DOI issue:
No. 135 (May, 1908)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28254#0257
Studio-Talk
they formed a powerful and comprehensive survey
of Paris scenes. M. Bejot’s contributions to the
Painter-Etchers’ Exhibition are referred to elsewhere
in this number.
Mr. John Baillie’s recent exhibition of caricatures
discovered to us a new caricaturist, Mr. H. Ospovat,
who has, what is so very rare, genius for this sort of
thing. As far back as 1898 a beautifully drawn
book-plate appeared by Mr. Ospovat in The Studio
Special Number on Book Plates, and his illustrative
work has always since shown very expressive line
work. The caricatures are drawn on a large scale.
The smaller scale of our reproduction seems to give
their quintessence; for the sake of his pen-line we
would almost recommend a small scale to this artist.
In Mr. Baillie’s exhibition were also caricatures by
French artists, including “ Sem,” Forain, and
Leandre, and by S. H. Sime, Joseph Simpson, Max
Beerbohm, and A. Rothenstein. Mr. Simpson has
lost some of the true spirit of caricature which in
him we used to commend ; his recent efforts are
somewhat photographic. “ Max ” is, of course, in-
imitable within his limitations. But it is upon his
art that Mr. Rothenstein’s seems largely based; the
BY H. OSPOVAT
professional should, however, rise above a kind
of naivete which is becoming only in the amateur.
Mr. Rothenstein’s best caricature was one of Mr.
Beerbohm himself, particularly happy as a
satirical rendering of momentary expression.
We reproduce Sir Henry Irving as Dubose in
“ The Lyons Mail.,” which, with his Celebrated
Criminals series of drawings, represented the art
of Mr. James Pryde.
At the Dowdeswell Galleries an exhibition
was held of the garden scenes by Miss Beatrice
Parsons, whose style is apparently modelled on
Mr. Elgood’s. The failing of her work is that
she takes no apparent account of atmosphere,
but her sympathy as a flower lover is so evident
that her pictures succeed in communicating
pleasure.
The exhibition of French landscapes by M.
Henri Foreau, at Messrs. Obach’s, introduces a
painter whose poetic temperament is expressed
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BY H. OSPOVAT
they formed a powerful and comprehensive survey
of Paris scenes. M. Bejot’s contributions to the
Painter-Etchers’ Exhibition are referred to elsewhere
in this number.
Mr. John Baillie’s recent exhibition of caricatures
discovered to us a new caricaturist, Mr. H. Ospovat,
who has, what is so very rare, genius for this sort of
thing. As far back as 1898 a beautifully drawn
book-plate appeared by Mr. Ospovat in The Studio
Special Number on Book Plates, and his illustrative
work has always since shown very expressive line
work. The caricatures are drawn on a large scale.
The smaller scale of our reproduction seems to give
their quintessence; for the sake of his pen-line we
would almost recommend a small scale to this artist.
In Mr. Baillie’s exhibition were also caricatures by
French artists, including “ Sem,” Forain, and
Leandre, and by S. H. Sime, Joseph Simpson, Max
Beerbohm, and A. Rothenstein. Mr. Simpson has
lost some of the true spirit of caricature which in
him we used to commend ; his recent efforts are
somewhat photographic. “ Max ” is, of course, in-
imitable within his limitations. But it is upon his
art that Mr. Rothenstein’s seems largely based; the
BY H. OSPOVAT
professional should, however, rise above a kind
of naivete which is becoming only in the amateur.
Mr. Rothenstein’s best caricature was one of Mr.
Beerbohm himself, particularly happy as a
satirical rendering of momentary expression.
We reproduce Sir Henry Irving as Dubose in
“ The Lyons Mail.,” which, with his Celebrated
Criminals series of drawings, represented the art
of Mr. James Pryde.
At the Dowdeswell Galleries an exhibition
was held of the garden scenes by Miss Beatrice
Parsons, whose style is apparently modelled on
Mr. Elgood’s. The failing of her work is that
she takes no apparent account of atmosphere,
but her sympathy as a flower lover is so evident
that her pictures succeed in communicating
pleasure.
The exhibition of French landscapes by M.
Henri Foreau, at Messrs. Obach’s, introduces a
painter whose poetic temperament is expressed
235
BY H. OSPOVAT