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THE STUDIO A Magazine of Fine and Applied Art Founded in 1893 VOLUME 89 NUMBER 386 MAY 15TH 1925 44 LEICESTER SQUARE LONDON $2^{\text{S}}/\text{net}$
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THE STUDIO EDITED BY GEOFFREY HOLME CONTENTS FOR MAY 1925 Title --- Author/Editor --- PAGE --- THE ART OF MR. W. HEATH ROBINSON. --- By A. L. Baldry --- NORBERTINE BRESSLERN-ROTH --- By Jarno Jessen --- PICTORIAL MAPS AND PROSPECTS --- AN EXHIBITION BY THREE BOOK-ILLUSTRATORS: JOHN AUSTIN, HARRY CLARKE and ALAN ODLE --- THE ART OF MR. W. S. HORTON. --- By Gabriel Mourey --- MR. JOHN FLANAGAN, PORTRAIT PAINTER --- NOTES: London, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham, Redmire (Yorks), Cheltenham, Rome, Paris, Hamburg, Budapest, Poland, Tokyo --- REVIEWS --- THE LAY FIGURE: A Possible Sermon --- SUPPLEMENTS Title --- Page --- W. HEATH ROBINSON. “The Fair Day” --- Frontispiece --- W. HEATH ROBINSON. “The Thief” --- NORBERTINE BRESSLERN-ROTH. “Fighting Cocks” --- W. S. HORTON. “The Winter Sun” --- JOHN FLANAGAN. “Mr. Townley Searle” --- E. VIGNAL. “Venice” --- 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. All notes and articles should be typewritten. --- To Artists and Amateurs wishing to make a trial of Tempera Colours Messrs. George Rowney & Co., Ltd will send upon receipt of 10s. the following set, post free: A bottle of Egg Tempera Medium, Double Tube of Zinc White, and 2 in. Tubes of the following Colours: Chrome Yellow, Raw Sienna, Light Red, Burnt Sienna, Vermilion, Crimson Alizarin, Burnt Umber, Ivory Black, Prussian Blue, French Ultra, and Brown Madder, and two Academy Boards, 14 by 10 ins., prepared for Tempera Painting; and Descriptive Pamphlet. MANUFACTURED BY GEORGE ROWNEY & Co., Ltd. LONDON 10 & 11 Percy St., London, W.1. 61 Brompton Rd., Knightsbridge, S.W.3. Rowney’s products may be obtained from all Dealers in Artists’ Materials
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THE STUDIO PUBLISHERS BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING ESTABLISHED 1760 P. & D. COLNAGHI & Co. NEW PUBLICATION THE HOUSE OF THE ABBOT Edition Limited to50 Proofs --- ORIGINAL AQUATINTBYE.S. LUMSDEN, A.R.S.A., R.E.Size $9\frac{7}{8}$ by $11\frac{7}{8}$ --- Price£4 4s. 0d. eachMOUNTED --- Paintings and Drawings by Old and Modern Masters VALUATIONS. RESTORATION. FRAMING. MOUNTING COLLECTIONS BOUGHT ‘en bloc’ The Grosvenor Galleries 144, 145, 146 NEW BOND ST., LONDON, W.1 Telegrams: COLNAGHI, WESDO, LONDON. Telephone: MAYFAIR 6356 (3 lines) AD. I
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THE STUDIO ART EXHIBITIONS LONDON.—ACKERMANN & SON, 157A New Bond Street, W. 1. Naval and Marine Paintings. Open till June 6. THOS. AGNEW & SONS, 43 Old Bond Street, W. 1. Pictures by Old Masters. Open during May and June. ARCADE HOUSE, Old Bond Street, W. 1. Paintings on Silk and Velvet by Madame L. Pillico. Open till May 16. ARLINGTON GALLERY, 22 Old Bond Street, W. 1. Royal Society of Miniature Painters. Open till June 5. ARTS LEAGUE OF SERVICE, 1 Robert Street, W.C. 2. Posters by E. McKnight Kauffer, inaugurating new Poster Bureau. Open during May. BEAUX ARTS GALLERY, Bruton Street, New Bond Street, W. 1. Competitive Designs for Country Houses. Open till May 16. Pastels by Cumbrae Stewart. Open from June 3 to June 20. BOND STREET GALLERIES, 14 Clifford Street, W. 1. The Photographic Art of Curtis Moffat. Open from June 3 to June 10. CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, PITTSBURGH. 