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THE STUDIO A Magazine of Fine and Applied Art VOLUME 87 NUMBER 375 JUNE 15TH 1924 44 LEICESTER SQUARE LONDON $2^{\text{S}}/\text{net}$
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First pages of the volume, freely accessible.
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THE STUDIO EDITED BY GEOFFREY HOLME CONTENTS FOR JUNE 1924 Title --- Page --- THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION, 1924 --- THE LURE OF WEMBLEY. By Leonard Richmond, R.O.I. --- A DANISH SCULPTOR. By Georg Bröchner --- THE PIANO AS A MODERN PIECE OF FURNITURE. By M. Valotaire --- MISS ELYSE LORD’S COLOUR ETCHINGS. By Georg Bröchner --- NOTES: London, Southport, Liverpool, Aldringham (Suffolk), Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paris, Vienna, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Venice, New York, Winnipeg, Tokyo, Moscow --- REVIEWS --- THE LAY FIGURE: On Chances for Students --- SUPPLEMENTS Author --- Title --- Frontispiece --- ANTONIO CANALETTO. --- “Westminster Bridge” --- OLIVER P. BERNARD. --- British Empire Exhibition, Decoration for Restaurant Exterior --- LEONARD RICHMOND, R.O.I. --- British Empire Exhibition, “Dominion Way” --- ELYSE LORD. --- “The Drummer” --- ANDERS ZORN. --- “After Bathing” --- WALTER J. PHILLIPS. --- “Norman Bay, No. 2” --- NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS.—The Editor will always be glad to consider any articles, drawings, etc., that may be submitted to him for publication, and every effort will be made to return in due course rejected MSS., and all drawings, etc., rejected or accepted; but under no circumstances can he hold himself responsible for the safe custody or return thereof. Stamps for return should always be sent, and the name and address of the sender clearly written on every MS., drawing, etc. --- SECOND IMPRESSION The Book of Kells With about Fifty Illustrations in Colours Price 30s. net THE BOOK OF KELLS has been described by Professor Westwood as “the most beautiful book in the world.” Those who have seen and studied the consummate beauty of this gem of Celtic manuscript, its rich and subtle colouring, its amazingly intricate and gorgeous designs, its quaint portraiture, and bold, legible text, are not likely to question this description. The last attempt to reproduce in colours pages of this unique and wonderful book was made nearly forty years ago. Since then photography and colour-reproduction have made such rapid advances towards accuracy that, with the permission of the Authorities of Trinity College, Dublin, the Editor of THE STUDIO has issued a volume in which the most beautiful and important pages and many of the wonderful initials of the Book of Kells have been reproduced in colours. For artists, and particularly for designers, the Book of Kells has proved a fruitful source of inspiration; indeed, to all interested in art in any form this masterpiece of illuminated manuscript is a household word. The letterpress by Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart., is of absorbing interest. Offices of THE STUDIO, 44 Leicester Sq., W.C.2
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WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THE fading of a curtain you have chosen is a misfortune not less real than the breaking of a piece of china you have loved. What did you choose that curtain for but for its colour—its rich orange or blue? And now the colour is going or gone! Brown as autumn! An autumn that will not be followed by another spring. The curtain will still keep out the draught—but the colour was the life; the charm. It is the unique distinction of the Sundour fabrics that they don’t fade. Don’t. Won’t. Can’t. You can hang them for years in burning sun-light. You can send them time after time to a merciless wash-day. Yet they won’t fade. That is the new and priceless contribution of the Sundour fabrics to the joy and satisfaction of beautiful furnishing. SUNDOR FABRICS include Casement Cloths, Gretonnes, Tapestries, Chenilles, Reps, Madras Muslins, Damasks, and Washable Rugs. ALL UNFADABLE. Sundour UNFADABLE FABRICS From a shilling or so to several guineas the yard; of Drapers and Furnishers everywhere MORTON SUNDOR FABRICS LTD., CARLISLE AD. I
