International studio (49.1913)

Studio-Talk


“ ruines romaines” (See next page)
Lambeth (1790), the first work exhibited by Turner
at the Royal Academy, will have a special interest
for the student.

Mr. Max Beerbohm has been holding an ex-
hibition of new caricatures at the Leicester Gallery.
Since he last exhibited in London, Mr. Beerbohm
has corrected his methods and it is now much
more easy to appreciate the full extent of his artistic
equipment. He hardly ever finishes a caricature
or adds colour to it without a concern for its purely
decorative result that is worthy of an artist of Japan.
It is right that his art should be solicitous in trifles,
since it deals in refinements of satire. Mr. Beer-
bohm’s power of bringing out character in portraits
increases and he is always at his best with innuendo.

FROM AN OIL PAINTING BY ABRAHAM MANIEVITCH
BRIGHTON.—Local art circles suffered a
serious loss by the death of Laurence
Koe, which took place in January, when
the artist was in the very prime of life. He
first studied at the Brighton School of Art and after-
wards entered the Royal Academy Schools. His
picture Venus and Tannhausen when exhibited
at the Paris Salon in 1896 gained for its author a
gold medal. The imaginative vein which found ex-
pression in this work was followed up in later years
and the artist also achieved a considerable reputa-
tion as a painter of portraits. He was of a retiring
disposition and being under no necessity to paint
for a living he did not seek publicity for himself
or his work, which, however, when shown at
Brighton exhibitions was always keenly appreciated.
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