24th International Exhibition. Prizes offered. Selection of European Exhibits. In London, June 1; in Paris, June 4; British Agents, Messrs. Dicksee and Co., 7 Duke Street, St. James’s. Continental Agent, M. G. Lerolle, 14 Rue Brémontier, Paris XVIIe. CHELSEA POTTERY. Cheyne Figures by Gwen-dolen Parnell. Open during May. ELLIOTT AND FRY’S GALLERIES, 63 Baker Street, W. 1. Photo-sculpture. Open till June 6. Toyn-bee Art Club. Receiving Day, June 6. FINE ART SOCIETY, LTD., 148 New Bond Street, W. 1. Hunting Sketches by C. Simpson, R.I., R.O.I. Open till May 16. FRENCH GALLERY, 120 Pall Mall, S.W. 1. Modern British and Foreign Artists. Open during May. GIEVES GALLERY, 22 Old Bond Street, W. 1. “Old Quebec” by Russell Stephenson. Open May 20 to June 5. Metal Work by Cecil Thomas. Open June 10 to June 19. GOUPIL GALLERY (Messrs. W. Marchant and Co.), 5 Regent Street, S.W. 1. Paintings by W. G. de Glehn, A.R.A. Open till May 20. GREATOREX GALLERY, 14 Grafton Street, W. 1. “Big Game” by Major A. K. Dugmore. Open till May 23. HAND’S GALLERIES, Grafton Street, W. 1. Signed Miniatures. Open till May 28. LEICESTER GALLERIES, Green Street, W.C. 2. Paintings by W. S. Horton. Open during May. MACRAE GALLERY, Fulham Road, S.W. 11. Sixth Annual Exhibition of Flower Pictures. Open till May 30. Animals and Birds. Receiving Day, May 25. MANSARD GALLERY, 196, Tottenham Court Road. Garden Furniture and Accessories. Open during May. MAYOR GALLERY, 18 Cork Street, W. 1. Modern French Art. Open during May. Paintings by Winifred Nicholson. Open during June. PATERSON’S GALLERIES, 5 Old Bond Street, W. 1. Roland Strasser. Open till May 23. REDFERN GALLERY, 27 Old Bond Street, W. 1. “Colour and Custom in the Far East” by Elfrida Tharle-Hughes. Open during May. RIDLEY ART CLUB, 32 St. George’s Square, S.W. 1. Members’ Work. Receiving Day, June 2. Open from June 6 to June 15. ROYAL ACADEMY. Annual Exhibition. Open from May 4 to August 8. ROYAL INSTITUTE GALLERY, 195 Piccadilly, W. 1. Royal Institute of Painters in Water-colours. Open till May 28. ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS, 5A Pall Mall East, S.W. 184th Annual Exhibition. Open till May 28. SPRING GARDENS GALLERY, Trafalgar Square, S.W. 1. New English Art Club, 1925 Exhibition. Open during May. ST. GEORGE’S GALLERY, 32A George Street, Hanover Square, W. 1. Harry Clarke, J. Austen, A. Odle, and A. O. Spare. Open during May. TWENTY - ONE GALLERY, Adelphi, W.C. 2. Senefelder Club, 15th Annual Exhibition. Open till May 23. E. Stewart Wood. Open during May. WALKER’S GALLERIES, 118 New Bond Street, W. 1. Drawings by W. H. Y. Titcomb and others. Open till May 30. Pastoral Water-colours. Open till June 17. WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY. British Art, 1875-1925. Open till June 27. BIRMINGHAM.—ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS. Spring Exhibition. Open till May 23. BOURNEMOUTH.—ARTS CLUB. Messrs. Allen’s Show Rooms. 15th Annual Exhibition. Open from May 15 to June 13. CHELTENHAM.—ART GALLERY. Works by St. Ives Artists. Open till May 16. CONWAY.—ROYAL CAMBRIAN ACADEMY. Annual Summer Exhibition. Open from June 1 to October 3. DUBLIN.—ROYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY. Spring Exhibition. Open till May 30. GLASGOW.—ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY. 99th Annual Exhibition. Open till August 29. LIVERPOOL.—WALKER ART GALLERY. Liverpool Academy of Arts. Open during May. MANCHESTER.—CITY ART GALLERY. Royal Portrait Society. Open during June. WALTHAMSTOW (ESSEX).—GROSVENOR ART CLUB. 26th Annual Exhibition. Open till May 16. MILAN.—SECOND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF WATER-COLOURS. Open during May, at the Palazzo della Permanente, Via Principe Umberto N. 32. PARIS.—GALERIE DEVAMBEZ, 43 Boulevard Male-sherbes. Architectural Drawings by W. Walcot, R.B.A. Open from May 20 to June 6. GALERIE DRUET, 20 rue Royal. Van Ryssel-berghe, Felix Vallotton and others. Open during May and June. GALERIES GEORGES PETIT. Tade Styka and others. Open till May 30. FIRST SALON OF 1925. 30th Exhibition. Open till June 28. NOTE.—The Editor will be pleased to receive particulars of any Art Exhibitions, Competitions, Lectures, and other announcements likely to be of interest to readers of the “Studio.” AD. II
