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THE STUDIO THE NEW MOVEMENT IN ITALIAN ART by N. G. Fiumi “CLICKISM” by Gordon Craig LONDON’S CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS The Pictures an Artist Collects BRITISH SILVERWORK TO-DAY Six Supplements in Colour --- OCTOBER 1932 2s. NET
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--- V MILAN’S TRIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF DECORATIVE AND INDUSTRIAL MODERN ART AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE 1933 For programmes, regulations and information apply to the offices of MILAN’S TRIENNIAL via MOSCOVA 17 Telegrams : TRIENNALE, MILAN (ITALY) Telephone: 66651
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ATHELIA AUX TROIS QUARTIERS 20. Rue DUPHOT · PARIS. ROBERT BLOCK DIRECTEUR ARTISTIQUE AD. I
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THE STUDIO Edited by C. Geoffrey Holme. Number 475, Volume CIV CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER 1932 From the Privilege of the Few to the Habit of the Many, by the Editor 187 Italian Art of To-day, by N. G. Fiumi 188 A survey of contemporary art in Italy as seen at this year's Venice Biennial. The author finds promise of a new school of Italian Art in the work of the Novcentisti, organised by the Fascist Government. London's Central School of Arts and Crafts 201 A review of the organisation and work of London's principal School of Arts and Crafts, in our series of articles on Art Schools and Industry. The Pictures a Painter Collects: C. Maresco Pearce 203 The collection of a well-known painter is described and illustrated, showing the kind of works that have appealed to him and how a small private collection can be built up over a number of years. British Silverware To-day, by C. G. Holme 214 Travel Drawings by Walter Bayes 220 "Clickism," a review of the New Movement in the Theatre, by Gordon Craig 224 Amateur Painting: The Britannic House Art Society 228 Embroidery Up to Date, by B. M. Saunders 230 Sir Christopher Wren, by Harold Tomlinson 233 Art News 235 Reviews of Books 244 SUPPLEMENTS IN COLOUR London from Hampstead, by Charles Ginner Frontispiece Campanile di Prestinone, by Carlo Fornara 197 Interior at the house of C. Maresco Pearce 209 Conferences of the Greek Church, by Walter Bayes 221 Embroidery Design, by Bessie May Saunders 231 The Pear Tree, by Derwent Lees 237 CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER ART IN GERMANY TO-DAY: ART EDUCATION IN AMERICA AND BRITAIN: MR. GLYN PHILPOT ON HIS "NEW MANNER": MODERN JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS: DRAWINGS BY WYNDHAM LEWIS 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) L.125, U.S.A. (Published under the title "The London Studio"), $5.00, by The Studio Publications Incorporated, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York, to whom orders from U.S. readers should be sent for all Studio Publications. ADVERTISEMENTS. For 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
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OCTOBER EXHIBITIONS ALBANY GALLERY, 17 Sackville Street, W.1. Exhibition of Commercial Display (from 11th for two weeks). ARLINGTON GALLERY, 22 Old Bond Street, W.1. Exhibition of Pictures (Ideas in Oil and Water-colour from memory and imagination). BETTACYNE GALLERY, 11 Sackville Street, W.1. Works of Art in Glass for Profitable Pleasure and Decorative Enrichment. BRITISH MUSEUM, Great Russell Street, W.C.1. Permanent Exhibition. Manuscripts, Prints, Drawings, Ancient Sculptures and Antiquities. Special Exhibitions: (1) Objects presented by the Egypt Exploration Society. (2) 15th-19th Century French Engravings. (3) Prints presented by Contemporary Art Society. (4) MS. of the Forsyte Chronicles. 10—6 (Sundays 2—6). BROOK STREET GALLERY, 14 Brook Street, W.1. September 22—October 5. Autumn Exhibition of Water-colour and Wash Drawings by the New Group. October 6—19. Oils and Water-colours by Lady Bower. October 20—29. Water-colour Drawings by Tom Talbot. CHARTERED SURVEYORS INSTITUTION, 12 Great George Street, Westminster, S.W.1. Loan Exhibition of Old Maps and Plans (opens 17th). Admission free and catalogue free. 10—7 (Saturdays 10—1). FINE ART SOCIETY LTD., 148 New Bond Street, W.1. (1) Walter Bayes, R.W.S.—Drawings of Contemporary Life. (2) Paintings and Water-colours by Leading Artists. (3) Modern Etchings. FOYLE ART GALLERY, Trefoile House, Manette Street, Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition of Works executed by Artists during the War. (Sundays 2.30—6.) LEGER GALLERIES, 13 Old Bond Street, W.1. Exhibition of Paintings by Jack B. Yeats. October 5—25. LEICESTER GALLERIES, Leicester Square, W.C.2. (1) Mark Gertler—Recent Paintings (8th—29th). (2) Clara Klinghoffer—Paintings and Drawings. 10—6 (daily). Admission 1s. NATIONAL GALLERY, Trafalgar Square, W.C.2. Old Masters. 10—6 (daily). 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.) Thursdays and Fridays 10—5. Sundays 2.30—5.30. Thursdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. NEW BURLINGTON GALLERIES, Burlington Gardens, W.1. London Group October 10—28. Admission 1s. PATERSON'S GALLERY, 22 Old Bond Street, W.1. REDFERN GALLERY, 27 Old Bond Street, W.1. Recent Oils by SineMackinnon, also contemporary Paintings. ROWLEY GALLERY OF DECORATIVE ART LTD., 140-2 Church Street, Kensington, W.8. Closed for rebuilding and extension of galleries. ROYAL INSTITUTE GALLERIES, 195 Piccadilly, W.1. 49th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (opens 12th). 10—5. Admission 1s. ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 35 Russell Square, W.C.1. Annual International Exhibition (closes 8th). 