International studio (14.1901)

Studio-Talk

“ TESORI ”

In this latter case the jury shall be composed of
three well-known Italian artists and two foreigners
named by the competitors. The pictures which
receive the prize are to become the property of
the Accademia, and to form a collection bearing
the name of the founder ; “ not,” says Professor
Ussi, “ from any sentiment of personal vanity, but
simply because I desire that the association of my
name with this institution may be a proof of my
great love for art, and a spur and example to others,
inciting them to work for her glory.” j Mi A

GREECE.—We have pleasure in giving
a coloured reproduction of a cleverly
worked and somewhat unconventional
piece of embroidery by Madame Anna
Papadopulo (nee Melas). Madame Papadopulo,
who resides in Euboea, has adopted the methods
of embroidery employed by the peasants of the
island, who carry out their work without the aid of

BY PLINIO NOMF.LLINI

any pattern or previously arranged design. The
charm of the piece here illustrated lies in the suc-
cessful massing and composition of the colours and
in the frank subservience of detail to the require-
ments of needle-craft.

VENICE.—It is specially due to the
Secretary-General, the Deputy Antonio
Fradeletto, that our International Exhi-
bitions have attained unfailing success
with public and artists alike. This year the dis-
play is especially fine, and affords compensation
for the poor show made by Italy at the Grand
Palais in Paris last year. The young Hungarian
School—exhibiting for the first time—showed
works which were not seen in Paris. Many ot
these are notable things. Apart from Laszld,
already famous, the artists who specially dis-
tinguish themselves here are Horovitz, Ivemstock,
Magyar-Mannheimer (the last-named) with an

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