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Title: International studio
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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desire more especiallyis that as many as possible of the drawings andsketches made by artists who are, or have been,serving in the various fields of operations shouldbe carefully gathered together, and as carefullvpreserved in a public collection, instead of beinghidden away in myriads of private collections. Ithink, too, that the best of the pictures paintedby other artists and inspired by the sentimentof the nation in a period of unprecedentedstress should find a place in such a collection.That is the way in which the most convincinghistory of the war can be compiled and to do itefficiently is surely a national obligation. But has not something already been donein that direction ? remarked the Man withthe Red Tie. Yes, a start has been made, but the col-lection now being formed will have to besupplemented by a great deal more materialbefore it can be considered complete, repliedthe Critic, and all who can help to that endought to do so. The Lay Figure. n m o 5 O > z ° j°> On
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33 —< X « o Albert Goodwin, R.IV.S. ALBERT GOODWIN, R.W.S. BYSIR FREDERICK WEDMORE. IN thinking over Albert Goodwins Art—thelong tale of steady, careful, ingenious andvery personal labours, extending now overnearly half a century—two words rise tomy mind as peculiarly associated with Goodwinsnature and with his achievement ; and the oneof them is the word homeliness, and theother, splendour. To the everyday observer it is the splen-dour that is most immediately visible. Hereis the painter, here also is the draughtsman,who enjoys to tackle bravely the problems ofastounding hue and of intricate line. Some-times the splendour is of Natures contriving—the splendour of the riven sky and of the blood-red cloudland of a tragic sunset. Sometimesthe splendour is of Art. A mosque at Benares,is it, or perhaps the wonder of Delhi—the TajMahal ? Or is it seen in Moonlight on theCitadel ? Then you are suddenly shifted frompalm and temple of the South ; and it is thehome of an English

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