Augustus John (123 page)

THE CHELSEA ART SCHOOL

ROSSETTI STUDIOS

FLOOD STREET
,
CHELSEA EMBANKMENT

PRINCIPALS
:

AUGUSTUS JOHN

WILLIAM ORPEN

YEAR
1904

FIRST TERM
:
MONDAY
,
JANUARY
11
TH TO FRIDAY
,
MARCH
25
TH
.

SECOND TERM
:
MONDAY
,
APRIL
11
TH TO FRIDAY
,
JUNE
24
TH
.

THIRD TERM
:
MONDAY
,
OCTOBER
3
RD TO FRIDAY
,
DECEMBER
18
TH
.

THE STUDIOS SEPARATE TO EACH SEX WILL BE OPEN ON WEEK DAYS
(
SATURDAYS EXCEPTED
)
FROM
10
TO
5.
AND MODELS WILL BE POSED DAILY
.
A LADY SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE PRESENT
.
SEATS AND EASELS WILL BE FOUND
,
BUT SUCH OTHER MATERIALS AND APPLIANCES AS MAY BE NECESSARY MUST BE PROVIDED BY THE STUDENTS
.

FEES

FOR FIVE DAYS PER WEEK
.
SEVEN GUINEAS PER TERM
,
OR NINETEEN GUINEAS PER YEAR
.

FOR THREE DAYS PER WEEK
.
FOUR GUINEAS PER TERM
,
OR ELEVEN GUINEAS PER YEAR
.

ALL FEES MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE
.
CHEQUES SHOULD BE DRAWN IN FAVOR OF THE SECRETARY AND CROSSED
.

COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE SECRETARY
,

J. KNEWSTUB

18 FITZROY STREET, W.

IT IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT MR JOHN AND MR ORPEN WILL FIND THEIR PART IN STIMULATING
,
BY ADVICE AND SUGGESTION
,
THE MOST PERSONAL ARTISTIC AIMS
,
AND THEY ARE BOLD TO HOPE THAT BY SYSTEMATIC DISCOURAGEMENT OF THE CHEAP AND MERETRICIOUS AND HEARTY PROMOTION OF THE MOST REAL AND SINGLE
-
MINDED VIEW OF LIFE
,
NATURE AND ART
,
THEIR EFFORTS WILL NOT TEND OTHERWISE THAN TO THE BEST PROGRESS OF THEIR STUDENTS IN ART
,
IN NATURE AND IN LIFE

M
R
A
UG
. E. J
OHN
and M
R
W
ILLIAM
O
RPEN
desire to bring to your notice the A
RT
C
OURSES
to which they propose to give their assistance during the forthcoming year.

The C
LASSES
will consist of Drawing and Painting from Life (figure, portrait, and costume), Painting from Still Life, Figure Composition, Landscape and Decorative Painting, together with the usual Elementary Subjects where required.

The Studios will be situated in Chelsea; classes will be held for ladies and gentlemen, and every arrangement will be made to meet the convenience of individual students. A Lady Superintendent will be present daily.

The Spring Term of Session 1904 commences on the 11th January, and intending students should give prompt notification as the numbers are strictly limited, and no application can be considered later than the 31st December.

The Fees are moderate, and particulars and all other information can be obtained by writing to

T
HE
S
ECRETARY
,

18 Fitzroy Street,

London, W.

To Iris [Tree], A parody of Arthur Symons

To her foul breathing maw I hold

The guttering candle of my lust,

That smoketh like burnt offerings

Upon the altars of that old

Intoxicate goddess of the bust,

Multiple and indeterminate,

The fume whereof waxes and wanes

As spew upon the floor of Hell,

That bubbles with the heat of it;

Red lips that smack of carrion

And the faint penetrating smell

That comes of eating onions

That grow beside the lake of Sin;

And eager cloven tongue that laps

The froth from off the jaws of Shame;

(Ah God, ah God, the Joy thereof!)

Beneath the fulsome beaded paps,

Her devastated belly quakes

With the unmentionable aches

And agonies without a name,

As used to ravage and lay waste,

The carcase of Lucrezia,

When she lay panting with the Pope,

And thro’ her burning violet veins,

The corpuscles of passion chased

The Molecules of virtue out;

Her heavy eyes quite glazed with Dope

And fume of the abominable wine,

That sinners serve to sinners, shine

With the extraordinary desire for trout

Caught by lost souls in Acheron;

The issue of her riven loins,

As evil monsters pullulate

About the shadow of her groin’s

Unholy sanctuary; ululate

Like Hell’s spawn unredeemable,

Brought forth to torment, damnably

And writhe and twist and turn again.

