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“ THE GARDEN OF MELAN¬
CHOLY.” BY UMBERTO
PRINCIPE
(Secession, Rome)

ing monument of this
movement. Besides this
fine achievement, an ac-
count of which was pub-
lished in this magazine
about the time of its com-
pletion, Prof, von Seidl
was responsible for
numerous other public
and private edifices which,
while evincing his devo-
tion to the best traditions
of German architecture,
also witness to a fund of
originality and an ability
to grapple with the most
varied problems. He was
an intimate friend of
Lenbach the painter, for
whom he designed a resi-
dence in Munich.

living sculptor of death—
with his dead figure upon
The Bed of Roses, Italian
sculpture claimed its own
place here. Sig. Lerche
also appeared in this ex-
hibition as a sculptor, as
well as a creator of quaint
and delicately beautiful
glass. S. Brinton.
Munich.—By
the death of
Prof. Gabriel
von Seidl,
which took place in this
city on April 27, Germany
has lost one of her most
distinguished architects.
Prof, von Seidl, who was
born here in the year 1848,
was a leading spirit in the
nationalist movement in
German architecture, and
the great Bavarian Na-
tional Museum which was
erected here a few years
ago from his designs may
be regarded as the crown-