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ART EXHIBITIONS, &c. --- LONDON.—ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W. 1. Exhibition. Open till August 9. At 184, QUEEN’S GATF, S.W. 7. Mr. D. Croal Thomson’s Exhibition of paintings, drawings and etchings by Frank Brangwyn, R.A. Open till about the end of July. FACULTY OF ARTS GALLERY, 10, Upper John Street, Golden Square. Work by Australian artists in Europe. Open July 2 to 19. FINE ART SOCIETY, LTD., 148, New Bond Street, W. 1. Exhibition of the Society of Twenty-five Painters. Open during June. GIEVES GALLERY, 22, Old Bond Street, W. 1. Exhibition of the Guild of Potters. Open June 24 to July 5. GOUPIL GALLERY (Messrs. W. Marchant & Co.), 5, Regent Street, S.W. 1. Modern British Art, with selection of oil paintings by J. S. Sargent, R.A. Open during June. ST. GEORGE’S GALLERY, 32A, George Street, Hanover Square, W. 1. Paintings and Drawings by S. H. Sime. Open during June. VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W. Scenery and costumes for Court masques of the 17th century, original drawings by Inigo Jones. CONWAY.—ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY, Plas Mawr. Annual exhibition. Open till October 4. EDINBURGH.—ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, 98th Annual Exhibition. Open till August 30. WEMBLEY.—BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION, PALACE OF ARTS. R.I.B.A. Exhibition of Modern British Architecture. Open till July 5. PARIS.—GRAND PALAIS. Salon de la Société Nationale et Salon des Artistes Français. Open till June 30. GALERIE BERNHEIM JEUNE, 25, Bd. de la Madeleine. Exposition Pierre Bonnard. Open till June 30. GALERIES GEORGES PETIT, 8, rue de Séze. Exposition P. Bouchard, René Paris et Romilly Fedden. Open till June 30. Les Orientalistes. Open July 1 to 12. VIENNA.—SECESSION GALLERY. Exhibition of work by painters of the Italian Renaissance arranged by the Association “Museumsfreunde.” Open July 6. --- ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO QUEEN ALEXANDRA --- DANISH ART GALLERIES 2 OLD BOND STREET LONDON, W. TELEPHONE: GERRARD 633 --- MERMAID BY PLATEN HALLERMUND AD II
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ABOUT TO BE PUBLISHED "The Spirit of Coal" GAS LIGHT · HEAT · POWER VISIT THE GAS EXHIBIT AT WEMBLEY. READ THE INTERESTING STORY INSIDE. plates awings vyn ate son uly AD. III
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Gas in the Home THE SPIRIT OF COAL AND he rubbed the lamp and there was a clap of thunder and a blaze of light; there before him stood a great and terrible genie towering above him and asking . . . Oh, those wonderful fairy tales of our youth; how we longed for such a powerful, willing slave to carry out our whims and wishes! Behold! the Spirit of Coal—GAS!—bows before you; only awaiting your command to abolish trouble, reduce labour, increase comfort, diminish expense in your home. Are you incredulous? There is no need to be so, for LIGHT, HEAT, POWER, all lie hidden in those unwieldy black lumps of coal. They can be summoned forth and made to serve you without the accompaniment of smoke, dirt and drudgery inseparable from the raw material. Just think what a gas-fire in a bedroom or sitting-room means! No "laying," no carrying of coal, no grate cleaning, no trouble in lighting or attending, no waste of fuel when your room is unoccupied. A gas water-heater for the bathroom means that as many hot baths as are required can be provided in quick succession. In the kitchen your food can be cooked and kept hot, all refuse burned, and a constant supply of hot water assured by the use of gas; in fact, the maximum of comfort in your home can be secured with the minimum of labour or expense. Is not such a service worthy of your acceptance? Every need of nursery, living room, kitchen, laundry, bathroom and sleeping apartments can be provided by gas far more efficiently, economically and conveniently than in any other way, and its use is approved by the medical profession. The Gas Industry has secured a large space in the Palace of Industry in the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, where you can investigate the truth of these statements, both in a fascinating series of tableaux vivants, "The Seven Ages of Woman," in the model rooms, and in the domestic "demonstrations" section. Let the SPIRIT OF COAL bring to your HOME More Comfort, True Economy, Less Drudgery
