Studio: international art (80.1920)

Especially successful is the one in which
Tana-Bata, the Weaving Goddess, is seen
passing over the Milky Way by means of
a bridge of birds—a swaying figure in the
purple night, her scarf caught up rhythmi-
cally by the breeze, the yellow light of her
lantern reflected in the swirling water below.
In The Blue Bird and The Piper, of
which reproductions are here given, we
find that though the general treatment sug-
gests the Orient, the children and fairies are
undoubtedly of the Occident. Hand in
hand with them and with The Spirit of the
Sea, who gazes wistfully at the bubble of
foam fallen from the curling sprite-haunted
wave, we may enter a magic world to which
Mrs. Lum possesses a key. C. E.

One of the most gifted interior decora-
tors in America, Mrs. Ruby Ross Goodnow,
is mainly responsible for the creation of
" Belmaison," a house of beauty, built as
an integral part of the Wanamaker Stores
in New York. " Belmaison" is in no
sense a model house, but a house of ideas
and inspiration. No two of its twelve rooms
are alike. Each expresses a distinct thought
and purpose. A charmingly refreshing
room is the nursery. This room is built
like a circus tent, with a striped yellow
and white canvas ceiling, upheld by a blue
and red striped pole. The floor is green
carpet with a large red circle inset, which
gives the children a definite circle around
which they may dance the Maypole dance
or play their games. The four corners of
the room are fitted with the gayest of cup-
boards built with glass doors, and made to
hold books and toys and dolls. The walls
are decorated with bright panels (painted by
Mr. Paul Thevenaz), representing j the
wonders of the world. One of them, most
vividly drawn, shows a bold seafaring man
in the centre contemplating their splen-
dour ; everything is there—the pagodas of
China, the skyscrapers of New York, darkest
Africa, and the Eskimo with his sled dogs.
Another panel, equally gay, shows the
hunter and his guide and around them the
animals of the forest. The third panel re-
presents a charming lady, surrounded by
her flowers, and a fourth (reproduced)
shows birds of various species with gay
coloured plumage. There are seven panels
in all; each gay and amusing. H.

REVIEWS.

A Catalogue of Etchings by Augustus John,
1901-1914. By Campbell Dodgson.
(London: Charles Chenil & Co.,,Ltd.)
It is given to very few artists to attain
celebrity so early in life as Mr. Augustus
John. Born in 1879, he was by 1901, as
Mr. Dodgson remarks in his introduction
to this catalogue, " already an artist of con-
siderable achievement, as well as of^the
highest promise," and there are few who
would deny that that promise has been
amply fulfilled in the intervening nineteen
years. The secret of his success has, of
course, been that wonderful talent for
draughtsmanship which was manifested
when he was a student at the Slade School

DECORATIVE PANEL FOR THE
NURSERY OF "BELMAISON"
(WANAMAKER STORE, NEW YORK)
PAINTED BY PAUL THEVENAZ
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