Studio: international art (37.1906)

Studio- Talk

and Maurice Denis, whose
Adoration is full of poetic
feeling. Munich religious
art was represented by
Fritz von Uhde, Fran/.
Stuck, Hugo Kaufmann,
and Anton Pruska, whose
Purity relief is a gem ;
Brussels by Leon Frederic
and Josef Leempoels. The
" Deutsche Gesellschaft fur
Christliche Kunst" filled a
whole room with their ex-
hibits, this room being for
the nonce transformed into
an aisle of a church. Some
beautiful works of Jewish
art belonging to the Jewish
Museum in Vienna were
water-colour landscape by John wesley little also lent for the occasion.

The exhibition was ar-
artist's pictures. Hans Tichy's Adam and Eve ranged by Josef Plecnik the architect. A. S. L.
is a noble conception, and Rudolf
Jettmar's Piety a •» very touching
rendering of a solemn theme. En-
gelhart's Rachel mourning for fier
Childre?i was painted with true sym-
pathy for his subject, in preparation
for which he studied many weeks at
the General Hospital, where he saw
many Rachels weeping for their
children. Josef von Mehoffer (Cra-
cow) exhibited cartoons for the glass
window of the Cathedral of Freiburg
(Switzerland), designs for the decora-
tion of the Cathedral in Flock, and
other works. Leopold Bauer ex-
hibited a fine cupboard for a sacristy,
and Othmar Schimkowitz a marble
statue of Jesus.

Various artists from other coun-
tries were invited to contribute.
Miss Marianne Stokes sent a charm-
ing Madonna and Child, which
speedily found a purchaser; C. R.
Ashbee, design for a King Edward
VII. Prayer Book, an altar cross in
silver and enamel (purchased by the
government for the Austrian Mu-
seum), and many other works of
art which were soon sold. Religious
art in France was represented by

Louis Legrand, Albert Besnard, water-colour landscape by Alexander bower

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