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THE STUDIO PAINTINGS FROM THE ROYAL ACADEMY POST-WAR ARCHITECTURE IN CANADA A MODERN PICTURE COLLECTION --- AUGUST 1932 2s. NET
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PUBLISHERS BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING ESTABLISHED 1760 P. & D. COLNAGHI & CO. DORETTE ORIGINAL ETCHING BY G. L. BROCKHURST, A.R.A., R.E. Size $9\frac{3}{16} \times 7\frac{5}{16}$ inches. EDITION OF 111 PROOFS. Paintings and Drawings by Old and Modern Masters VALUATIONS, RESTORATION, FRAMING, MOUNTING COLLECTIONS BOUGHT ‘en bloc’ 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 Edited by C. Geoffrey Holme. Number 473, Volume CIV CONTENTS FOR AUGUST 1932 Twentieth-Century Architecture, by the Editor 63 This editorial emphasises the necessary connection between architecture and social conditions, with reference to a series of articles on that subject now in train. Paintings from the Royal Academy, 1932 64 A selection of outstanding works by Philip Connard, James Gunn, Edmond Brock, Lee-Hankey, Laura Knight, W. G. de Glehn, etc. A Modern Picture Collection 77 A survey of the collection of Mrs. Chester Beatty, whose paintings, mostly French of the nineteenth century, show to advantage in Louis Quinze rooms. Tradition and Progress in Canadian Architecture 82 This article shows tradition in the form of French Canadian and English Colonial styles combined with progress in the form of the skyscraper. British Interior Architects of To-day—4, John Hill, by Derek Patmore 92 Art Schools and Industry—Liverpool 95 The Artist on Tour—Petra; David Bomberg 103 The Midland Bank Art Club 111 Art News 115 Reviews of Books 122 SUPPLEMENTS IN COLOUR AND TONE Mme Renoir allaitant son enfant, by A. Renoir Frontispiece 79 A Room at the House of Mrs. Chester Beatty 93 Interior by John Hill 101 Head of a Woman, by Andrea del Verrocchio 105 The Urn Temple at Petra, by David Bomberg 109 Mythological Scene, by Tintoretto 115 Head of the Virgin, by Filippo Lippi 119 James Joyce, by Augustus John 119 CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER ANCIENT CRAFTS OF INDIA: AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE BY LAKE MAGGIORE: MARK GERTLER, THE ARTIST AND HIS WORK: THE ART OF EDY LEGRAND: S. UKIL, A PAINTER OF THE BENGAL SCHOOL Telephone: Whitehall 3267 (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. Bound 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 Manzoni 12a, Milan) £1.125. U.S.A. (Published under the title "The London Studio," $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 AD. II
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--- All improvements in the standard of printing and advertising are fully described in the German Monthly Magazine --- Buch-und Werbekunst Now published in German and English. Each issue deals with a special subject, as the following examples show: No. 10, 1928. Packs No. 9, 1930. The eternal feminine in advertising No. 12, 1930. Humorous advertising No. 6, 1931. Trick advertising No. 11, 1931. The Poster No. 3, 1932. German political propaganda methods No. 6, 1932. Flowers in advertising 12 numbers yearly. Half-yearly - 18s. Single copy 3s. 6d. DER OFFSET-VERLAG G.m.b.H. LEIPZIG C.I --- J. LEGER & SON LONDON : BRUSSELS : NEW YORK PARIS “Lady Brook Kay,” by JOHN OPIE, R.A. 30 x 25 Old & Modern Masters 13 Old Bond St., W.1 Telephone: Regent 2679 --- ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN ROYAL FACTORY MARK CHILDREN IN DANISH NATIONAL COSTUMES by C. M. HANSEN The figures illustrated are from a set of 10 originally made for the King and Queen of Denmark on the occasion of their Silver Wedding in 1923. Height $5\frac{3}{4}$ in. Price each £15 0 0 ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN CO. LTD. 6 OLD BOND STREET, LONDON, W.1 AD. III
