatre"; and a Reproduction in Colours of "The Daisy Chain" by F. E. JACKSON. THE LATE JACOB MARIS. By P. ZILCKEN. Ten Illustrations ...

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ROWNEY'S ARTISTS' OIL COLOURS IN LARGE TUBES. ANTWERP BLUE LIGHT RED BURNT SIENNA McGUILP BURNT UMBER PERMANENT YELLOW CHROME No. 1 (LEMON) PRUSSIAN BLUE CHROME No. 2 (YELLOW) RAW SIENNA CHROME No. 3 (ORANGE) RAW UMBER EMERALD GREEN TERRA VERT FLAKE WHITE TRANSPARENT GOLD INDIAN RED OCHRE INDIGO VANDYKE BROWN IVORY BLACK YELLOW OCHRE CHROME No. 4 (ORANGE) NAPLES YELLOW No. 1 DEEP ARTISTS' PRICE, 1/- EACH NET, containing 7 times the quantity of the ordinary tube. CRIMSON LAKE PERMANENT BLUE FRENCH ULTRAMARINE ARTISTS' PRICE, 1/6 EACH NET, containing 10 times the quantity of the ordinary tube. CRIMSON ALIZARIN SCARLET VERMILION MADDER BROWN VERMILION ARTISTS' PRICE, 2/- EACH NET, containing 10 times the quantity of the ordinary tube. COBALT ROSE MADDER INDIAN YELLOW VIRIDIAN or VERONESE LEMON YELLOW GREEN ARTISTS' PRICE, 4/6 EACH NET, containing 10 times the quantity of the ordinary tube. CADMIUM, PALE, YELLOW OR ORANGE ARTISTS' PRICE, 6/6 EACH NET. These Colours are made of the Best Materials only, and are Ground finer than any other Makers. Manufactured by GEORGE ROWNEY & CO., 64 Oxford Street, London, W. And may be obtained from the Principal Dealers in Artists' Materials throughout the Kingdom. REEVES' COLOURS ARE PURE WELL PREPARED RELIABLE. REEVES' PRICE LIST IS POST FREE 53, MOORGATE ST. 29, LUDGATE HILL. 13, CHARING CROSS ROAD. 161, HIGH STREET, KENSINGTON. 8, EXHIBITION RD. 140, HIGH STREET, ST. JOHN'S WOOD. ARTISTS' PRICE 9d. Each Net. Containing 4 times the quantity of the ordinary tube. ACTUAL SIZE OF TUBE GEO ROWNEY & CO. TREBLE FL. WHITE Blanc de Plomb Triple Colourmen and Pencils LONDON, W., ENGLAND ROWNEY & CO. The "STUDIO" Size. SOLE AGENTS, TONKS LTD. TRADE MARK HOOKHAM'S PATENT PIANO PICTURE WIRE PER 100 FEET THE GREATEST COMBINATION OF STRENGTH WITH NEATNESS 500,000 PICTURES HUNG WITH THIS LINE IN 1887 REGISTERED WIRE SHIPMENTS PLATED 2/9 74 STEEL 2/9 TO BE HAD OF ALL IRONMONGERS AD. I

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THE STUDIO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE COMPETITIONS REVISED RULES (1) All subscribers to THE STUDIO are eligible to compete. (2) Designs must be original and not traceable to any existing pattern. New ideas and new treatment, combined with workable detail and arrangement, will be the features considered by the judges. (3) Drawings for competition must be legibly signed with pseudonym only. The Coupon, page AD. XIX, with details fully filled in, must accompany each drawing or set of drawings, and must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, on the outside of which is written only the pseudonym of the competitor. As this envelope will not be opened until after the awards have been made, any inquiry should be forwarded in a separate letter. (4) The Proprietor of THE STUDIO reserves to himself the right of withholding all or any of the prizes, provided that, in the unanimous opinion of the judges, the drawings do not fulfil the rules of the Competition or otherwise are of insufficient merit. He also reserves to himself the right to reproduce in THE STUDIO any of the designs submitted. All prize designs become the property of the Proprietor of THE STUDIO unless otherwise specified. (5) No design will be returned in any case unless accompanied by sufficient stamps for postage or