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THE STUDIO MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLAND S. R. BADMIN A MODERN BRITISH WATERCOLOURIST NEW PHASES OF AMERICAN ART RICHARD WYNDHAM PHOTOGRAPHIC MASTERPIECES FEBRUARY 1933 2s. NET
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Porcelain As an Art and a Mirror of Fashion Translated and edited by W. A. THORPE (of the Victoria and Albert Museum) from the German of ROBERT SCHMIDT. With 217 Illustrations in Colour and Half-tone. 25/- net.* > “This competent and most satisfying work. . . . It commends itself by every evidence of aesthetic judgment and true perception. And its two hundred plates include a fair representation of the greatest to which porcelain ever attained.”—Observer. > “This book, though not written for the collector, is one that all collectors could read with advantage. It is a first attempt to write a history of porcelain in its general relation to culture, and in the limited space at his disposal the author has covered his subject remarkably well. . . . As the German potter was the pioneer of European porcelain, Professor Schmidt naturally develops his theme through the history of the famous German factories. In this respect the book is of the utmost value, as there are very full lists with dates of the most notable factories and individuals, and a particularly useful chapter on the sources of design.”—Apollo. *Prospectus on application Harrap, 39 Parker St., London, W.C.2 --- PITMAN’S NEW BOOKS Just Published LANDSCAPE SKETCHING & COMPOSITION By J. LITTLEJOHNS R.I., R.B.A., R.C.A., R.W.A. THIS book comprises twelve beautifully reproduced landscapes in colour, accompanied by a series of discursive essays describing the artist’s adventures and impressions while composing and painting each picture. There are also many black-and-white sketches showing underlying technique and alternative compositions. In addition to its value to the student of landscape art, the book makes most entertaining reading for all who are interested in the ways in which individual artists work. Demy 4to, cloth gilt, 112pp., with 12 colour plates and 84 sketches. 16s. net. LEAVES FROM MY SKETCHBOOKS By J. LITTLEJOHNS R.I., R.B.A., R.C.A., R.W.A. A series of facsimile sketches, with brief notes for the guidance of art students. Bound in sketchbook style, 56pp. 3s. 6d. net. OF A BOOKSELLER OR SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD. PARKER STREET, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C.2 MELBOURNE - TORONTO - NEW YORK --- FINE ARTS BUY ADVANTAGEOUSLY THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE IF YOU VISIT THE LEIPZIG SPRING FAIR FROM 5th to 11th MARCH, 1933 All the latest novelties and designs will be displayed there. Full Particulars from :— LEIPZIGER MESSAMT, LEIPZIG, or LONDON OFFICE OF THE LEIPZIG FAIR, I GOWER STREET, W.C.1 S.A.S.
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ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN PORCELAIN DECORATED OVER THE GLAZE AND BLANC DE CHINE From left to right:— GIRL (by A. Malinowski) height 5" £5 5 0 CUPID ON SCOOTER (by A. Malinowski) ,, 6" £5 5 0 SEVENTEEN YEARS (by A. Malinowski) ,, 5 $\frac{1}{4}$ " £11 0 0 GREENLAND WOMAN (by C. M. Hansen) ,, 13" £22 10 0 JUTLAND GIRL (by C. M. Hansen) ,, 3 $\frac{1}{2}$ " £15 0 0 FAIRY TALE (by Gerhard Henning) ,, 9" £50 0 0 ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN CO. LTD., 6 OLD BOND STREET, LONDON, W.1 NORDIC WARE offers a new range of exciting shapes and designs in decorative and useful ware. SIENNESE GLAZE has a matt, egg-shell finish in either green, grey, dark blue, straw or duck-egg blue. The large vase costs about 8/- and the smaller one about 6/-; the powder bowl about 5/6; the square box about 5/-; the large ashtray about 1/6 and the smaller one about rod. WEDGWOOD JOSIAH WEDGWOOD & SONS LTD., DEPT. M, ETRURIA, STOKE-ON-TRENT. AD. 1
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THE STUDIO Edited by C. Geoffrey Holme. Number 479, Volume CV CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY 1933 The Nation Endorses THE STUDIO'S Foresight 71 For forty years THE STUDIO has been the pioneer of design. The Editor points out how THE STUDIO's policy has at last been recognised as of national importance. Modern Architecture in Holland, by Faith van der Horst-Brooke 74 A survey of modern architectural design in a country where it is "a creative adventure, traditional in its use of brick, but highly original in its approach to contemporary problems," by a writer who is herself an architect. New Phases of American Art 85 A series of illustrations, selected from a recent Loan Exhibition in New York, showing the culmination