International studio (33.1907/1908(1908))

Studio-Talk



in that light which is pecu-
liar to the Highlands ;
magnificent cedars whose
uncommon shapes he excels
in delineating after the
Japanese manner; old
castles reminding one of
the novels of Sir Walter
Scott, peaceful villages
beneath clear, smiling skies
—all rendered in pure
water-colour with much
sincerity of vision and
freshness of sentiment.

“ VILLAGE DANS LES DUNES ”
of colour his Vague, an example of his extreme
accuracy of observation, is a tour de force. Very
charming, too, are his glimpses of autumn, with
big trees in their russet tints beneath a pale
sky. M. Eugene Bejot has executed in wash
fifty-two little views of the Paris he knows so well,
and they were at once attractive in point of
technique and admirable as documents. The
water-colours of M. Lebasque seemed to me a
little wanting in definiteness, while at the same
time giving evidence of a true feeling for colour.
Amongst the foreign contributors, M. Hagemans was
represented by tome capital landscapes
with animals ; von Bartels, by a domestic
scene, lit up by the flames from the fire ;
M. Cadenhead, by a night effect; and
M. Ertz, by a Spanish woman carrying
water. Nor must we forget to mention
the contributions of M. Thornley, a
charming colourist; and those of M.
Delestre and M. Paul Frachet.

M. Hessele has done
much to develop in France
a taste for modern etching,
and we owe to him our
knowledge of some of the
by j. c. cazin best among contemporary
workers in this field. In
continuation of his good
work he has recently been showing in the Rue
Laffitte some etchings by fottr artists who, though
little known at present, are assuredly possessed of
undoubted talent. M. Heyman, who has a remark-
able eye for composition, concerns himself with
reproducing the features of certain monuments in
the environs of Paris. His Abside de PAglise de
rIsle-Adam is an excellent performance, and no
less so is his Vieille Porte ct, Menneville. Mr.
Andrew F. Affleck, a Scottish artist, is enamoured
of Tuscany. His Ponte - Vecchio, his Tour de
Giotto, and his San Gimignano are plates which

Two years ago M. Augustin Rey, the
distinguished architect of the Fondation
Rothschild, showed at Petit’s a series
of water-colours executed in the Upper
Engadine, and now quite recently he has
been showing at the same gallery another
series. This time transporting us to
Scotland, he here shows us lochs bathed

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