International studio (19.1903)

of their art, whiie the youngest Vienna Society, " Art
in the Home," shows what the iate pupiis of the
Kunst Gewerbe Schule are now doing.
The iliustration at the top of page gg shows the
Polish collection, works of the Artists' Association,
"Sztuka," of Cracow, arranged by Karol Tichy. On
entering the room one is at once struck with the
marked difference between Polish art and that of
other nations. These artists have learnt from other
riations, but they breathe an entirely different
atmosphere. One notices the true characteristic
of the Polish nation, sorrow in their hopes and
hopes in their sorrow ; the
constant struggle for that freedom
which they once enjoyed, and
which they longingly strive to
regain. One feels it in their
landscapes, in their sculpture,
and in their designs. The
hand-woven tapestry forming the
back of the seat, shown in
the illustration, was designed
and executed by Antonina
Sikorska. It is extremely bold in
technique, and the background is
of a dull reddish-brown, which
shows up the greyish whites of
the designs with their intermittent
reds and blacks.
A. S. L.

His last work, the large seated hgure of
which is to occupy one of the angles
of the is, perhaps, his most
hnished effort. It is hne, simple, dignihed, and at
the same time noble and full of life

The A? ZaA7M7- consists of four bas-
reliefs, which are already famous : the toilers of the
&M7, the A/7'77^, the and the Ac7777//7y; in
addition to four hgures at the corners, including
YHi? 7?/ayAf77M7.% and and at the top
the colossal statue of the &ZW7-.

The greater number of the
works exhibited at the Club were
well known, but by bringing them
together their great qualities
were enhanced and their real
importance confirmed. It was
seen, too, that after many years
of hard work this great artist has
shown in his latest productions
no loss of power or enthusiasm.

RUSSELS. —The
jj ^ Artists' Club of Brus-
H sels began its series of
^ ^ winter exhibitions by
a really magnihcent display of
the principal works of C. Meunier,
collected in the great room, where
they produced an impression of
a life of toil and struggle crowned
by triumphant and solid success.

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THE BLACKSMITH

BY C. MEUNIER