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Contents
APRIL 1938. VOL. 115. NO. 541. EDITED BY GEOFFREY HOLME
Fine Art
The Art of Modern Greece. By Pantelis Prevelakis 175 Presenting with 45 illustrations the present-day attitude of the Greeks towards painting, sculpture and the graphic arts : the story of the influence of Western Europe.
In the studio of Leon Kroll. By Nancy Wynne 202 A personal and intimate account of the man, his love of the beauty to be found in the American scene and its people, and the way he paints them.
Pictures hy the Masters: Sketch for Walton Bridges 212 J. M. W. Turner’s painting of the Thames valley, where in his youth he found the magic mirror, which was later to reflect the sad and splendid sunset of the Fighting Temeraire.
Beached Margins.........” By Maxwell Armfield 215 An appreciation of the work of Edward Wadsworth, painter of curious objects.
Exhibitions. London 220 New York 226 Studio Talk. 230
A chronicle of people and events.
Book Reviews. 232
Decoration and Design
New Table Glass in Europe and America. 195 The best of present-day production reviewed; selected for its beauty and service in the modern home. 20 photographs.
A Decorator’s Own Flat. 206 Maurice Yates’ London apartment and its decoration. The harmony of colour, furnishing, painting and sculpture.
Supplements in Colour