MURAL PAINTING IN SCHOOLS AND OTHER BUILDINGS.
[To THE EDITOR OP TRH " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—A Committee, representing the interests of art and of education, has been formed to promote the practice , of mural painting in schools, churches, hospitals, and other public in etitutions, more especially by young artists and students—a scheme long ago propounded by Mr.Watts, Several schools and other buildings have already offered wall spaces for experi- mental treatment, and the Committee is about to issue the final particulars of a competition, designs from which will be selected by the authorities of those institutions or by private patrons for execution in the given spaces. These designs, along with other forms of decoration for school walls, will be exhibited at ,Crosby Hall in the latter part of May and submitted to public criticism before any choice is made. It is believed that students and young artists will welcome the opportunity of practice in the art of large decorative painting for the sake of the training thus obtained; but the Committee invites subscriptions towards a fund for giving chosen painters a modest remuneration. They will also welcome further offers . of wall spaces in schools and other buildings. The Con- . temporary Art Society is among the subscribers already received, and is prepared to organize similar exhibitions later in provincial centres. Subscriptions may be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. John Ross, C.A., at Crosby Hall, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, and information obtained from the Hon. Secretaries at the same address.—We are; Sir, &e., D. S; MacComs Chairman.
CHARLES AITKEN, • • — • lion. becietaries. WILFRID WALTER, [This admirable scheme has our very warmest sympathy.
The disregard—we had almost said the disconsideration—of mural painting in England is deeply to be regretted. If the. Committee can educate public Opinion in this matter, while at the same time relieving our institutional walls of their bare- ness, their coldness, and their gloom, they will indeed have deserved well of the public.—En. Spectator.]
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