S
IMPLE
S
YMON

‘AUGUSTUS JOHN’

Sung by M
RS
G
RUNDY
and the J
OHN
B
EAUTY
C
HORUS

Music by H. F
RASER
-S
IMSON

Words by H
ARRY
G
RAHAM

Some people will squander

Their savings away

On paintings by Rankin or Steer;

For Brangwyn or Conder

Huge sums they w ill pay,

And they buy all the Prydes that appear!

But if you’d be smart,

As patrons of Art,

It’s almost a
sine qua non

To prove your discretion

By gaining possession

Of works by the wonderful John!

Augustus John!

Refrain
             
John! John!

How he’s got on!

He owes it, he knows it, to me!

Brass earrings I wear,

And I don’t do my hair,

And my feet are as bare as can be;

When I walk down the street,

All the people I meet

They stare at the things I have on!

When Battersea-Parking

You’ll hear folks remarking:

‘There goes an Augustus John!’

Chorus
             
John! John!

If you’d get on,

The quaintest of clothes you must don!

When out for an airing,

You’ll hear folks declaring:

‘There goes an Augustus John!’

Good people acquainted

With Singer or Strang

Will sit to them week after week!

It’s nice being painted

By Nicholson’s gang,

And McEvoy’s touch is unique!

But if ‘in the know,’

You’ll hasten to go

Where all the best people have gone;

His portraits don’t flatter

But that doesn’t matter,

So long as you’re painted by John!

Augustus John!

Refrain
             
John! John!

If you’d get on,

Just sit for a bit, and you’ll see!

Your curious shape

He will cunningly drape

With an Inverness cape to the knee!

What a wealth of design!

And what colour and line!

He turns ev’ry goose to a swan!

And though you’re not handsome,

You’re worth a king’s ransom,

If you’re an ‘Augustus John!’

Chorus
             
John! John!

How he’s got on!

He turns ev’ry goose to a swan!

You needn’t be pretty,

Or wealthy or witty,

If you’re an ‘Augustus John!’

Our ancestors freely

Expressed their dislike

Of all unconventional styles;

They raved about Lely,

They worshipped Vandyke,

And Leighton they greeted with smiles!

To-day if one owns

A Watts or Burne-Jones,

Its subject seems bloodless and wan!

One misses the vigour,

The matronly figure,

That marks all the drawings of John!

Augustus John!

Refrain
             
John! John!

How he’s got on!

He’s quite at the top of the tree!

From Cotman to Corot,

From Tonks to George Morrow,

There’s no-one as famous as he!

On the scrap-heap we’ll cast

All those works of the past

By stars that once splendidly shone!

Send Hoppners and Knellers

To attics and cellars,

And stick to Augustus John!

Chorus
             
John! John!

How he’s got on!

No light half so brightly has shone!

The verdict of Chelsea’s

That nobody else is

A patch on Augustus John!

Chorus

Miss S
ILVIA
F
AUSSETT
B
AKER
.

Miss F
AITH
C
ELLI
.

Miss V
ERA
B
ERINGER
.

Miss B
ERYL
F
REEMAN
.

Miss W
INIFRED
B
ATEMAN
.

Miss M
ANORA
T
HEW
.

Miss E
LLEN
O’M
ALLEY
.

Miss E
LSIE
M
C
N
AUGHT
.

Mrs. C
AMPBELL
.

Miss E
THEL
M
ACKAY
.

Mdme V
ANDERVELDE
.

Mrs, G
ORDON
C
RAIG
.

Miss S
YLVIA
M
EYER
.

Miss M
ARGARET
G
UINNESS
.

Miss M
ARJORIE
E
LVERY
.

Miss E
VE
B
ALFOUR
.

Miss S
TELLA
S
TOREY
.

Miss D
OROTHY
G
OODDAY
.

Miss J
ANET
R
OSS
.

Miss O
LGA
W
ARD
.

Miss B
ARBARA
H
ILES
.

Miss P
HYLLIS
D
ICKSEE
.

The H
ON
. S
YLVIA
B
RETT
.

Miss I
RENE
R
USSELL
.

Miss N
ORTH
.

Mrs. H
ENDERSON
.

Mrs. F
RENCH
.

Miss E
MILY
L
OWES
.

Miss D
OROTHY
C
HRISTINE
.

Miss D’E
RLANGER
.

Miss H
ONOR
W
IGGLESWORTH
.

Mrs. H
ANNEY
.

Mrs. N
IGEL
P
LAYFAIR
.

Masters G
ILES
and L
YON
P
LAYFAIR
.

Mrs. D
ODGSON
.

Miss F
AUSSETT
.

and

C
ARRINGTON
.

J
OHN
’
S
P
ICTURES
AT
THE
R
OYAL
A
CADEMY