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AUGUST EXHIBITIONS ALBANY GALLERY, 17 Sackville Street, W.1. Summer Salon opens 22nd. ARLINGTON GALLERY, 22 Old Bond Street, W.1. South Coast Yachting Ports and Paintings of Sailing Ships by Charles Pears, R.O.I. 10—5.30 (Saturdays 10—1). Admission 1s. BRITISH MUSEUM, Great Russell Street, W.C.1. Permanent Exhibition. Manuscripts, Prints, Drawings, Ancient Sculpture and Antiquities. Special Exhibitions: (1) English Bookbindings. (2) French Prints and Drawings. (3) Indian Art. (4) Prints presented by the Contemporary Art Society. (Sundays 2—6.) FINE ART SOCIETY, 148 New Bond Street, W.1. (1) Paintings and Water Colours by leading artists. (2) Bronze Statuettes by Sir Alfred Gilbert, R.A. (3) Modern Etchings. FOYLE ART GALLERY, Trefoile House, Manette Street, Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. Pictures of the National Trust Properties (5th—31st). 10—7. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition of Works Executed by Artists during the War. (Sundays 2.30—6.) LEICESTER GALLERIES, Leicester Square, W.C.2. Paintings and Water Colours by Modern English and French Masters. Admission Free. NATIONAL GALLERY, Trafalgar Square, W.C.2. Old Masters. (Sundays 2—6.) Thursdays and Fridays, 6d.; other days free. NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, St. Martin's Place, W.C.2. British Celebrities of the Past. (Lectures at 3 p.m. Monday—Friday.) Special Exhibition: Scott Centenary Exhibition. Thursdays and Fridays 10—5 (Sundays 2.30—5.30). Thursdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. NEW BURLINGTON GALLERIES, Burlington Gardens, W.1. Closed. P. & D. COLNAGHI LTD., 144-146 Old Bond Street, W.1. Paintings by Old Masters. PATERSON'S GALLERY, 22 Old Bond Street, W.1. No special exhibition. REDFERN GALLERY, 27 Old Bond Street, W.1. (1) Modern Colour-Prints (Linocut, Lithograph, Woodcut, Monotype, etc.). (2) Summer Salon (Contemporary Oils and Water-colours). ROWLEY GALLERY OF DECORATIVE ART LTD. 140-2 Church Street, Kensington, W.8. Closed for extension of galleries. ROYAL INSTITUTE GALLERIES, 195 Piccadilly, W.1. Closed. ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 35 Russell Square, W.C.1. 77th Annual Exhibition opens September 10. TATE GALLERY, Millbank, S.W.1. British and Foreign Modern Painting and Sculpture. Special Loan Exhibitions: Works by David Cox, George Chimery and Theodore Roussel. (Sundays 2—6.) Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 6d.; other days free. VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition. New Acquisitions in the Central Court. WALKER'S GALLERIES, 118 New Bond Street, W.1. Early English Water-colours—28th Annual Exhibition. 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. 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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MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY 1932 Howard Coster Two illustrations from "The Studio" photography annual, showing a similar subject treated by two different exponents of photographic art. The volume, in over 100 large double-toned illustrations, presents the most recent masterpieces of photography in Great Britain, the United States, and the Continent. It is an essential acquisition for all those interested, professionally or otherwise, in the development of modern photography. Cloth 1os. 6d. Wrappers 7s. 6d. READY SEPTEMBER F. Driikol THE STUDIO LIMITED 44 LEICESTER SQ., W.C.2 ORDER NOW Books on Art We have a large stock of English and Foreign Art Books, both new and second-hand. Lists of such books are issued at frequent intervals, and notices of important new books are sent to those interested. Catalogues 589 and 590 contain details of a large number of art books of great interest. Post free on application. Are you on our Mailing List for Catalogues? W. HEFFER & SONS LIMITED BOOKSELLERS CAMBRIDGE J. Pécsi, BUDAPEST School of Photography One of the oldest European Private Schools of Photography, internationally famed for instruction in up-to-date Commercial Photography, which has been in existence for 25 years. Special instruction in all branches of Professional Photography, i.e., the Artistic Portrait, and modern Advertising Photography. Detailed information from: J. Pecsi, V. Dorottya u.8 