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Gas in Industry LIGHT, HEAT & POWER THESE are necessities of industry. It must have them, and formerly it extracted the two latter from coal by the laborious and wasteful method of burning the raw material. Science detests waste, and the scientific process known as coal carbonization not only benefits industry by producing the purified Spirit of Coal—GAS—capable of giving LIGHT, HEAT and POWER without smoke, dust and dirt, but preserves for the benefit and enrichment of the nation the other valuable materials contained in coal—Ammonia, used extensively in Agriculture and other industries; Cyanogen, used in Gold Refining, etc.; and Tar, from which scores of valuable chemical compounds are obtained by distillation, such as Disinfectants, Drugs, Dyes, Explosives, Motor Spirit, Saccharine, Scents, Sheep Dip, Timber Pickle, etc., etc. The wonderful “Tale of a Tar Barrel” is told at Wembley. Very few people, even among business men, realise the thousand and one services GAS renders to industry in addition to light and power generation. To enumerate just a few:— In the COTTON, SILK, and WOOLLEN TRADES, for singeing velvet, calico and cloth; drying cloth after tentering; heating “conditioning” ovens; gassing thread. In the FOOD TRADES, for sugar boiling; sweetmeat toasting and baking; biscuit making; bread baking; pig singeing; ham boiling; bottle washing and drying; milk-can scalding; wafer making; coffee roasting and grinding; operating refrigerators; drying, canning and bottling fruit and vegetables; pasteurisation of milk; steam raising—as well as all processes of cooking. In the MOTOR CAR INDUSTRY, for running-in engines; brazing; metal casting and hardening; japanning; enamelling and drying; oil refining. In the SHIPBUILDING TRADE, for rivet making and heating; plate and angle-iron heating; heat treatment of heavy forgings; shrinking liners on to propeller shafts; annealing of castings; heat treatment of high-speed steel; heating of copper pipes, expansion joints, etc. The SPIRIT OF COAL offers to INDUSTRY Economy, Efficiency, Cleanliness, and Speed
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LON H A TJ ar til St ar St Tv Ex 5, wi R. Ha by --- THE inside pages of this pamphlet can only indicate what GAS can do for you, but at the British Empire Exhibition the innumerable ways it serves the Empire in its Homes, Offices, Studios and Workshops, are actually demonstrated. In whatever town you live The Spirit of Coal—GAS can supply your requirements of LIGHT—HEAT—POWER for a great chain of service stretches round the British Empire, expressed in the British Isles through more than fifteen hundred Gas Undertakings. You are cordially invited to come and see the fascinating Exhibits in the Palace of Industry at Wembley, where the practical utility of Gas is exemplified in many vivid and varied ways. If, however, you are unfortunately prevented from visiting that wonderful Exhibition, any information you want, or advice you desire, will gladly be given if you will be so good as to write to the Manager of your local Gas Undertaking, or to The Secretary The British Commercial Gas Association 30, Grosvenor Gardens, S.W.1 WHEN AT WEMBLEY, BE SURE TO VISIT THE GAS EXHIBIT Printed by SAMSON CLARK & CO., LTD., 57-59-61, Mortimer Street, London, W.1. AD II
