International studio (59.1916)

Reviews and Notices


ARTIST PRISONERS OF WAR IN THEIR STUDIO AT GIESSEN

has proved himself a close observer of develop-
ments in various countries ; and in this publication
too he reviews the work of artists of diverse
nationality with rare acumen. Thus we find in
this new volume essays on Carl Larsson and Anders
Zorn of Sweden, Arthur Rackham and Frank
Brangwyn of England, Steinlen, Raffaelli and
Guys of France, and Alberto Martini, the Italian
artist whose weirdly imaginative work the British
public had recently an opportunity of studying at
first hand in an exhibition at the Leicester Galleries ;
and Mr. Brangwyn figures again with others in an
interesting essay on “ L’Italia nelle Stampe degli
Incisori Stranieri. ” All the essays are abundantly
illustrated with excellent reproductions of works
by the several artists dealt with, and as a variation
from the black-and-white text illustrations a few
coloured plates are inserted.
We have received from Messrs. Frost and Reed,
of Bristol, a copy of their Catalogue of Etchings,
Engravings, and Colour Prints, containing a large
number of excellent half-tone reproductions of
works published by them. Prominent among
these are prints after pictures by various Old
Masters, English and foreign, the marine pictures
of Mr. Napier Hemy, the subject pictures of
Mr. Frank Dicksee and Mr. Dendy Sadler, the
landscapes of Mr. Joseph Farquharson and Mr.

MacWhirter, and original etchings and mezzotints
by Mr. Herbert Dicksee, Mr. A. C. Meyer, Mr. M.
Cormack, Miss Dorothy Woollard and others.
Miss Woollard’s etching Burnham Beeches, repro-
duced in our March issue, is published by this firm.
The picture postcard reproduced above reached
us recently with the following interesting letter
from the Prisoners of War Camp at Giessen :
To the Editor of The Studio.
Dear Sir,— We have received many numbers of The
Studio from Mrs. Humphrey [Secretary, Prisoners of War
Relief Fund] and she writes me that you were the kind
donator. We appreciate them greatly and send you our
most grateful thanks and best wishes.
The “ we ” are about twenty men, of many various artistic
talents and qualities, from theatrical scenic painters to
“ Beaux Arts ” painters.
I am sending yoa a picture postcard, which I hope will
reach you, showing a corner and some men posed for the
camera but who were not actually at work in these positions.
From left to right are I Algerian, as model ; 2 A. Staclens,
a Belgian actor; 3 A. Venelle, Belgian student ; 4 Patoiss-
eaux, student of Nantes; 5 myself; 6 Dupont, a French
architect; 7 Tisseire, a French caricaturist; 8 a Belgian
student of architecture; 9 R. Drouart, a French artist;
10 a man who has left.
There are four British in the “ we.” A. Nantel, on “ The
Standard,” Montreal, myself, and Alan Beddoe, student,
Ottawa, are in Canadian regiments, and one man, a decorator,
in English regiment. The best artists here are Raphael
Drouart, the students Venelle, Patoisseaux, and Beddoe,
Nantel and Tisseire ; the rest are architects, decorators,
furniture designers, etc.
Thanking you again for your kindly thoughts and actions,
on behalf of the Giessen Art Fraternity.—I remain,
Yours truly, Lewis Renateau.
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