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Book Review
Charles J. Connick: America’s Visionary Stained Glass Artist
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1091–2
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Reviewer:
Harrison, Martin (Harrison, Martin)
Subjects
artists:
Connick, Charles J.
subjects:
Stained glass / Arts and Crafts movement / American art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Charles J. Connick: America’s Visionary Stained Glass Artist By Peter Cormack. 376 pp. incl. 297 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2024), £60. ISBN 978–0–30027–232–1. | :
Article
Alexander Fisher’s ‘In praise of womanhood’
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 684-687
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Author:
Turner, Eric (Turner, Eric)
Subjects
artists:
Fisher, Alexander / Koehler, Florence Cary
dates:
1900-1909
media:
Enamel / Copper
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Easton, Mary
subjects:
Triptychs / Arts and Crafts movement / Shakespeare / Correspondence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. In praise of womanhood, by Alexander Fisher. 1901. Enamel on copper, 38 by 54 cm. (open). (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. The triptych shown in Fig.4 (closed).
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6. The search for Eldorado, by Alexander Fisher. 1899. Enamel on steel. (Present whereabouts unknown; Alamy).
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7. Evensong, St Cecilia, by John Melhuish Strudwick. 1897. Oil on canvas, 91.5 by 91.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
8. The lives of St Patrick in Ireland, by Alexander Fisher. c.1903. Gilt brass inlaid with enamel and silver, 45.7 by 35.6 cm. (National Museum of Ireland, Dublin).
Exhibition Review
The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co.
06/2022 | 1431 | 164
Pages: 608-611
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Reviewer:
Hoskins, Lesley (Hoskins, Lesley)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Great Britain
subjects:
Sanderson Design Company / Morris & Company, London, Great Britain / Archives / Wallpaper / Arts and Crafts movement
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh 28th January–11th June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Daisy, designed by William Morris. First issued 1864. Block-printed wallpaper. (Sanderson Design Group Archive; exh. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
21. Page from a Morris & Co. logbook. (Sanderson Design Group Archive; exh. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
22. Ribbons and bows, manufactured by William Woollams & Co. Early 19th century. Block-printed wallpaper accessories. (Sanderson Design Group Archive; exh. Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Young Poland: The Polish Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890–1918
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 952-955
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Reviewer:
Fox, Celina (Fox, Celina)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Wyspianski, Stanislaw / Witkiewicz, Stanisław / Kłosowski, Karol
museums and institutions:
William Morris Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Polish art / Design / Architecture / Sztuka, Polish artists group / Arts and Crafts movement
subjects:
Young Poland
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Young Poland: The Polish Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890–1918 Edited by Julia Griffin and Andrzej Szczerski. 240 pp. incl. 254 col. + 43 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2020), £40. ISBN 978–1–84822–453–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Design for the stained-glass window God the Creator in the Franciscan Church, Kraków, by Stanisław Wyspianski, juxtaposed with the completed window. 1904. Tempera and crayon on paper, 877 by 391 cm. (National Museum in Kraków; exh. William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow).
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25. The House under the Firs, designed by Stanisław Witkiewicz. 1896–97. (House under the Firs Trust).
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26. Dining-room chair, by Andrzej Sydor to a design by Stanisław Wyspiański. c.1905. Walnut and sycamore, 120 by 51 by 51 cm. (National Museum in Kraków; exh. William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow).
Publication Received
Dark Beauty: Hidden Detail in Harry Clarke’s Stained Glass. By Lucy Costigan and Michael Cullen
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 271
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Reviewer:
Cormack, Peter (Cormack, Peter)
Subjects
artists:
Clark, Harry
places:
Dublin
styles:
Arts and Crafts movement
subjects:
Irish art / Stained glass
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dark Beauty: Hidden Detail in Harry Clarke’s Stained Glass By Lucy Costigan and Michael Cullen. 270 pp. incl. over 300 col. + b. & w. ills. (Irish Academic Press, Newbridge, 2019),  29.99. ISBN 978–1–7853–233–9. | :
Exhibition Review
John Ruskin: The Power of Seeing
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 333-336
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Ruskin, John / Turner, Joseph Mallord William
buildings:
2 Temple Place, London, Great Britain / Gothic Revival
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Drawings / Watercolours / Manuscripts
museums and institutions:
2 Temple Place, London, Great Britain / Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield, Great Britain
patrons:
Bulldog Trust
subjects:
Guild of St George / Design / Landscapes (visual works) / Arts and Crafts movement
Illustrations
Attributed works:
17. ‘The gates of the hills: detail from ‘The Pass of St Gothard’, near Faido, Switzerland, by John Ruskin after J.M.W.Turner. 1855. Watercolour, 32 by 33.6 cm. (Guild of St George and Museums Sheffield; exh. Two Temple Place, London).
