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THE STUDIO CONTENTS French Art at Burlington House by Tancred Borenius What is wrong with Modern Painting? by the Editor Sculpture of 4000-3000 B.C. Port of London Authority Staff Exhibition The Artist on Tour: 4. Switzerland by Adrian Allinson FEBRUARY 1932 2s. NET
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THE STUDIO Edited by C. Geoffrey Holme. Number 467, Volume CIII CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY 1932 What is wrong with Modern Painting? by The Editor 63 French Art at Burlington House, by Tancred Borenius 65 Art Schools and Industry: The Editor Sums up 81 Cairo School of Applied Art, by John Ednie 83 Port of London Authority Staff Exhibition 87 Isaac Grünewald, by Fritz Neugass 92 Pre-Hittite Art at Tell Halaf, by Adolf Behne 95 Rudolf Balogh; Photographer, by Michael Lorant 100 The Artist on Tour; 4, Switzerland, by Adrian Allinson 104 Events in the Art World 110 Reviews of Books 119 Supplements in Colour Jacob's Dream. Painting of the Avignon School Frontispiece François I, by Jean Clouet 71 Old Houses, Brighton, by Morrison Matthews 89 Landscape, by Isaac Grünewald 93 The Apple Tree, by Adrian Allinson 107 Lady Dressing, Japanese colour print by Goyo 115 CONTENTS FOR MARCH The Influence of French Painting: Portraiture of To-day—the Royal Society of Portrait Painters: Masterpieces of Ancient Chinese Painting: The Mural Paintings at India House: The Artist on Tour—5, The Adriatic: Frank Dobson’s Sculptures on the new Hay’s Wharf building. INFORMATION Telephone: Gerrard 3267-3 (two lines). Telegrams: Rhombic, London 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. Found 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 Marzoni 12a, Milan) L.125. U.S.A. (Published under the title “Atelier,” $7.50 post free, by William Edwin Rudge, Publisher, 475 Fifth Ave., New York, the sole Associate Publisher in the U.S., to whom orders from U.S. readers should be sent for all Studio Publications.) ADVERTISEMENTS. Rates for undisplayed advertisements.—7s. 6d. for 32 words. 1s. for each eight or less beyond. Replies to Box Numbers 1s. extra. For displayed 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 LTD. 44 LEICESTER SQUARE, W.C.2
EXHIBITION OF FRENCH ART ROYAL ACADEMY, LONDON January-March, 1932 Five centuries of French Art will be shown, and the Exhibition will be on a similar scale to the preceding Winter Exhibitions of Flemish, Dutch, Italian and Persian Art. It will be under the joint patronage of their Majesties the King and Queen and the President of the French Republic, and will consist of paintings, drawings, sculpture, tapestries and objets d’art, covering a period from the fourteenth to the end of the nineteenth century. THE EXHIBITION WILL CLOSE EARLY IN MARCH HOURS AND CHARGES: Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Thursdays, 9 p.m.) Admission: All weekdays except Fridays, 1s. 6d.; Fridays, 5s. The Exhibition will not be open on Sundays SEASON TICKETS — 1 guinea Principals of Schools of Art can obtain Season Tickets for Teachers and Art Students on their registers at the special rate of 5s. Season Tickets will admit on all weekdays, including Fridays. Applications for tickets should be addressed to the Secretary, Exhibition of French Art, Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London, W.1. AD. III
FEBRUARY EXHIBITIONS ALBANY GALLERY, 17 Sackville Street, W.1. No special exhibition. ARLINGTON GALLERY, 22 Old Bond Street, W.1. The Bushey School of Painting. BRITISH MUSEUM, Great Russell Street, W.C.1. Permanent Exhibition. Manuscripts, Prints, Drawings, Ancient Sculpture and Antiquities. Special Exhibition: French Art (Illuminated Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings). BROOK STREET GALLERY, 14 Brook Street, W.1. February 1–13. Exhibition of Pastels and Water-colours by Almeria Trotter. February 16 to end of month, first exhibition of the New Group. BURLINGTON GALLERY (behind the Royal Academy), 3-5 Burlington Gardens, W.1. Exhibition of Reproductions of French Paintings. FINE ART SOCIETY LTD., 148 New Bond Street, W.1. (1) Exhibition of Three Centuries of French Graphic Art. (2) Paintings, Water-colours, and Etchings by Leading Artists. FOYLE ART GALLERY, Trefoile House, Manette Street, W.1. Exhibition of Modern Art, Drawings and Paintings in Oil and Water-colour by Irma Stern. GALERIE JEAN CHARPENTIER, 76 Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris. Exposition André Ballet. Portraits of children and young girls; landscapes, France and Poland. From January 23 to February 7. