International studio (25.1905)

a great number of the original casts exhibited in the
American section, which were too large to be
removed wthout risk and expense, were given
to the Museum by the sculptors.
THE S*r. Louis ARTISTS' GuiLD has recently
shown its first permanent exhibition, in the Dolph
Building. The guild, has been in existence for
nearly twenty years and has recently adopted a new
constitution looking toward a more extensive sphere
of work. Its new president, Mr. George Julian
Zolnay, a New York sculptor, who went to St.
Louis upon his appointment as Superintendent of
Sculpture to the Art Department of the Louisiana
Exposition, is one of the Governors of the Na-
tional Arts Club, New York,-and a member of
the Architectural League, tire Municipal Art
Society of New York, the Society of Western,
Aritsts, the Washington University Association
etc. Among his work is the Edgar Allen Poe
monument at the.University of Virginia; the Winne
Davis and Jefferson Davis monuments at Rich-
mond, Va. and the Generals Bartow and McLaws
monuments at Savannah, Ga.

TT^ OOK REVIEWS.
[ ^ THE DRAWINGS OF ALBERT DuRER.
H By PROF. HANS W. SiNGER. Large 4to.
Pages ii-l-XLVi.
THE DRAWINGS OF SlR EDWARD BURNE-JONES.
By T. MARTIN WOOD. Large 4to. Pages
ii.—XLVi. London: George Newnes, Lim-
ited. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
(Imported.) $2.go net each.
We had the pleasure of reviewing recently the
first of this excellent series, entitled "Drawings
of the Great Masters," which led off with those of
Holbein, by A. L. Baldry. Each volume is to con-
tain about 48 illustrations on a large scale (the size
of the volumes is large 4to), printed in tints and
mounted on a paper to harmonize. The books are
bound in boards with vellum backs, the beautiful
binding design, printed in three colours, being the
work of Granville Fell.
Prof. Hans W. Singer asserts that Durer's work
cannot be properly appreciated or fairly estimated
without a careful study of his drawings. Of draw-
ings in general he writes truly: "It amounts almost
to a truism to say that of all works of art original
drawings afford the keenest pleasure. While look-
ing at them, one experiences the peculiar fascina-
tion enjoyed by the unobserved observer, for in
most cases the material was not intended for the

eye of the public at all, but was created with com-
plete disregard for public opinion. In the course
of its production no attempt was made to conceal
faults, while, on the other hand, the artist was
working at his best, unhampered by any con-
siderations that might have influenced him had he
been engaged upon a picture intended to be sub-
mitted to the judgment of others." The eleven
pages of text, prefatory to the 48 beautifully printed
plates, make the work compact for the use of
students, and almost a necessity for any art library.
If it is true that a thorough appreciation of Diirer'
work necessitates acquaintance with his drawings,
surely it is equally true of that of Burnes-Jones,
whose very inspiration seems to live in his studies
and sketches of exquisite refinement and delicate
freedom. As the author of the Introduction, T.
Martin Wood, says, the drawings often show that
something is in them that ebbed away in the
preparations for the large painting. Many of his
studies are drawn as if they had been the artist's
only business and his only method of expression.
Excellent also is this observation of the author's
in reference to one work in particular: "The study
for the face of Lancelot provides us with evidence
of just where the genius of Burne-Jones, apart from
craftmanship, was limited; it shows the confines
of his imagination, which was not of a dramatic
order. Himself concerned with an inward life,
the people of his art look in upon themselves; the
thoughts and passions that their faces betray are
of the soul's own making, not of the tragedy where
outward things break in."
We look forward with pleasure to seeing included
in the series the drawings of Lord Leighton, and
those of Watts.
GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS. By W. K. WEST
andRoMUALDoPANTiNi. 8vo. Pages xxxi+64.
SlR ANTHONY VAN DYCK. By HUGH STOKES.
8vo. Pagesxlvii-{-64. London: GeorgeNewnes
Limited. New York: Frederick Warne & Co.
$1.25 each.
The latest additions to Newnes' Art Library
maintain, as usual, the high standard of this popu-
lar series. The timely , addition of the Watts vol-
ume will be welcomed everywhere, for but little of
comprehensive scope is at present available on the
subject of the man and his work. His self-educa-
tion, with the Elgin marbles for master; his gen-
erally classic, almost sculpturesque, quality; his
secluded life and undaunted and unremitting
energy towards the accomplishment of his self-
imposed task as an artist-teacher of moral lessons;

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