Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art - Fawcett Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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POSTER CONTESTS A live pro blem! That's what we call it! A piece of work for the outside ! world! What an energy it awakens in us! We feel a dynamic force sweep the class. А competition has started. We have had wonderful opportunities for enthusiasm this year. The Newark Art Club offered several contests for posters, illustrating their various lectures. The subjects depicted in these problems were especially appealing to the young artists. A prize was awarded to the winner of the best poster for each lecture. George Foy and Lyman Conger won several of the prizes. The Kresge Department Store offered the school six competitions for posters illustratin g distinctive departments in the store. Three prizes and one honorable mention were given for each group. Dorothy Gann, George Foy and Lyman Conger were among the group of day students who won recognition. These poster contests have brought us into close contact with the commercial world. They have put a new vitality into our work. We feel the urge of creating for the uses of mankind. Among posters for the Architectural Exhibition held in the Newark Museum, the first prize was awarded to George Foy. The third year class submitted eight posters suitable for a cover to be used by the House Beautiful Magazine. Among the 135 covers chosen to go on a travelling exhibit throughout the country are the designs of Dorothy Gann, Marguerite Fredericks, Lyman Conger, George Foy and Fred Maurer. RENAISSANCE ART MODERN PAINTING P o ASS =“ P NEWARK MUSEUM

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INTERIOR DECORATION Julia Hall It was one of those very cold days in the dead of winter. As I hurried through the gathering dusk, 1 became aware of a little cottage brightly lighted, a sure haven of rest to a weary soul out in a swirling snow storm. I girded my tired limbs and, stumbling to the house, 1 knocked loudly at the door. A quaintly dressed old woman who had just left her spinning wheel greeted me cordially and invited me to take a seat by the hearth where a log fire burned brightly. As I sat there listening to the whirl of the wheel as it made harmony with our conversation, Í learned my first real lesson in interior decoration. The fireplace, itself a thing of beauty, occupied most of the wall that faced the door. On the other walls hung pictures in keeping with the surroundings. А round table, covered with a colored damask cloth, occupied the center of the floor. On the center of the table stood a large copper bowl which reflected the leaping flames on the hearth. Dainty chintz curtains covered the snow-clad windows and seemed to hum faintly with self-importance at being so well chosen and so artistically hung. The chairs harmonized with the table and the floor was covered with rag rugs. Of course, there is reason for everything, and the reason why there is so much charm in American homes today, from the cottage hidden in some sunken vale at the foot of the sheltering mountains to the great imposing residences on the broad highways of our country, is because we take such an interest in Interior Decoration. Ethel Bartleman, '27.