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1 | TT & 26 WINNETKA TALK December 18, 1926 FAVA AAV VARVARA Hi The Brewster Grand The Marshall and Wen- dell Grand Piano . Chickering and Sons The Ampico in the Mar- shall and Wen- ..8$1,975 to $2,375 The Ampico in the Chick- nets . .. Columbia Viva-Tonal 'ent to you. terested personal service! Make This a Musical Christmas Whether it is a charming Grand piano, the marvelous Ampico, a choice selection of Columbia Viva-Tonal Records or a Viva- Tonal Columbia--successor to the phono- graph, the entire family will enjoy such a gitt--not only on Christmas day but for many days and many a Christmas to come. Here are a few suggestions Che Columbia Fine Arts Series of Musical Master- works ....$4.50 to $12.00 .$950.00 ing Machines .$1,350 to $1,875 .$3.,100 to $4,250 Super-Zenith .$ .75 to $1.50 Radio . .. Pe 4 You'll find them all here, attractively 'displayed and in a location that is conven- And remember--genuinely in- Open every evening until Christmas. THE AMPICO She Gfhickering Studios Carleton mi er PIA O a 527 Davis Street ~ Evanston lllinois Gelephone - Greenleaf 3230 Swanson Portable Talk- The Viva-Tonal Colum- bia--successor Phonograph--in beau- tifully decorated cabi- .$90.00 to $300.00 the .$280 to $2,500 @hjckering & Bons - Marshall & Wendell - Breuster REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY (ARN J > re J » 2\¥ vl > A U2\ 1 \ » A» A» N 5 > TMA EXPERT ON DECORATION ADDRESSES ART LEAGUE North Shore Group Hears of Tapestries and Block Print- ing from Robertson By MARJORY WINDES More than sixty-five people, mem- bers and friends of the North Shore Art league attended the league meet- ing Thursday night, December 9, in the Camp Fire room of Community House, Winnetka. Allen E. Philbrick of 982 Elm street, Winnetka, and Harry L. Timmins o 71 Warwick avenue, Winnetka, por- trayed exhibits of their work. Mr. Philbrick exhibited about forty etch- ings, landscapes, portraits and other styles, a most unusual and charming collection. Mr. Timmnis' work was in water color, scenes he had painted while abroad this last summer. The speaker of the evening was Lionel Robertson, interior decorator for Tobey in Chicago. Mr. Robert- son is likewise an advisor on furni- ture design for many large establish- ments in the city, aside from being an architect. Discusses Creative Art His talk included a discussion of creative art in this country as com- pared with European countries, and a brief history of some phases of art that we in America are interested in. Mr. Robertson compared our age with Venice, saying that we are par- allel with Venice in creative art. We do not create, he declared. We ran- sack every country in the world and bring back their art to enjoy and study. As Venice did with St. Mark's cathe- dral, we are doing in our country. He spoke of the tapestries in Venice, some fine examples of which Mrs. McCor- mick has loaned the Art Institute. In the 16th century the art of tapes- try declined. Before this happened however, Gothic tapestry gave to the world some splendid examples of pure "dyed in the wool," vegetable dy ed tap- estries, which are permanent in color. Displays Tapestries At the height of the "tapestry age," there being no motion pictures, no great theater to satisfy the people, pageants were given continually, and this pagentry has been woven into the tapestries that are preserved. Mr. Robertson had with him some beautiful old pieces, examples of this work. Then came Medieval art, which came from the people themselves. And fin- ally came William Morris of England, who as a student in Oxford, made friends with Burn Jones and Rossettie. Together these three boys organized a literary society, an art club, and did everything they could to create, and have others create. Mr. Robertson said that William Morris, more than any other artist, had influenced his life, his thinking, toward the love and wish for creative art. There was a touch of humor in Wil- liam Morris' life. He had a dreadful time with Queen Victoria and King Al- bert of England. It seems that the queen did the reigning while her weak and would-be-artistic husband tried to f |promote art. But his efforts have been considered worse than nothing, his art museums decidedly inartistic, and his lavish and grotesque buildings the bane of William Morris' life. The King would be artistic. Describes Block Printing Turning from this interesting intro- duction, Mr. Robertson spoke on "The Romance of Block Printing." Block printing, or the printing of designs and colors on linen, was originated in In- dia. However, the inspiration of de- sign came from France, and the intri- cacies of patterns as we find them to- day, also came to us from abroad. Mr. Robertson is an authority on block printing, and exhibited some gor- geous Indian prints. Several announcements of interest to the league members were made by James Cady Ewell, president. An eve- ning art class. open to nroducing mem- bers of the league, will be organized on January 12, in the Community House. Tt is likely that Mr. Obertauf- fer of the Art Institute will conduct the lessons, 12 in number. Since membership in the class is limited to 30, applicants must be in at once. For information, call Mrs. J. W. F. Davies, Winnetka 293, or 538. The next meeting of the league will take place Friday, January 21, at the Wilmette Woman's club. There will be an exhibit of pastels and architec- tural drawings by Charles I. Morgan of Wilmette, and an exhibit of sculp- tor work by Miss Jean Coburn, also of Wilmette. The speaker will be an- nounced later. HOME FOR HOLIDAYS Cadets G. S. Culver, C. G. Koepke, Howard Winberg and A. M. Zimmer- man, all of Wilmette, are returning home this week from the Kemper Military school at Boonville, Mo. ~ MUSIC IN transient storage at a your mind of your car! 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