of the development of the last 70 years of American painting. Water-colours by S. R. Badmin 93 Some Photographic Masterpieces 99 Sculptures by Antonio Maraini, by N. G. Fiumi 104 The Art of Richard Wyndham, by Michael Sevier 106 Hawaiian Lithographs, by A. S. MacLeod 110 British Interior Architects of To-day: 9, Syrie Maugham by Derek Patmore 112 Art News; Reviews of Books 115, 126 Fine Craftsmanship 129 SUPPLEMENTS IN COLOUR The New Ball-Room at Claridges Frontispiece Blackheath Village, by S. R. Badmin 95 Still Waters, by Richard Wyndham 107 Interior in the house of Syrie Maugham 113 Food, by Betty Andrews 117 Snow; Cairnton Water, by Maud Parker 123 CONTENTS FOR MARCH THE ROYAL ACADEMY WINTER EXHIBITION: WATER-COLOUR PAINTING IN AMERICA: THE UNIT HOUSE —AN AUSTRIAN HOUSING EXHIBITION: THE CHARM OF THE PAINTED CEILING: MAHMOUD SAID, A MODERN EGYPTIAN PAINTER 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 12d, Milan) £110. 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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FEBRUARY EXHIBITIONS Arlington Gallery, 22 Old Bond Street, W.1. N. Winder Reid—Sea Pictures and other Paintings (opens 27th). 10–5.30 (Saturdays 10–1). Admission 1s. --- Redfern Gallery, 27 Old Bond Street, W.1. Contemporary Oils and Water-colours. --- Bettacyne Gallery, 12 Sackville Street, W.1. Works of Art for Profitable Pleasure and Decorative Enrichment. --- Royal Institute Galleries, 195 Piccadilly, W.1. 4th Annual Exhibition of the National Society (Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, Potters) (opens 9th). 10–5. Admission 1s. --- British Museum, Great Russell Street, W.C.1. Permanent Exhibition. Manuscripts, Prints, Drawings, Ancient Sculptures and Antiquities. Special Exhibitions: (1) Japanese Colour Prints. (2) Prints and Drawings acquired during 1912 to 1932. (3) Bookbindings. 10–6 (Sundays 2–6). --- Royal Photographic Society, 35 Russell Square, W.C.1. (1) Prints by F. J. Mortimer, Hon.F.R.P.S. (2) Prints by B. Sinkinson, F.R.P.S. (3) Prints by J. E. Austin, F.R.A.S., F.G.S., F.R.P.S. --- Imperial War Museum, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition of Works executed by Artists during the War. 10–6 Daily (Sundays 2.30–6). --- Tate Gallery, Millbank, S.W.1. British and Foreign Modern Painting and Sculpture. Special Exhibitions: (1) George Chinnery (1774-1862). (2) Professor W. R. Lethaby (1857-1931). 10–4 (Sundays 2–4). Tuesday and Wednesday 6d.; other days free. --- Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square, W.C.2. 7 and 5 Society—Twelfth Exhibition. Admission 1s. --- Tooth’s Gallery, 155 New Bond Street, W.1. (1) Paintings by James Fitton (closes 18th). (2) Paintings by Pavel Tchelitchew (opens 23rd). --- National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, W.C.2. Old Masters. 10–4.30 Daily (Sundays 2–4.30). Thursdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. --- Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition. Special Exhibitions: (1) Theatrical Designs—Charles Ricketts, R.A., in Room 70. (2) Playbills and Prints in Room 71. (3) Baxter Prints in Room 73. --- National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin’s Place, 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. --- Walker’s Galleries, 118 New Bond Street, W.1. Water-colours and Drawings of India by Thomas Daniell, R.A., and William Daniell, R.A. --- New Burlington Galleries, Burlington Gardens, W.1. London Portrait Society (opens 20th). --- 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. --- R.B.A. Gallery, $6\frac{1}{2}$ Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, S.W.1. Women’s International Art Club (opens 20th). 10–5 Daily. Admission 1s. --- 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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February 7 & 5 SOCIETY ANNUAL EXHIBITION Pictures, Sculpture and Pottery by JOHN ALDRIDGE EDWARD BAWDEN R. P. BEDFORD S. FEDOROVITCH BARBARA HEPWORTH IVON HITCHINS FRANCES HODGKINS DAVID JONES P. H. JOWETT LEN LYE HENRY MOORE W. STAITE MURRAY BEN NICHOLSON WINIFRED NICHOLSON LEICESTER GALLERIES LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON --- LEFEVRE GALLERIES $\mathcal{C}$ PAINTINGS by PATRICIA WETZEL JANUARY — FEBRUARY (until February 4th) $\mathcal{C}$ Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd. 1a KING STREET ST. JAMES'S, S.W.1 Hours: 10 to 6 Saturdays: 10 to 1 p.m. --- HARTIGAN LTD 9 William Street, KNIGHTSBRIDGE LONDON, S.W.1 Phone: SLOANE 8762 --- J. LEGER & SON LONDON : BRUSSELS : NEW YORK PARIS ANTON LOCK HORSES by ANTON LOCK January 28—February 21 13 Old Bond Street, W.1 Telephone: Regent 2679 AD. V
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