Budapest, Hungary BOOKS RECEIVED A History of Fire and Flame. By OLIVER C. DE C. ELLIS. (Simpkin, Marshall, Dy. 8vo, 15s.) A work of 418 pages and eighteen illustrations, bringing together an immense amount of ancient lore, metaphysical and scientific or pseudo-scientific, on this theme. Rapport General XII, section Artistique et Technique. (Paris: Larousse.) A further volume in this beautifully produced and illustrated series of official reports of the great Paris Exhibition of 1925. English Wrought Ironwork: Medieval and Early Renaissance. A portfolio of full-size details by TUNSTALL SMALL and CHRISTOPHER WOODBRIDGE. A comparison portfolio to that reviewed in THE STUDIO for August 1931. (Architectural Press.) The Staplands Workshops. A catalogue of metalwork and textiles produced under the hands of ANDREA PALLIS and ARISTIDE MESSINESSI at Weston in Cheshire. Besides illustrations of their craftwork, the book contains an expression of the artistic philosophy by each of the artist-principals, together with much information of a practical nature on the production and after care of both classes of product. The Sun Spirit, a Dramatic Fantasy. Written, designed, executed in lithography, and published by RALPH CHUBB at Fair Oak, Ashford Hill, Berks. (Edition limited to twenty-four ordinary and six coloured copies at 5 and 7 guineas.) This work expresses a lofty theme, along the lines of theosophical teachings, by a method that conveys something of the quality of Blake's books. Some recent Official Publications. By Dublin Corporation: Statement of the Claim for the Return to Dublin of the 59 Lane Bequest Pictures now at the Tate Gallery, London. By the Victoria and Albert Museum: 100 Masterpieces, Mohammedan and Oriental (1s.). Catalogue of English Furniture and Woodwork, Vol. IV Georgian (Paper 2s. 10d., Cloth 4s. 6d.) By the National Museum of Wales: A Guide to the Collection of Welsh Porcelain (1s. 2½d.) AD. V
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A BRITISH MASTERPIECE For over 130 years Wolff's British-made Pencils have enjoyed a worldwide reputation. Their commanding position has been won by the consistently high quality of the exquisitely smooth lead found in every grade of Wolff's Pencils, from 6H to 6B. RETAIL EACH 4D WOLFF'S Royal Sovereign Pencils Works at NEASDEN, LONDON, N.W.10. OPEN CLOSED L.B. MUSY EXTENDING FRAMES These famous extending frames are of delightful French workmanship, and robustly constructed on the newest principles. They are made in three designs and each in three sizes. Instantly and firmly adjustable to accommodate pictures of various proportions, they are indistinguishable from solid frames. No. --- SIZES --- PRICES Patterns --- Minimum9½" x 12½"Maximum13½" x 20" --- L.B.57/-G.30/6LA42/6 --- 13½" x 18½"19½" x 26½" --- 67/640/656/6 --- 20" x 25½"29" x 36½" --- 88/-52/674/- --- Write for illustrated folder to sole London suppliers LE SALON 1932 No student or artist can afford to be without this new Edition of Le Salon. As a guide to the trend of modern art and as a book of reference it is invaluable. It gives a complete list of Exhibitors and their works and contains more than 1,000 illustrations. Price 6/- (Post free 6/6) LECHERTIER BARBE Ltd. 95 JERMYN STREET, LONDON, S.W.1. Phone: Whitehall 2938 Artists' Colourmen since 1827 AMONG THE FINER THINGS OF LIFE Superb craftsmanship working on exquisite Virginia leaf has produced in PLAYER'S No 3 a cigarette that satisfies the most exacting Smoker PLAYER'S No 3 EXTRA QUALITY VIRGINIA 10 FOR 8° 50 FOR 3/3 20 FOR 1/4 100 FOR 6/4 With or without Cork Tips ISSUED BY THE IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY (OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND), LTD. AD. VI
