International studio (20.1903)

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HR GEORGE WHITE
BY EMIL FUCHS

MASTER ROBERT HARTMANN
BY EMIL FUCHS

MASTER ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD
BY EMIL FUCHS




vitality in his busts of Mr. Arthur Wing Pinero
and of Mr. Paderewski. Of this latter work
we reproduce here the original drawing in black-
and-white, which, even more than the marble,
renders the individuality of the celebrated pianist.
Attention may also be drawn to his black-and-
white portrait of Mr. Isaye. Space permits the
enumeration of but very few of his paintings.
Foremost amongst them
is the full-length portrait
of the Portuguese minister,
the Marquis de Soveral,
an excellent likeness,
painted with considerable
dexterity of touch. It
is plastically conceived,
and there is much strength
and effectiveness about it,
characteristics which ap-
pear again, though in a
somewhat milder form,
in the portrait group of Pro-
fessor Marks and his son.
It is impossible — and,
indeed, it would be un-
fair—to attempt to form a
final opinion of an artist
who, still a young man, is
on the upward path of his
development.

feels most strongly the influence of his own country
in his work. His miniatures hold the wealth of
colour and exquisite transparencies, the delicate
nuances of light and shade in the flesh tints that
the old Italian miniature painters so gloried in.
Even his shadows are limpid and delicately sugges-
tive, rather than obviously apparent. His technique
may not always be above reproach—he slights his

Signor Ugo Catani, an
Italian miniature painter
of distinction, is fast be-
coming known in England.
He is a Florentine by
birth, and his early studies
were carried on in the
Academy of Art in Florence.
He has travelled exten-
sively, and many lands have
contributed to the develop-
ment of his art, yet one
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PORTRAIT OF MR. ISAYE

BY EMIL FUCHS