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News ception, a romantic with a precise concern for the arts. Over the past year the Association, which
need for promotion and marketing techniques in
geometry, a 'fumbler' who left his clear mark.
and notes Arlis, the newly formed Art Libraries Society, received a grant of £85,000 from the Arts Council,
has sponsored over 1,200 concerts, plays, exhibi­
published its first Newsletter in October. The
society aims at national co-operation between tions and festivals. Of a total £182,000 cake, the
visual arts received an £8,000 slice.
librarians and others interested specifically in the
literature of the arts; its purpose as stated in the The 1969 Print Prize Exhibition held annually
constitution, is 'to promote art librarianship, by the Print Council of Australia and recognized
particularly by acting as a forum for the inter­ as one of the top awards by print makers, artists,
change of information and materials'. The society and supporters of this branch of the fine arts in
Maurice de Sausmarez aims to tackle such issues as the problem of tracing Australia has been won by Jock Clutterbuck, 24, an
Maurice de Sausmarez ARA, the artist, head of the and obtaining important short-term art periodicals, artist and sculptor living in Balwyn, a suburb of
Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting, and a the availability of back issues and reprints, and Melbourne.
distinguished writer and critic, died in London at co-operation in purchasing. One immediately
the end of October at the age of 54. De Sausmarez projected task is the compilation of a union list of A new Open Painting Competition is to be held
a ARLIS members' periodical holdings. Council for students at the main art colleges in the London
capacity for enormous work despite ill-health; this members are drawn from art libraries throughout area. To be known as the Stowells Trophy, it carries
year, apar h d responsibilities, the country. Copies of the newsletter and ARLIS a prize of £250 and, above all, an opportunity for
he edited a publication on Ben for membership forms are available from the Secre­ the selected students from each college to sell their
Studio International, completed books on Poussin and tary, Alexander Davis, Coventry College of Art paintings and bring their work to the attention of a
Bridget and time and Design, Gosford Street, Coventry CVI 5RZ. wider audience through public exhibition. Besides
and imagination to Space Ltd, the London Docks Articles, letters, wants and offers and other Chelsea and the Royal College of Art, the other
a material for inclusion in future issues of the News­ colleges taking part comprise: Camberwell School
director. letter should be addressed to Pat Batley, Chairman, of Arts and Crafts; Central School of Art and
Geri Morgan, who teaches at Byam Shaw, writes: London College of Printing, Elephant and Castle, Design; Goldsmith's College; Hammersmith Col­
Maurice de Sausmarez, teacher and pacemaker in London SE I. The Society's first special publication, lege of Art and Building; Homsey College of Art;
c de For Art Libraries; a surv� ef their administration, content London College of Printing; the Royal Academy
he fum the and services . .. by Aylwin A. Sampson, was made School; St Martin's School of Art; Slade School of
iconoclast, design' m with available recently. Fine Arts. Prominent members of the art world who
and Thrubron in the late drag have already agreed to act as judges on the panel
twentieth Christo's latest package, 1,000,000 sq. ft. of include: Peter Blake, Merl yn Evans, Terry Frost,
cen and followers mis­ the Australian coastline at Little Bay, near Sydney Martin Froy, David Hockney, Robert Medley,
took his fundamental work in visual dynamics for a covering a frontage of approximately one mile, was Jack Smith and Michael Williams.
welc we puzzled hi realised for the period I to 28 November. Using a
commit­ment to tradition in drawing and painting. poly-propylene fabric, 35 miles of rope, two-way Robin Campbell, at present deputy art director
De the 'basic radios and an estimated 17,000 man hours, and of the Arts Council of Great Britain, is to succeed
it He despite southerly gales and pyromaniac hooligans, Gabriel White as director of art. Mr Campbell
dem vis fr a Christo wrapped up rocks to a height of 84 feet. takes up his new post early in 1970.
rational Sponsors were the Aspen Centre of Contemporary
exploration of formal In his own work, Art, Colorado, and Christo himself. Recently-opened London galleries: The Archer
in painting and writing, he saw in mathematics a Gallery, 23 Grafton Street, London, W l , which
unifying factor which could lead for example to the The Institute for Research in Art and Techno­ opened with an exhibition of sculpture by Leon
works this )'ear on Poussin and Bridget Riley. logy is now established at the London New Arts Underwood and paintings by Michael Aram and
His humanism was the mainspri I determined Laboratory, I Robert Street, NWI. A disused Georges Brunon; Rasik Art Gallery, 6 Rotherwick
th p w whic affected factory, leased to the administrators of a charitable Road, London, NWl 1.
with whom he w It motivated his trust by the London Borough of Camden, has been
the ne of art, of the of converted into performance areas, a theatre,
education. It sustained his belief in the potential of cinema and gallery, which will function in colla­ THE
the Royal Academy. His vitality, without the boration with facilities provided for work in
pro­te umbrell governme suppor electronics, television, film, metal, plastics, etc.
trans­formed the Byam Shaw into a serious school STVDid
which gave de Sausmarez a living workshop for his The Northern Arts Report, recently published
ideas. by the Northern Arts Association, emphasises the
per-
75 years ago
At the Caxton Head, Holborn, a peculiarly in­
teresting exhibition of artistic bookbinding deserves
more detailed description than our space permits.
Mr Tregaskis some few months ago sent out seventy­
five copies of Mr William Morris's Kelmscott
edition of King Florus to binders in all parts of the
world; not merely in the ordinary centres of civili­
zation, but in remote districts. The majority of the
books received showed consummate excellence in
manipulation; indeed, the bindings of France and
Italy were in several instances almost too coldly
perfect.
(From Gallery, Studio, and Mart.)
50 years ago
A report on the sale at Christie's of the Drummond
Collection records that Knoedler paid 6,400
guineas for Turner's Port Ruysdael and Agnew paid
6,200 guineas for a watercolour, Zurich, by the
same artist. High prices were recorded for Barbizon
paintings, e.g. 7,800 guineas for Daubingy's Le
Retour du Tmoupeau, bought for presentation to the
Montreal Gallery, while a painting by Joseph
Israels sold for 4,800 guineas.
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