International studio (21.1903/1904(1904))

ICILY.—The tardy acceptance in Italy of
the "New Art" movement, so marked
. ^ in the Northern nations, was noted at
the Turin Exhibition by many critics.
The most enthusiastic believers in Italian art
ascribed this apparent indiiference to political
and social causes, and thought that Italy would
never be able to show any important new type of
art. The critic for THE STUDIO, on the contrary,
though acknowledging that most of the Italian
work shown at Turin was due to craftsmen carried
away by fashion, and unable to discern the great
object of the artistic revival, did not despair of
better things. In a country where the sense of
art and beauty is instinctive, it could not have
utterly disappeared without a struggle. A11 who
know Italy know that it is fostering a Hower worthy
of its traditional glory.

MAHOGANY STAND DESIGNED BY E. BASILE
EXECUTED BY THE
"MAISON DUCROT"

characteristic head, while the portraits of HA'jT .5.
and the A. are particularly pleasing works,
full of strength and vitality.
As the brothers Osterman are still young (they
were born in a small Swedish country place,
Vingaker, in 1870) we have every reason to believe
that their hitherto rapid progress is still in the
stage of evolution, and that they, consequently,
have not yet been able to show, by full and
conclusive evidence, the proper and final value
of the stuff they are made of. The progress and
development of their talents will be watched with
interest by every Student of Swedish art.
A. T.

BOUDOIR SHOW CASE IN MAPLE WOOD
DESIGNED BY E. BASILE
EXECUTED BY THE "MAISON DUCROT'

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