Photography versus Draughtmanship (Art Workers Guild), 1938
End Date: 15 July 1938
Type: Lecture, discussion and exhibition
Description: H. Coster gave paper and showed photographs, talked about photography as an inspiration to artists. He was followed by S. Eavestaff, who also showed slides, and spoke of the technical aspects of the subject. Post-interval, H. Nelson spoke about photographs displayed in the Hall, lent by Miller. The discussion included: H. Speed, C. Emanuel, D. Evans, H. T. Smith, M. J. Dawson, L. D. Luard, E. Newton, C. W. Hodges, E. Wallcousins and R. Hallward (The fifty-fifth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, 1939, p. 15).
Policy: 'Meetings are held fortnightly, when papers are read and their subjects illustrated as fully as possible. Visitors must be introduced by a member' (Year's Art, 1913, pp. 169-70).
Participants
Exhibitors included Alec (Alexander) Miller
Speaker David Evans
Speaker Harold Speed
Speaker Reginald Hallward
Citing this record
'Photography versus Draughtmanship (Art Workers Guild), 1938', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib2_1221131378, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