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A Helpful Service now extended to ALL Students Press Art School Students have always enjoyed the advantage of getting their Drawing Materials direct from the School, at favourable prices. These materials are carefully selected and inexpensive, many of them being specially produced for my Students. I am now extending this Service to all Students, whether Pupils of the Press Art School or not. This offer includes also the following Publications—some of them Standard works on the subjects with which they deal. “THE ART OF THE ILLUSTRATOR” Shows exactly how well-known Artists work. From each Artist (20 in all) a subject was commissioned and reproduced in six stages—from the rough sketch to the finished picture. 20 Folios: covering Pen, Pencil, Chalk, Wash and Colour, etc.—Each folio contains a demonstration lesson by a different Artist. Over 2,000 sets sold at published price of £7. 7d. Special offer: £2 : 12 : 6 per set of 20 Folios or 4/- per separate Folio. Full particulars will be sent on request. “ART IN ADVERTISING” The outstanding work of instruction and reference on all matters relating to Advertisement Illustration and Design. Contains 500 royal quarto pages, handsomely bound, 800 illustrations in black and white and colour, 150,000 words of practical information. Published at £2 : 2 : 0. Special offer £1 : 1 : 0. WATER COLOUR PAINTING A series of six unique lessons covering every branch of the subject: Landscape, Seas, Still Life, Animal Life, etc. Produced and illustrated by leading Artists in each branch. These Artists explain and discuss their methods, using as examples specimens of their own work. This set of Lessons is available as a course of instruction (with teaching and criticism of work produced) at a fee of £4 : 4 : 0, or as a separate Publication in a specially designed case: £2 : 2 : 0. DRAWING MATERIALS Complete Outfits can be supplied for studies, sketches or professional illustrations in Pencil, Pen, Wash and Colour. Also special outfits designed for Overseas Students. Or separate items are available. For full details and prices, send for my free descriptive Brochure. SEND P.C. FOR FREE BOOKLET describing Press Art School Publications and drawing materials and giving full details of prices. Mention your particular interest and I will send a brochure, additionally, dealing with it. Address me personally:— Percy V. Bradshaw, THE PRESS ART SCHOOL (Dept. S.223), Tudor Hall, Forest Hill, S.E.23 --- A Modelling Material that sets hard as stone. --- Particulars Free. --- We also make Plasticine in 12 colours Play-Wax, Novlart Colour Stencilart Harbutt’s Plasticine Ltd. 103 Bathampton - - Bath. --- DECORATIVE ART 1932 THE STUDIO YEAR BOOK Wrappers 7s. 6d. Cloth 10s. 6d. Profusely illustrated with large scale reproductions of the choicest and best ideas of the designers of Britain, America and the Continent; with colour plates of modern interiors. FINE ART 1932 STUDIO SPECIAL SPRING NUMBER Wrappers 7s. 6d. Cloth 10s. 6d. ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, DUTCH, ORIENTAL, CONTEMPORARY, NAVAL AND SPORTING PICTURES 150 reproductions of great works from every period and every school. GARDENS & GARDENING THE STUDIO GARDEN ANNUAL Wrappers 7s. 6d. Cloth 10s. 6d. 200 Illustrations, Expert Contributions, Planning, Planting, Cultivation, Colour Guide, Gardener’s Calendar. TOURING THE ANCIENT WORLD WITH A CAMERA Wrappers 7s. 6d. Cloth 10s. 6d. Greece, Rhodes, Byzantium, Syria, Palestine, Egypt; illustrated by specially taken photographs of many world-famed places of interest. An ideal companion for the traveller; for those who must stay at home, it is an enthralling book. MASTERS OF ETCHING SERIES 12 large photogravure plates in each volume. Bound in Boards 5s. each. No. 29. LAURA KNIGHT, D.B.E., A.R.A. No. 30. FRANK BRANGWYN, R.A. Second volume. No. 31. C. R. W. NEVINSON. No. 32. JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER. Second volume. Send for list of complete titles. MASTER DRAUGHTSMEN 12 large reproductions in each volume Bound in Boards 5s. each. No. 1. MICHELANGELO No. 2. LEONARDO DA VINCI. No. 3. RUBENS. Ready September. CLIPPER SHIPS 8 Colour Plates. Bound in Boards 5s. The third volume of reproductions of the famous Currier and Ives Prints. THE STUDIO LTD. 44 LEICESTER SQ., LONDON, W.C.2. AD. VII
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