carriage and packing. The term "sufficient postage" has been fixed at a minimum of sixpence, to cover the cost of packing, &c., unless otherwise indicated. (6) All designs must be sent in packed flat, unless specially excepted in certain competitions. (7) All designs and correspondence thereon to be addressed THE STUDIO, 5 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C., and marked "Prize Competitions," with the number of the Competition, "A xix," "B xii," "C xi," &c., on the outside of the package, or letter referring to it. (8) An infringement of any of the above Rules will disqualify a Competitor. CLASS A. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS. A. XLV. DESIGN FOR A SILVER CUP. (Particulars appeared in the December Number.) A. XLVI. DESIGN FOR A FRETWORK CLOCK. Designs to be suitable for a clock either 4 in. or $2\frac{1}{2}$ in. in diameter. The constructive parts to be thoroughly practical, and the ornament to be drawn accurately so as to be suitable for working purposes. The size of the drawings submitted is left to the option of the competitors, but each design must be accompanied by a finished miniature drawing showing the complete article in elevation or perspective. Drawings to be made in black ink on white cardboard. FIRST PRIZE: Four Guineas; SECOND PRIZE: Three Guineas; THIRD PRIZE: Two Guineas; FOURTH PRIZE: One Guinea. The successful designs will become the property of the donors of the prizes, who will also have the right to purchase any of the unsuccessful designs at a price to be arranged hereafter. Any inquiries concerning this competition should be addressed to Messrs. Hobbies, Ltd., 12, Paternoster Square, London. Drawings, packed flat, to be received at the London office of THE STUDIO by March 1. CLASS B. DRAWINGS FOR BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS, ETC. B. XLV. DESIGN FOR A TITLE PAGE. (Particulars appeared in the December Number.) B. XLVI. DESIGN SYMBOLICAL OF "WINTER." Drawings to be made in black ink on white cardboard. FIRST PRIZE: One Guinea; SECOND PRIZE: Half-a-Guinea. Drawings, packed flat, to be received at the London office of THE STUDIO by March 1. CLASS D. PHOTOGRAPHS FROM NATURE. D. XXIX. WINTER LANDSCAPE. D. XXX. STUDY OF LEAFLESS TREES. All photographs should be sent in mounted upon firm card, without margin. FIRST PRIZE: One Guinea; SECOND PRIZE: Half-a-Guinea. Photographs to be received at the London office of THE STUDIO by March 1. PHOTOGRAPHING for ARTISTS and DESIGNERS Pictures, Drawings, Statuary, and all other Works of Art Photographed at Studios, Galleries, &c., for Reproduction and Reference. Sitters and Models Photographed for Artists' Guides. WILLIAM E. GRAY, 92 Queen's Road, Bayswater, W. A PARISIAN STUDIO IN LONDON. GROSVENOR LIFE SCHOOL. Principal—Mr. W. J. DONNE. DRAWING AND PAINTING FROM LIFE. FIGURE COMPOSITION. Black and White Drawing for Reproduction. Summer Sketching Class. In the "Gilbert" Metropolitan Art Schools Competition, November 1898, the GROSVENOR STUDIO received the following awards:—1st Prize for Figure; 2nd Prize for Design; Hon. Mention for Landscape. GROSVENOR STUDIO, VAUXHALL BRIDGE, S.W. {The Studio is five minutes' walk from Vauxhall and five minutes tram from Victoria Station.} AD. II

