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THE STUDIO AN ARTIST IN SPAIN Travel drawings by JAMES McBEY RECENT ETCHINGS AND ENGRAVINGS THE ART OF JAMES PRYDE DECORATION & SCULPTURE AT RADIO CITY MAY 1933 2s. NET
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THE STUDIO Edited by C. Geoffrey Holme Number 482 Volume CV Contents for May 1933 Item --- PAGE --- James McBey’s Journey in Spain. Alfred Yockney --- Radio City in the Rockefeller Center --- The Craft of Stained Glass. Charles Paine --- Etchings and Engravings from Recent Exhibitions --- The Art of James Pryde. An appreciation by George Sheringham --- British Interior Decorators: No. 10, Serge Chermayeff. Derek Patmore --- The Sculpture of Richard Goulden --- The Decorative Scheme of the Conte di Savoia --- The Paintings of Glenn O. Coleman --- Art News --- American Art News --- The Art of the Present-day Miniaturist --- Reviews --- A Competition is Announced --- Fine Craftsmanship --- SUPPLEMENTS Item --- PAGE --- Conil Spain. Water-colour Drawing by James McBey. --- Frontispiece --- Stained Glass Panels designed by Charles Paine --- British Interior Decorators: Room by Serge Chermayeff --- Constance, Wife of Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster. Richard Buckner --- Polish Girl. Clara Klinghoffer --- Walton Comes to Stay. Miss A. K. Browning --- THE JUNE ISSUE - A Neglected Genius: C. R. MACKINTOSH. - THE SKYSCRAPER REACHES MATURITY: A description of the new Philadelphia Saving Fund Building. - ON MAKING PICTORIAL RECORDS by Maxwell Armfield. - The Art of RANDOLPH SCHWABE. - BRITISH INTERIOR DECORATORS SERIES—No. II. Derek Patmore. - 6 Colour Plates - 60 Illustrations --- 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.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 LIMITED, 44 LEICESTER SQUARE, W.C.2 Telephone: Whitehall 3267 (two lines) Telegrams: Rhombic, London
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MAY EXHIBITIONS ARLINGTON GALLERY, 22 Old Bond Street, W.1. The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers (opens 11th). 10—6 (Saturdays 10—4). Admission 1s. BRITISH MUSEUM, Great Russell Street, W.C.1. Ancient Sculpture, Antiquities, Books and Manuscripts. Special Exhibitions: (1) English Bookbindings. (2) Prints and Drawings recently acquired. (3) Chinese Paintings. 10—6 daily (Sundays 2—6). BROOK STREET GALLERY, 14 Brook Street, W.1. April 20—May 6: Recent paintings by Arnold Lakhovsky. During the whole month; a Special 1933 Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Water-colours and Drawings. May 22—27: Water-colour flower paintings by Betty Taylor. CHISWICK HOUSE GALLERY, Chiswick Park, Chiswick, W.4. Additional Pictures, Mural Paintings and Etchings by J. W. T. Vinall, A.R.C.A., F.R.S.A. 2—6. Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition of works executed by Artists during the War. 10—6 daily (Sundays 2—6). LEFEVRE GALLERIES, 1a King Street, St. James's, S.W.1. May 4—27: Primitive African Sculpture and New Paintings by John Brigge. LEICESTER GALLERIES, Leicester Square, W.C.2. "Primeval Gods" and other Carvings and Bronzes by Jacob Epstein. Admission 1s. NATIONAL GALLERY, Trafalgar Square, W.C.2. Old Masters of Every School. 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. New Wing now open. (Lectures at 3 p.m. Monday—Friday.) 10—6 (Thursdays and Fridays 10—5; Sundays 2.30—5.30). Thursdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. R.B.A. GALLERY, $ \frac{6}{2} $ Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, S.W.1. The Royal Society of British Artists—Spring Exhibition (opens 15th). 10—5 daily. Admission 1s. REDFERN GALLERY, 27 Old Bond Street, W.1. Cornish Landscapes by John Tunnard, and Drawings of Birds, Insects and Flowers by Vere Temple. ROYAL INSTITUTE GALLERIES, 195 Piccadilly, W.1. 124th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-colours (closes 30th). 10—5 daily. Admission 1s. ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 35 Russell Square, W.C.1. "The Amateur Photographer"—Overseas and Colonial Competition Prints (4th—31st). TATE GALLERY, Millbank, S.W.1. British and Foreign Modern Painting and Sculpture. 10—6 daily (Sundays 2—6). Tuesdays and Wednesdays 6d.; other days free. TOOTH'S GALLERY, 155 New Bond Street, W.1. Loan Exhibition of Important Contemporary British Landscapes. VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, South Kensington, S.W.7. Permanent Exhibition. Special Exhibitions: (1) New Acquisitions—Central Court. (2) Playbills and Prints relating to Edmund Kean—Dept. Engraving and Design. WALLACE COLLECTION, Manchester Square, W.1. Permanent Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Furniture and Armour. 10—5 daily (Sundays 2—5). Tuesdays and Fridays 6d.; other days free. WALKER'S GALLERIES, 118 New Bond Street, W.1. (1) The Embroiderers' Guild Exhibition (8th—20th). Admission 1s. (2) Water-colour Drawings by E. W. Powell (opens 23rd). (3) "Children and Flowers," by Mrs. Barbara Wolkoff and Mrs. Sheldon-Williams (opens 24th). ZWEMMER GALLERY, 26 Litchfield Street, off Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. "Contemporary Style": Fabrics, Furniture, Paintings, Pottery, Rugs, Sculpture, etc. 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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