Studio: international art (8.1896)

Studio- Talk

"UN CABINET DE TRAVAIL " DESIGNED BY G. SERRURIER

(From a Photograph by Alexandre. See Brussels Studio-Talk)

The little drawings made by MM. A. Donnay
and A. Rassenfosse to illustrate the works of N.
Defrecheux (see page 122), published by A.Bernard,
of Liege, have just the style suited to stories and
popular verses such as these. And the same remark
applies to the drawings executed by them for the
little volume of poems by M. E. Rassenfosse—"Dit
un page." _

M. Donnay's latest work attracted a good deal
of attention at the recent Poster Exhibition at the
Maison d'Art. It is a design for the third of a
series of posters being prepared under the direction
of M. Siville for an Insurance Company. The
second of the series, by M. E. Berchmans, is also
a great success. Needless to attempt to enume-
rate the great quantity of work of all kinds pro-
duced by these three artists—drawings, oils, etch-
ings, engravings in vernis mou and lithographs.

It is worthy of note that this art-movement in

Liege is due not to any new-fangled caprice or any
stale tradition, but is really the sincere expression
of a true and original conception of decorative art.

F. K.

MUNICH.—The Spring Exhibition
of the " Secession " closed at the
end of April, and early in June
the Summer show was opened, as
was also that of the Artists' Asso-
ciation—or " Kiinstlergenossenschaft." The mem-
bers of the latter give evidence of having learnt
something from their rivals, the Secessionists.
Although the Glass Palace contains no specially
remarkable works, and despite the fact that several
of its shining lights, especially that tasteful and
talented artist F. A. von Kaulbach, are very
modestly represented, the exhibition is distinctly
above the average, by reason of the unregretted
absence of the numerous " pot-boilers " which took
up so much room in former years. Of course, there
have always been many excellent works on view,

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