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EXHIBITIONS NOW OPEN Royal Academy of Arts: Vandyck Exhibition. Royal Soc. of Painters in Water Colours. Royal Society of British Artists. Jno. Wilson's Successors, Ltd., 159 New Bond St., W. Artistic Damasks and Curtains. Exhibition of Art Embroideries, John Harris & Sons, Ltd., 25 Old Bond Street, W. Brighton (Oils Only). (Bourlet & Sons.) The Holland Fine Art Gallery, 235A Regent St., W. Society of Portrait Painters. Artists War Fund Exh., Guildhall. (Dicksee & Co.) FORTHCOMING Royal Academy of Arts. (R. D. Mar. 29 to Apl. 2.) New Gallery. (R. D. Mar. 2 to Mar. 9.) Royal Scottish Academy. (R. D. Feb. 1.) Berlin Secessionists. Open to Foreign Artists. (R. D. up to Apl. 1.) Society of Women Artists. (R. D. Jan. 19 and 20.) Stirling Fine Art Association. (Bourlet & Sons.) Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. (Bourlet & Sons.) Oldham Institute. (Bourlet & Sons.) Bristol Academy of Fine Arts. (O. D. Feb. 10, Smith & Uppard.) Royal Inst. of Painters in Water Colours. (R. D. Mar. 10.) New English Art Club. (R. D. Apl. 2.) Royal Society of British Artists. (R. D. Mar. 4.) Royal Birmingham Soc. of Artists. (R. D. Mar. 8, Bourlet & Sons.) Brussels, La Libre Esthétique. (O. D. Mar. 5.) Berlin Academy of Art. (R. D. Mar. 30.) Paris, Société Nouvelle de Peintres et de Sculpteurs. (O. D. Mar. 7, Dicksee & Co.) Leeds City Art Gallery. (O. D. Feb. 22, Dicksee & Co.) Bradford Art Gallery. (R. D. Feb. 1 to 12, Dicksee & Co.) ST. MARTIN'S TOWN HALL. Messrs. J. B. CRAMER & CO., Ltd., have the honour to announce a Grand Evening Concert IN AID OF THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH" FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF OUR Soldiers and Sailors' Widows and Orphans, Under Distinguished Patronage. On FRIDAY, JANUARY 26th, at 8. The following eminent Artistes are generously giving their services: Madame CLARA SAMUELL, Madame KATE COVE, Miss ANNA ROECKNER, Mrs. DRING, Miss PERCIVAL ALLEN and Madame EILEEN GOODMAN. Madame MEREDYTH ELLIOTT, Miss GRAINGER KERR, Madame INVERNI, Miss MAUD SANTLEY and Miss GRACE WOODWARD. Mr. HERBERT GROVER, Mr. GEORGE ASPINALL, Mr. COURTICE POUNDS and Mr. REGINALD GROOME. Mr. CHARLES COPLAND, Mr. CYRIL DWIGHT-EDWARDS, Mr. CHARLES PHILLIPS and Mr. DOUGLAS POWELL. Miss ELLALINE TERRISS. Miss MARION TERRY. Miss CONNIE EDISS. Steight of Hand, Mr. MAURICE GARLAND. Solo Violin, Miss ETHEL BARNS. Solo Violoncello, Mr. NOEL JOHNSON. Solo Pianoforte, Signor TITO MATTEI and Mr. HENRY PARKER. Mr. MARK AMBIENT, Mr. F. CHEESEWRIGHT. Conductors:—Miss THERESA BENEY, Mr. HENRY PARKER, Mr. WALTER SLAUGHTER, Mr. HERMANN LOHR, etc. RESERVED STALLS, 10s. 6d. May be obtained of Messrs. J. B. CRAMER & CO., Ltd., 207 and 209, Regent Street, W.; 46, Moorgate Street, E.C.; and Castle Road, Kentish Town, N.W. J. STUART CROOK, Sec. and Treasurer. THE CLOISONNE GLASS COMP. AN ENTIRELY NEW AND ARTISTIC MANUFACTURE Photographed from a Cloissonné Panel. 5·6 & 7· LENSDEP PLACE · GOLDEN LANE · LONDON · EC · AD. IV

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IMPORTANT NOTICE. In the FEBRUARY and MARCH Numbers of “THE STUDIO” will appear two important and very fully illustrated articles by A. L. BALDRY, on the work of JOHN S. SARGENT, R.A. These articles are the first that have been written with the sanction and approval of Mr. Sargent, and the very large number of illustrations which will accompany them have been carefully selected from the celebrated Painter’s most interesting and characteristic works. The FEBRUARY Number will be the FIRST PART OF A NEW VOLUME --- OFFICES OF THE STUDIO LONDON: 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. PARIS: 50, CHAUSSÉE D’ANTIN. NEW YORK: 140, FIFTH AVENUE. AD. IX