International studio (30.1906/1907(1907))

Studio- Talk


MEUNIER EXHIBITION, VIENNA

ARRANGED BY JOSEF URBAN

great, indeed, was the interest aroused that the
hours were extended. The organisers of the ex-
hibition have every reason to be satisfied with the
success of its visit to Vienna. A. S. L.
UDA-PESTH.— Inasmuch as Mr. Elek
Falus, some of whose designs for book
decoration are here reproduced, has for
some little time past been
living and working in London, where he
has made up his mind to settle, we
ought, perhaps, to speak of him as a
Londoner. He is, however, a native of
the Hungarian capital, and those who are
conversant with Hungarian art will not fail
to discern in the examples we give some of
the characteristics of that art. Mr. Falus
is still quite a young man, and his marked
originality has not been hampered by
academic influences, for he is entirely self-
taught. He makes a speciality of book
decoration; but his achievements have
not been confined to this kind of work,
embroidery and tapestry-weaving having
occupied some of his time. He has a true
feeling for decoration, and is a conscien-
tious and painstaking worker. S.

MELBOURNE.— The recent Annual
Winter Exhibition of the Victorian
Artists’ Society was a very creditable
display, and though there were but
few works which stood out prominently from the
rest, the general average showed a distinct advance
in quality as in quantity. There is a cry being
raised that Australia should have a National School