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THE STUDIO. EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY CHARLES HOLME. Contents, June 15, 1904. SUPPLEMENTS:—A REPRODUCTION IN COLOURS OF THE WATER-COLOUR BY THOMAS COLLIER, ENTITLED “A SUSSEX COMMON”; A REPRODUCTION IN COLOURS OF THE PASTEL DRAWING ENTITLED “BEAD-STRINGERS, VENICE,” BY J. MCNEILL WHISTLER; A REPRODUCTION IN PHOTOGRAPHURE OF THE DECORATIVE PANEL BY FRANK BRANGWYN, A.R.A., ENTITLED “DEPARTURE OF LANCASTER FOR THE EAST INDIES”; A REPRODUCTION IN COLOURS OF THE WATER-COLOUR ENTITLED “AN ITALIAN GARDEN,” BY G. S. ELGOOD; A REPRODUCTION IN COLOURS OF A GESSO AND MOTHER-O’PEARL PANEL BY FREDERICK MARRIOTT; AND A REPRODUCTION IN COLOURS OF TRANSLUCENT GLASS BY GEORGES DESPRET. PAGE THE ART OF THOMAS COLLIER. By Frederick Wedmore. Six Illustrations . . . . . . 3 WHISTLER IN BELGIUM. By Octave Maus. One Illustration . . . . . . 7 THE SALON OF THE SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DES BEAUX-ARTS. By Henri Frantz. Eight Illustrations . . . . . . 12 SOME METAL-WORK BY OMAR RAMSDEN AND ALWYN O. E. CARR. By Esther Wood. Eight Illustrations . . . . . . 21 THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1904. By W. K. West. Fifteen Illustrations . . . . . . 26 WEEK-END COTTAGES: Designs sent in for Competition A LV. (Second article.) Twenty-seven Illustrations . . . . . . 43 STUDIO-TALK (From our own Correspondents):— LONDON. Sixteen Illus. . . . . . 59 | HAARLEM. Seven Illus. . . . . . 73 KIDDERMINSTER. Four Illus. . . . . . 68 | STOCKHOLM. Seven Illus. . . . . . 73 VIENNA. Seven Illus. . . . . . 68 | FLORENCE. Three Illus. . . . . . 75 REVIEWS . . . . . . 79 AWARDS IN “THE STUDIO” PRIZE COMPETITIONS. Sixteen Illustrations . . . . . . 82 THE LAY FIGURE: On Art Exhibitions . . . . . . 90 WINSOR & NEWTON’S FINELY PREPARED OIL COLOURS In Collapsible Tubes. Revised list of Oil-Colours will be sent post free on application. “SMALL STUDIO” Tube. For the convenience of Artists using large quantities of Colour, all Messrs. Winsor & Newton’s Oil Colours are supplied in “SMALL STUDIO” and “STUDIO” Tubes, containing respectively “FOUR TIMES” and “SIX TIMES” as much as an ordinary two-inch Tube, at considerably reduced prices. WINSOR & NEWTON, Ltd., Solo Agents for Great Britain, the British Colonies and the United States of America for RAPPAËLLI’S SOLID OIL-COLOURS. Rathbone Place, LONDON, W. THE HIGHEST AWARDS AT ALL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS NINE GOLD MEDALS JEFFREY & CO ARTISTIC WALL PAPERS. WEST END SHOW ROOMS THE WALL-PAPER GALLERY 31-MORTIMER-ST. REGENT STREET-W. FACTORY? 64 ESSEX-RP. & OFFICES: ISLINGTON N. THEIR LATEST WALL PAPERS NOW ON EXHIBITION Telephone No. 134 Dalston. Are to be obtained of all Decorators and Wall Paper Merchants Wa --- IrterPea --- J •rceLettled. --- 4th GART-SIDE ST10 NEWMAN-STAINED --- MancSt OXFORD ST-GLASS: --- heiler.LONDON.W.-LEADED --- LIGHTS:Mosaic,DECORAROOM --- VITREA PERMTION ASFRIEZE --- UDE-AMENTGRILL-TROCA --- -DEPOWhatothersE.P.C. --- REST:we doallempt --- LONDON10-dayto-mynow. ---
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This issue of "The Studio" features articles on the art of Thomas Collier, Whistler in Belgium, and the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. It also includes reviews of metalwork by Ramsden and Carr, the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1904, and designs for week-end cottages. The magazine also announces its international prize competitions and lists current and forthcoming art exhibitions.