International studio (21.1903/1904(1904))

MAHOGANY ARM-CHAIR WITH DESIGKED BY BASILE
LEATHER AND GILT CARVING EXECUTED MY THE
"MAISON DUCROT"

by general consent the most successful achieve-
ment was the Southern Italian gallery decorated
by Sicilian craftsmen, with hangings woven in
Naples. A fine writing bureau by Ducrot
was purchased by the State for the Gallery
of Modern Art in Rome, and other pieces by
the same firm were bought for the International
Gallery in Venice. A. W. R. S.
AN FRANCISCO.—Mr. Francis
McComas was born in Tasmania
^ about 29 years ago. He received his
^ early training in Australia, where he
lived until 1898, when he came to California
on his way to Paris and London: at that
time his work was shown in America for the first
time and was well received.

Front the first the charm of the California
coast landscape appealed strongly to him.
and drew him back after his visit to Europe;
since which time he has worked at his Studio
in Monterey, the old Spanish Capital of Cali-
fornia, producing slowly, but with a quality of
work which would bring recognition anywhere.
His done in the old
"Carnpo Santo" at Monterey is especially one
of h's most sympathetic paintings. The re-
productions of his water-colours here given show
well the beauty and subtlety of the work.

the works by painters
and sculptors of Southern
Italy. The progress made
was unmistakable. The
council ot management
had ventured on a happy
innovation; theycombined
the display of works of
fine art with that of the
applied arts, entrusting to
each country or province
the decoration of its own
art gallery. The monot-
onous sequence of exhi-
bition sections was thus
transformed into a series
of fine modern rooms,
where pictures and statues
were placed in decorative
surroundings. The task
was not an easy one, and
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A VILLAGE STREET

BY FRANCIS McCOMAS