DOI Heft:
No. 39 (June, 1896)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17297#0062
Studio- Talk
ment has met with complete success. England oc-
cupies a respectable, if not a foremost place in an
exhibition which comprises over a hundred MSS.
by the most celebrated contemporary authors, from
Nietzche to Victor Hugo, from de Maupassant to
Ruskin. I shall have something more to say on
this subject next month.
The characteristic of our modern school is a
striving to bring art into everything. Thus there
is now being played at the Folies-Bergere a ballet,
indifferent enough so far as imagination is con-
cerned, but with two scenes admirably painted by
M. Henri Riviere. This remarkable artist is no
tyro in work of this kind ; for, as the readers of The
Studio are aware, his polychrome ombres chinoises,
on which he has lavished so much delightful fancy,
have long since become famous upon the tiny stage
of the " Chat Noir."
By the kindness of the director of the Galerie
Laffitte the editor is able to give herewith a repro-
duction of the fan designed by M. A. Willette—an
original lithograph of 120 impressions, printed on
silk. A happy idea this, and one worthy of all
encouragement. Who better qualified to decorate a
fan than our modern Watteau ; who so capable of
composing a design in perfect harmony with his
subject as the famous poet of the Pierrot ?
G. M.
MILAN.—The annual exhibition of
the Society of Fine Arts, which
opened at the end of April, proved
a success, and was fairly interest-
ing. It is true there were no very
striking works, they having been absorbed by the more
important display at Turin ; but at the same time
we found there the names of many of our best artists,
as well as those of some of the younger men, who
give great promise for the future. Giorgio Belloni
exhibits, in addition to several sea-pieces, a Portrait
of a Lady, of singular power and great distinction ;
and other portraits, solidly painted and full of good
colouring, are contributed by Adolfo Ferragutti.
Filippo Carcano, who may be considered the first
of Italian landscapists, has been content to send
four little scenes in pastel, which, however, suffice
to display this artist's astonishing gifts. They are
scenes from the Engadine, and, despite their
diminutive size, are remarkable for boldness and
nobility of treatment, combined with great trans-
parency of colour. Leonardo Bazzano has aban-
doned for the moment the low tones of which he
is usually so fond, and his little bit of genre is a
real feast of sun and gaiety. Gignous and Mariani
exhibit excellent landscapes, showing a delicate
touch ; and we must also note several interesting
studies by Longoni, Silvestri, and Sartori, while
Carozzi sends a fanciful snow scene. Among the
younger painters, Rizzi is prominent with a nude
study of a woman lying on a yellow drapery, in
which he has triumphed most effectively over the
\
DESIGN FOR A FAN
FROM A LITHOGRAPH ON SILK BY A WILLETTE
47
ment has met with complete success. England oc-
cupies a respectable, if not a foremost place in an
exhibition which comprises over a hundred MSS.
by the most celebrated contemporary authors, from
Nietzche to Victor Hugo, from de Maupassant to
Ruskin. I shall have something more to say on
this subject next month.
The characteristic of our modern school is a
striving to bring art into everything. Thus there
is now being played at the Folies-Bergere a ballet,
indifferent enough so far as imagination is con-
cerned, but with two scenes admirably painted by
M. Henri Riviere. This remarkable artist is no
tyro in work of this kind ; for, as the readers of The
Studio are aware, his polychrome ombres chinoises,
on which he has lavished so much delightful fancy,
have long since become famous upon the tiny stage
of the " Chat Noir."
By the kindness of the director of the Galerie
Laffitte the editor is able to give herewith a repro-
duction of the fan designed by M. A. Willette—an
original lithograph of 120 impressions, printed on
silk. A happy idea this, and one worthy of all
encouragement. Who better qualified to decorate a
fan than our modern Watteau ; who so capable of
composing a design in perfect harmony with his
subject as the famous poet of the Pierrot ?
G. M.
MILAN.—The annual exhibition of
the Society of Fine Arts, which
opened at the end of April, proved
a success, and was fairly interest-
ing. It is true there were no very
striking works, they having been absorbed by the more
important display at Turin ; but at the same time
we found there the names of many of our best artists,
as well as those of some of the younger men, who
give great promise for the future. Giorgio Belloni
exhibits, in addition to several sea-pieces, a Portrait
of a Lady, of singular power and great distinction ;
and other portraits, solidly painted and full of good
colouring, are contributed by Adolfo Ferragutti.
Filippo Carcano, who may be considered the first
of Italian landscapists, has been content to send
four little scenes in pastel, which, however, suffice
to display this artist's astonishing gifts. They are
scenes from the Engadine, and, despite their
diminutive size, are remarkable for boldness and
nobility of treatment, combined with great trans-
parency of colour. Leonardo Bazzano has aban-
doned for the moment the low tones of which he
is usually so fond, and his little bit of genre is a
real feast of sun and gaiety. Gignous and Mariani
exhibit excellent landscapes, showing a delicate
touch ; and we must also note several interesting
studies by Longoni, Silvestri, and Sartori, while
Carozzi sends a fanciful snow scene. Among the
younger painters, Rizzi is prominent with a nude
study of a woman lying on a yellow drapery, in
which he has triumphed most effectively over the
\
DESIGN FOR A FAN
FROM A LITHOGRAPH ON SILK BY A WILLETTE
47