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18. John Ruskin, by Benjamin Creswick. 1887. Terracotta, height 30.5 cm. (Guild of St George and Museums Sheffield; exh. Two Temple Place, London).
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19. View of the east end of Saint- Pierre, Chartres, from the River Eure, France, by Thomas Matthew Rooke. 1885. Watercolour, 42.5 by 42.8 cm. (Guild of St George and Museums Sheffield; exh. Two Temple Place, London).
Article
Rediscovering Celia Anna Levetus
01/2018 | 1378 | 160
Pages: 31-37
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Author:
Mitchell, Rebecca N. (Mitchell, Rebecca N.)
Subjects
artists:
Levetus, Celia / Greenaway, Kate
dates:
1890-1899 / 1900-1909
media:
Book illustrations
places:
England / Birmingham
styles:
Arts and Crafts movement / Pre-Raphaelite
subjects:
Women artists
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Death of the tulip, by Celia Anna Levetus. Illustration from Commonwealth 1, no.2 (1896), facing p.64.
Attributed works:
2. Headpiece by Celia Anna Levetus for ‘The Art of Prose Story’, The Quest 2, no.4 (November 1895), p.16.
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3. The cinder-youth and the three damsels, by Celia Anna Levetus. Illustration from Ignácz Kúnoz’s Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, trans. R. Nisbet Bain, London 1896, p.90. (Photograph courtesy the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham).
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4. The dawn of love, by Celia Anna Levetus. Illustration from English Illustrated Magazine (September 1896), p.502.
Attributed works:
5. The Hanuca hymn, by Celia Anna Levetus. Illustration from E. de Haas: ‘Men and women of mark in modern Judea’, leather-bound album, Jewish Museum, London, C 1997.1, p.267 (© Jewish Museum, London).
Attributed works:
6. Illustration by Celia Anna Levetus for ‘Introduction’, from W. Blake: Songs of Experience, London 1902, facing p.3.
Attributed works:
7. A reading from Herrick, by Celia Anna Levetus. The Yellow Book 9 (1896), p.103. (Photograph courtesy the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham).
Attributed works:
8. Bookplate for Joe Burroughs, by Celia Anna Levetus. Reprinted in ‘Modern book-plate designers, no. 14—Miss Celia Levetus’, Ex-Libris Journal (1897), p.111.
Attributed works:
9. Bookplate for Violet Holden, by Celia Anna Levetus. Reprinted in ‘Modern book-plate designers, no. 14—Miss Celia Levetus’, Ex-Libris Journal (1897), p.113.
Book Review
The Letters of Philip Webb (1864–1914), edited by John Aplin
12/2016 | 1365 | 158
Pages: 982-983
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Reviewer:
Miele, Chris (Miele, Chris)
Subjects
art literature:
Webb, Philip, 1831-1915
artists:
Morris, William / Morris, Jane, 1839-1914
dates:
1860-1929
subjects:
Correspondence / Architecture / Arts and Crafts movement
Book Review
Arts and Crafts Stained Glass, by P. Cormack
06/2016 | 1359 | 158
Pages: 465-465
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Reviewer:
Wildman, Stephen (Wildman, Stephen)
Subjects
dates:
1850-1899 / 1900-1919
subjects:
Stained glass / Arts and Crafts movement
subjects:
British
Illustrations
Attributed works:
46. Detail of Fortitude and Hope window, designed by Karl Parsons, made by Lowndes & Drury. 1912. All Saints' Church, Eastchurch, Sheppey, Kent
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