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition of Works executed by the late Sir William Orpen and other artists during the War Period. 10–6 (Sundays 2.30–6). LEFEVRE GALLERIES, 1a King Street, St. James’s, London, S.W.1. Exhibition of Masterpieces by the Twentieth-Century French Painters (l’Ecole de Paris). Fine Paintings by the French Masters of the Nineteenth Century. LEGER GALLERIES, 13 Old Bond Street, W.1. Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Water-colours and Etchings by Anton Lock. February 8–27. LEICESTER GALLERIES, Leicester Square, W.C.2. The Seven and Five Society. Admission 1s. 2d. (including tax). NATIONAL GALLERY, Trafalgar Square, W.C.2. Old Masters. 10–4.30 (Sundays 2–4.30). Thursdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, St. Martin’s Place, Trafalgar Square, W.C.2. British Celebrities of the Past. (Lectures at 3 p.m., Monday–Friday.) 10–4 (Sundays 2–4). Thursdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. NEW BURLINGTON GALLERIES, Burlington Gardens, W.1. The Ridley Art Club (closes 13th). 10–5. PATERSON’S GALLERY, 22 Old Bond Street, W.1 Modern Pictures, Drawings, and Etchings. P. & D. COLNAGHI LTD., 144-146 New Bond Street, W.1. Exhibition of French Engravings. REDVERN GALLERY, 27 Old Bond Street, W.1. (1) Oils and Water-colours by Blair Leighton (closes 20th). (2) “Incidents in the Old Testament”—Water-colours by Jacob Epstein (opens 23rd). ROWLEY GALLERY OF DECORATIVE ART LTD., 140-2 Church Street, Kensington, W.8. Modern Furniture, Decorative Mirrors, Inlaid Wood Panels, Frames, Fitments for Electric Light, Fabrics, Pottery, etc. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W.1. Exhibition of French Art (1200–1900). 9.30–7 (Thursdays 9.30–9). Admission 1s. 6d. (Fridays 5s.). ROYAL INSTITUTE GALLERIES, 195 Piccadilly, W.1. Third Annual Exhibition of the National Society (Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, Potters) (opens 8th). 10–5. Admission 1s. ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 35 Russell Square, W.C.1. The Modern Movement in Photography. 10–5. TATE GALLERY, Millbank, S.W.1. British and Foreign Modern Paintings and Sculpture. 10–4 (Sundays 2–4). Tuesdays and Wednesdays 6d.; other days free. TWENTY-ONE GALLERY, 15 Mill Street, Conduit Street, W.1. Drawings. VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition. New Acquisitions in the Central Court. (Sundays 2.30–6.) WALKER’S GALLERIES, 118 New Bond Street, W.1. (1) Prize Cattle, etc.—Old Prints and Paintings (closes 17th). (2) India, Kashmir and Norway—Water-colours by Phyllis M. S. Toovey (opens 19th). (3) Glebe-Chelsea Pottery Models by A. Madeline Raper (opens 22nd). (4) Flower Paintings by Catherine M. Wood (Mrs. R. H. Wright) (opens 23rd). WALLACE COLLECTION, Manchester Square, W.1. Permanent Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Furniture and Armour. 10–5 (Sundays 2–5). Tuesdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. WERTHEIM GALLERY, 3-5 Burlington Gardens, W.1. (1) First Exhibition—Twenties Group. (2) Paintings by Stanley Grimm. WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY, High Street, Whitechapel, E.1. “Reeve Fowkes” Collection of Colour Prints illustrating the History of European Painting. 12–9. (Sundays 2–9.) 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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This issue of "The Studio" features articles on French art at Burlington House, a discussion on modern painting, and a look at sculpture from 4000-3000 B.C. It also includes a staff exhibition from the Port of London Authority and a piece on the artist's tour in Switzerland. The publication includes various color supplements and reviews of art-related books and exhibitions.