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Studio-Talk
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Studio-Talk
hall of the Casino of Mount Tibidabo, the subjects
of which were inspired by passages in the
“Atlantida” of the great Catalan poet Jacinto
Verdaguer. In these Nestor, in spite of his early
years, revealed himself as an excellent decorator,
in which capacity he again showed to advantage in
works he exhibited some two years ago in the
galleries of the Fayans Catala.
During the interval nothing was seen of the artist
who had aroused such interest, and all that was
known of him was that he was working with the
utmost enthusiasm, first in his studio in London
and then in Paris; but the numerous works he has
just been exhibiting) bore eloquent witness to the
ardour with which he has been devoting himself to
his art; each work not only testified to the artist’s
vigour of conception but showed that with his
temperamental regard for accuracy and colour he
takes delight in creating and handling difficulties of
design, evoking astonishment at the way in which
he attains the desired
end. Thus there results in
decorative compositions has been rather neglected
■—and this in conjunction with an admirable play
of colour gives to these works a quite distinctive
merit. The exhibition at the Pares Salon, in
which these pictures were exhibited, has indeed
been a real triumph, and heralds a splendid career
for this young artist, who is only twenty-four years
of age. The Municipality of Barcelona has been
shrewd enough to vote a considerable sum for the
purpose of acquiring some examples of his work,
which are destined to decorate the rooms of the
Palacio del Ayuntamiento or City Hall.
J. G. M.
ONTREAL.—The thirty-fifth annual
exhibition of the Royal Canadian
Academy of Arts opened in Montreal
on November 20. It was a distinctly
creditable exhibition, in that it included many
works of individuality and expressiveness, while
relatively few appeared to be entirely lacking in
his works a harmonious
richness of which no
monochrome reproduc-
tion can give an adequate
idea. He understands all
the secrets of his art and
knows how to surprise us
with compositions which
arouse the enthusiasm
alike of the artist, the
amateur and the ordinary
man of the world.
Nestor is, moreover, an
excellent etcher and
decorator of books, but it
is perhaps in the domain
of portraiture that his
chief laurels have so far
been gained. The two
works here reproduced,
Joselito and Rose and
Silver, are capital exam-
ples of this branch of his
practice: besides achiev-
ing a faithful likeness of
the subjects portrayed,
he has bestowed great
thought and care on his
drawing—a point which
in some of his exclusively
“ JOSELITO ”
(Salon Paris, Barcelona)
BY NESTOR DE LA TORRE
80
hall of the Casino of Mount Tibidabo, the subjects
of which were inspired by passages in the
“Atlantida” of the great Catalan poet Jacinto
Verdaguer. In these Nestor, in spite of his early
years, revealed himself as an excellent decorator,
in which capacity he again showed to advantage in
works he exhibited some two years ago in the
galleries of the Fayans Catala.
During the interval nothing was seen of the artist
who had aroused such interest, and all that was
known of him was that he was working with the
utmost enthusiasm, first in his studio in London
and then in Paris; but the numerous works he has
just been exhibiting) bore eloquent witness to the
ardour with which he has been devoting himself to
his art; each work not only testified to the artist’s
vigour of conception but showed that with his
temperamental regard for accuracy and colour he
takes delight in creating and handling difficulties of
design, evoking astonishment at the way in which
he attains the desired
end. Thus there results in
decorative compositions has been rather neglected
■—and this in conjunction with an admirable play
of colour gives to these works a quite distinctive
merit. The exhibition at the Pares Salon, in
which these pictures were exhibited, has indeed
been a real triumph, and heralds a splendid career
for this young artist, who is only twenty-four years
of age. The Municipality of Barcelona has been
shrewd enough to vote a considerable sum for the
purpose of acquiring some examples of his work,
which are destined to decorate the rooms of the
Palacio del Ayuntamiento or City Hall.
J. G. M.
ONTREAL.—The thirty-fifth annual
exhibition of the Royal Canadian
Academy of Arts opened in Montreal
on November 20. It was a distinctly
creditable exhibition, in that it included many
works of individuality and expressiveness, while
relatively few appeared to be entirely lacking in
his works a harmonious
richness of which no
monochrome reproduc-
tion can give an adequate
idea. He understands all
the secrets of his art and
knows how to surprise us
with compositions which
arouse the enthusiasm
alike of the artist, the
amateur and the ordinary
man of the world.
Nestor is, moreover, an
excellent etcher and
decorator of books, but it
is perhaps in the domain
of portraiture that his
chief laurels have so far
been gained. The two
works here reproduced,
Joselito and Rose and
Silver, are capital exam-
ples of this branch of his
practice: besides achiev-
ing a faithful likeness of
the subjects portrayed,
he has bestowed great
thought and care on his
drawing—a point which
in some of his exclusively
“ JOSELITO ”
(Salon Paris, Barcelona)
BY NESTOR DE LA TORRE
80