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THE ETCHINGS of FRANK BRANGWYN R.A. Are published by THE FINE ART SOCIETY, Ltd. 148 NEW BOND STREET W.1 --- ABOUT TO BE PUBLISHED ST. MARTIN'S BRIDGE, TOLEDO. 24 × 20 Particulars of the above and several other new plates on application --- A PRINT LIBRARY The idea of a circulating library from which books are borrowed periodically for purposes of study and pleasure has long been familiar; but until recently this scheme has not been extended to prints. Four years ago we started such a service and are now regularly circulating portfolios of modern prints and drawings amongst our subscribers in all parts of the world. All interested are invited to obtain further particulars from THE PRINT SOCIETY. An International Society of Print Makers and Collectors. WOODGREEN COMMON SALISBURY, ENGLAND --- HANDICRAFTS EXHIBITION Public Halls, Croydon. 7th to 10th October 1924 COMPETITIONS in posters, illustrations, draughtsmanship, books, photography, textiles, pottery, metals, precious metals, leatherwork, wood, needlework, knitting, crochet, models, basket work, toys, decorated articles, etc. Cash Prizes: 10/6 to £5 Particulars from r, Eldon House, Wellesley Rd., Croydon --- Tunbridge Wells Arts and Crafts Society, 1924 AN EXHIBITION will be held at THE PUMP ROOM from October 30th to November 7th The Exhibition will include Oil Paintings, Water-Colours, Black and White, Embroidery, Weaving, Lace, Wood Carving, Modelling, Bookbinding, Enamels, Jewellery, Photographs, etc. Entry Forms and full particulars can be obtained from the Hon. Secretary, Miss A. M. LANGTON, 14 Queen’s Road, Tunbridge Wells. --- Special Exhibition of Paintings, Etchings and Drawings by Frank Brangwyn R.A. At 184 Queen’s Gate South Kensington S.W.7 Arranged by D. Croal Thomson Barbizon House Open until early in July --- AD. III
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THE LEICESTER GALLERIES, LEICESTER SQ. An Exhibition of the Work of PAUL GAUGUIN (1848–1903) AND SCULPTURE BY PROF. UTZON FRANK (OF COPENHAGEN) WILL BE OPENED LATE IN JUNE --- Monthly Exhibitions—One Man or Group Shows arranged Moderate Fees and Commissions. Open all the year round. THE CHESTER GALLERY Nearly opposite St Michael’s Church. 2 CHESTER TERRACE EATON SQUARE, S.W.1 Telephone: Victoria 152 FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION WATER COLOURS by E. F. WELLS Swiss, Basque and English Subjects. June 17th — July 16th. Particulars from The Director, Mrs. Kate Wilcox, B.W.S. Open 10 to 5 Admission Free Closed at 1 o’c Thursdays. --- RED ROSE GUILD OF ARTWORKERS AN EXHIBITION & SALE of Applied Art and Craftwork will be held in the HOULDSWORTH HALL, MANCHESTER, from Tuesday, October 21st—28th, 1924. For particulars please apply to the Honorary Secretary: Miss M. PILKINGTON, 12, Mount Street, Manchester. --- WEST SUSSEX ARTS & CRAFTS EXHIBITION An Exhibition of Paintings and Crafts will be held in LITTLEHAMPTON on JULY 12th to 19th (inclusive). Artists and others in West Sussex willing to exhibit are invited to communicate with Neville Edwards, Esq., Baddiley Lodge, Littlehampton. --- Miss E. ELLIN CARTER ART LEATHERWORKER Gold and Silver Medallist. Exhibitor, Paris Salon and London Caskets, Covers, Cases and Bags of every description suitable for Gifts and Presentations. Work may be seen on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. 3 Stratford Court, Gees Court, Oxford St., W.1 MISS E. ELLIN CARTER is holding an EXHIBITION OF ARTISTIC LEATHER WORK Showing New Designs TUESDAY, JULY 8th to 22nd. Full particulars from Miss Carter, Halcyon Club, Cork Street, W.1. --- GEMS FOR ART WORKERS BLACK OPAL AND OPAL MATRIX TURQUOISETURQ. MATRIXMOONSTONECHRYSPRASEBERYLSAQUAMARINES --- OPALS OF ALL GRADES AND COLOURS --- EUBIESSAPPHIRESEMERALDSPEARLSPEARL BLISTERSAGATES --- A. S. WAINWRIGHT makes a speciality of assortments of inexpensive stones for Art Students and supplies many of the Art Schools in the United Kingdom. He will be pleased to submit a selection of Stones for approval if some guide for size, colour and price is given. Please send reference with first application ARTHUR S. WAINWRIGHT 185 Warstone Lane, Birmingham (ONLY ADDRESS) AD. IV
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