International studio (23.1904)

Studio-Talk

NOTTINGHAM.—We give illustrations
of some admirable stained glass which
has been recently designed and exe-
cuted by Mr. Andrew Stoddart, of
Nottingham. The vestibule screen on page 251 is
carried out in white antique and opalescent glasses ;
the bath-room window is in streaky antique and
opalescent glasses; while in the screen illustrated
on page 250, which was made for a bank at Long
Eaton, the roses are in pink opalescent Venetian
on a background of clear glass.
ROME.—This year the annual show or-
ganised by the Society Amatori e Cul-
tori, at the Palazzo delle Belle Arti in
Via Nazionale, offered several features
of unusual interest. A special room was hung
with a collection of portraits by many of the finest
and most representative painters of the nineteenth
century. Here we saw examples of the work of
artists who enjoyed great celebrity in their own day,
such as Ciseri, and who have lost their attraction
for us; and works by others who, in their own day,
failed to attract the attention they deserved, and
whose great qualities are now fully appreciated.
David d’Angers, Hebert, Cremona, Benjamin Con-
stant, Carolus Duran, were represented by remark-
able works; Dagnan Bouveret had an exquisite and


CARVED PANEL DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY EILEEN STRICK
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STATUETTE BY COURTENAY POLLOCK
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poetic portrait of a lady; Richmond was
seen in a fine, vigorous portrait of Gio-
vanni Costa; Leighton, Alma Tadema,
Rossetti, Sergent, Herkomer were there.
Amongst the finest exhibits are the por-
traits by Lenbach; other interesting works
were by Alfredo Ricci, the charming por-
traitist of children, whose untimely death
was such a loss to Itatian art; Edward
Hughes ; the Spaniards Palmaroli, Valles,
and Zuloaga; Mrs. Stillman, and Miss
Lisa Stillman. These few names suffice
to give an idea of the ground covered
by this important collection.

Another room of exceptional interest
was that hung with the works of the
late Prof. Giovanni Costa. Here the
artistic career of this finely gifted painter
could be followed from its earliest begin-
nings —1847 to 1850 and thereabouts
—- in the notable works of his first
manner—Ad Fontem Alricinam, Women
on the Sea-Shore at Porto d’Anzio (ac-
quired by the Roman National Gallery
of Modern Art), in the many exquisite

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