DOI issue:
No. 40 (July, 1896)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17297#0134
Studio- Talk
displays—much that is favourable, and much that
is the reverse. G. M.
BRUSSELS.—The little group of Liege
artists, mention of whom was made in
The Studio recently, have distin-
guished themselves at the Liege Salon,
as they did at the Exhibition of Posters
at the Maison d'Art, and at the Salon of the Champ
de Mars in Paris. At the last-named exhibition
M. G. Serrurier is represented by one of those in-
genious " interiors " of his, such as he showed in
the galleries of the Exposition de la Libre-Esthe-
tique. Visitors will remember his charming work-
table (1894) in polished orange-coloured wood,
and his frieze of large poppies; also in 1895 his
" chambre d'artisan," very interesting in its fresh
and bright simplicity. But M. Alexandre's excel-
lent photographs speak for themselves, and render
any further description superfluous.
It was in a publication called Caprice-Revue,
managed by M. Maurice Siville, and edited by
M. A. Bernard, that MM. E. Berchmans, A.
Donnay, and A. Rassenfosse, made, so to speak,
their first appearance ; and after that they worked
together on a curious magazine styled Floreal.
The experience thus gained soon developed the
qualities required for the utilisation of their natural
talents. M. Berchmans' beautiful poster for the
Liege Salon (see page 117) is very striking, with its
bold colouring in blues and reds; and in another
for the " Exposition de L'Art Independant " he has
cleverly utilised the light-brown shade of the paper
for his flesh tints. M. Donnay's poster for the Salon
Photographique (see page 116) is equally successful
in its colouring. It is worth remarking that these
are real posters, intended to be stuck on the walls,
and seen by the passer-by, and not, as so many are,
simply enlarged vignettes intended chiefly for the
collector's album.
displays—much that is favourable, and much that
is the reverse. G. M.
BRUSSELS.—The little group of Liege
artists, mention of whom was made in
The Studio recently, have distin-
guished themselves at the Liege Salon,
as they did at the Exhibition of Posters
at the Maison d'Art, and at the Salon of the Champ
de Mars in Paris. At the last-named exhibition
M. G. Serrurier is represented by one of those in-
genious " interiors " of his, such as he showed in
the galleries of the Exposition de la Libre-Esthe-
tique. Visitors will remember his charming work-
table (1894) in polished orange-coloured wood,
and his frieze of large poppies; also in 1895 his
" chambre d'artisan," very interesting in its fresh
and bright simplicity. But M. Alexandre's excel-
lent photographs speak for themselves, and render
any further description superfluous.
It was in a publication called Caprice-Revue,
managed by M. Maurice Siville, and edited by
M. A. Bernard, that MM. E. Berchmans, A.
Donnay, and A. Rassenfosse, made, so to speak,
their first appearance ; and after that they worked
together on a curious magazine styled Floreal.
The experience thus gained soon developed the
qualities required for the utilisation of their natural
talents. M. Berchmans' beautiful poster for the
Liege Salon (see page 117) is very striking, with its
bold colouring in blues and reds; and in another
for the " Exposition de L'Art Independant " he has
cleverly utilised the light-brown shade of the paper
for his flesh tints. M. Donnay's poster for the Salon
Photographique (see page 116) is equally successful
in its colouring. It is worth remarking that these
are real posters, intended to be stuck on the walls,
and seen by the passer-by, and not, as so many are,
simply enlarged vignettes intended chiefly for the
collector's album.