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THE STUDIO “THE STUDIO” International Prize Competition ART AND COMMERCE. HOW CAN THEIR RELATIONSHIP BE STRENGTHENED? ECONOMIC conditions to-day have created difficulties for artist and manufacturer alike. The artist can no longer rely on financial support from his patrons on a scale comparable to that which obtained before the War, while the manufacturer is faced with higher cost of production, which automatically reduces demand, and with increased competition in a smaller market, because many importing countries have now become producers. Art and commerce are both suffering from the same cause; artists as a body are experiencing great difficulty, factories are idle or on short time, and unemployment generally is rife. In the belief that fuller co-operation between artists and producers would promote all-round improvement, THE STUDIO has for thirty years laboured consistently to bring about a closer understanding between the two. But prejudice exists on both sides—one is prone to consider the artist as a useless, unpractical fellow, while the other too often manifests a scornful contempt for the products of the machine. An understanding between them can only be productive of mutually satisfactory results. Present-day manufactured goods too often suffer from an excess of elaborate ornamentation, because it is seldom fully realised that to be beautiful an object must satisfactorily fulfil the purpose for which it was produced; and unless this condition be observed, ornamentation and elaboration can only cover up fundamental defects and can serve no useful purpose. The essential, therefore, is right design, and who is better fitted to supply it than the artist, whose training teaches him the measurement of values and the assessment of proportions, and who has already proved his worth by his success in every branch of technical work during the War? His co-operation ensures accuracy in the fundamentals, which will result in better and more suitable goods, his imagination and taste can raise the standard of production, and, with his aid, by the elimination of excessive and elaborate ornament, costs of production can be reduced. Three objects of paramount importance are thus achieved—the public are provided with better products, the producer reduces costs, and the artist finds a new outlet. No excuse is therefore needed for an effort to promote an entente between them, and the Editor of THE STUDIO has decided to inaugurate a competition for the best suggestions, contained in an article not exceeding 750 words in length, on “The means of strengthening the relationship between Art and Commerce, to the mutual advantage of artists and manufacturers, with the object of producing better and more beautiful goods.” Prizes of £25, £10, £5, etc., will be given and the judge will be Mr. Frank Brangwyn, R.A., whose name and prestige need no commentary. Articles, though preferably in English, may be submitted also in French or German. To assist competitors, the “Lay Figure” in the March and subsequent issues until the close of the competition, deals with various aspects of this important question, and points out the difficulties to be overcome if the desired object is to be achieved. The rules of the competition (which will not be re-printed) are to be found in the March issue. --- FIRST PRIZE TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS SECOND PRIZE - - TEN POUNDS THREE PRIZES OF FIVE POUNDS EACH TWENTY CONSOLATION PRIZES OF BOOKS ON ART SUBJECTS MR. FRANK BRANGWYN, R.A. has kindly consented to judge the Entries AD. IV
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