10—9 (Tuesdays and Fridays 10—6). TATE GALLERY, Millbank, S.W.1. British and Foreign Modern Painting and Sculpture. Special Exhibition: Works by Theodore Roussel and Water-colours by Professor Lethaby. 10—Dusk (Sundays 2—Dusk). VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition. (1) New Acquisitions in the Central Court. (2) English Illustrated Children's Books in the North Court (opens 14th). WALKER'S GALLERIES, 118 New Bond Street, W.1. Water-colour Drawings by K. Chandler-Thomson, A.R.M.S. (10th—22nd). 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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Children’s Toys of Yesterday STUDIO SPECIAL WINTER NUMBER Edited by C. G. HOLME A Studio Special Number which is designed primarily to appeal to children, with over a hundred illustrations in black and white, and twelve large colour plates made from specially prepared drawings. Besides being a picture book, it has considerable educational value, as the toys shown are from every country and period and throw light on the social customs of the past. Ready October Cloth 10s. 6d. Wrappers 7s. 6d. THE STUDIO LIMITED 44 Leicester Sq., London, W.C.2 --- 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 10s. 6d. Wrappers 7s. 6d. NOW READY F. Drtikol THE STUDIO LTD., 44 LEICESTER SQ., LONDON ORDER NOW AD. VII
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BE A SUCCESSFUL FASHION ARTIST A unique POSTAL COURSE written and illustrated by leading Fashion Artists and Editors who teach you the work which sells One of the most important Commercial Art fields to-day is undoubtedly Fashion Drawing. The demand is there for good work, but the standard of teaching new Artists is lagging behind modern requirements. Whatever some critics may say, Fashion Drawing is Art, with a highly-developed technique, calling for careful training like any other branch of Art. If a sketch reveals bad Drawing or faulty observation it is bad Art, and that is why it fails as a Fashion Drawing. Editors of Fashion Papers, Fashion Editors of general magazines and other Buyers are complaining of the quality of drawings submitted to them. Ask yourself, if you are a young Fashion Artist, what reception does your work get? Good work will always fetch its price. But good work is unlikely without correct training. So the leading Fashion Editors, Directors of Fashion Studios, Advertising Managers and Buyers of Sketches, have collaborated with the leading Fashion Artists in producing this Postal Course of lessons which will teach the kind of work which is wanted. This Course covers every branch of the subject. The Artists tell you exactly how they work—illustrating their teaching with specimens of their own sketches in successive stages of production. The Editors and Fashion Experts tell you how to make contacts, discuss the possibilities, advise you on the difficulties, in other words give you an inside knowledge of the profession which might take years to acquire in the ordinary way. This is a brief synopsis of the lessons: LESSON 1. Chief problems. Kind of work wanted. (Illustrated.) How to sell it. Prices. LESSON 2. “ROMA” of Roma’s Pictorial Fashions teaches Fashion Drawing in Line, Wash and Colour. LESSON 3. “REX” of Woman’s Journal and Woman’s Pictorial describes her work and methods. LESSON 4. Weldon’s Editor-in-Chief covers every aspect of the Buyer’s point of view. LESSON 5. A thorough study of Catalogue illustration. Illustrated by Carlton Fashion Studios. LESSON 6. CHILDREN’S FASHIONS. Teaching and technical advice by leading Juvenile fashion specialists. This Course has been organised by the Press Art School which has trained more famous Illustrators than any other School of its kind. The lessons are entirely postal; students get individual teaching and helpful, constructive criticism on a series of studies set for each lesson. In addition they are loaned, for guidance and instruction, original drawing, which have actually been reproduced in the Press, by “Roma,” “Rex,” and other leading Artists whose work is in constant demand. If you want to succeed as a Fashion Artist, send for further particulars of this Course. Doing this will put you under no obligation at all. I just want you to be able to compare the teaching I offer with what you may have had already. Send p.c. for the fully illustrated prospectus to me personally: Percy V. Bradshaw, THE PRESS ART SCHOOL (Dept. S.225) Tudor Hall, Forest Hill, S.E.23 AD. VIII --- JOSEPH GILLOTT'S DRAWING PENS Specially made for Artists. 12 Assorted Pens 1/6 Twelve assorted Gilott Drawing Pens on card for 1/6. Every Pen a superb Gilott production—made from the finest materials. Beautifully finished—flexible—with a point for every class of work. Of all Stationers, Artists’ Colourmen. 1/6 a card, or post free from Jos. Gilott for 1/7. JOSEPH GILLOTT’S DRAWING PENS JOSEPH GILLOTT & SONS, Ltd. Pen Makers to His Majesty the King Victoria Works, Birmingham --- A PAINTER’S BAGGAGE by WALTER BAYES A fascinating story of a sketching tour which for humorous incident rivals Stevenson’s “Travels with a Donkey.” With 16 illustrations by the author. Price 6/- net Write for complete lists of Medici Books on Art, post free THE MEDICI SOCIETY Grafton Street, Dover Street, London, W.1 --- Books on Art and Architecture Ourlatest supplement (A.L.4) of Second-hand Books on Art and Architecture, also New Books at greatly reduced prices, is now ready and will be sent on request. We are always prepared to buy good books of any description and to pay cash. Are you on our Mailing List for Catalogues? W. HEFFER & SONS LIMITED BOOKSELLERS — CAMBRIDGE, ENG.
