International studio (57.1915/1916)

Studio-Talk

“THE FOUNTAIN” FROM AN ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH BY W. WHELAN


Romano. Thereafter until 1913 the Gallery was
housed in the Via Nazionale, but in course of time
the number of works for which accommodation had
to be provided, including from 1906 onwards works
by foreign artists, grew so large that more com-
modious quarters became necessary. At the end
of the art season of 1913 the Gallery was closed to
permit of the transfer of its contents to the new
Palazzo, under the supervision of a sub-committee
consisting of Sgr. Ugo Fleres, the Director, and two
well-known artists. Certain works have been
weeded out from the collection as having no
particular interest in relation to its aims; and in
the arrangement of the Gallery as so far accom-
plished (some of the rooms still remain to be com-
pleted)amore systematic grouping has been followed
than was carried out at the old quarters. Of
especial interest are the rooms assigned to the

works of non-Italian artists, furnishing as they do,
in conjuction with those containing native pro-
ductions, ample material for a comparative study
of artistic activity in the various countries of
Europe. _

In connection with the Italian Art Section at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition the following awards
have been announced. The Grand Prix for painting
has been bestowed on Ettore Tito; medals of
honour have been awarded to Onorato Carlandi
and Camillo Innocenti; gold medals to L. Bazzaro,
Italico Brass, Guglielmo, Beppo and Emma Ciardi,
Ugo Coromaldi, Visconti Ferraguti, V. Irolli,
Enrico Lionne, G. Mentessi, Plinio Nomellini, and
F. Scattola; and silver medals to G. Belloni,
A. Bosia, A. Busi, P. Chiesa, C. Corsi, Arturo Noci,
M. Piacentini, and C. Rho. The awards for
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