Studio- Talk
The club known as "La Libre Esthetique " is It is sad to think, when admiring one of the most
in the habit of devoting one of its galleries to a remarkable productions in the Museum—M. P. de
collection of the works of some one artist. Last Vigne's marble statue, LImmortalite—that the
year it was Carriere and his monochrome paint- creator of this noble work, so fine in workmanship,
ings, so full of inner meaning. This year the and so pure in style, is lost for ever to the world
artist selected is, Albert Besnard, a painter of of art: for a lamentable malady has completely
almost pyrotechnic destroyed the delicate
style, with all his ■^^^^^^^^^■■^^^^■^^^^^■^^B genius which was de-
H^^^^^^|^|^HPH^^^^^HH the
A greater contrast B^T^B the Belgian school of
could not be ima- . sculpture,
gined Hkib , F. K.
tures which has been
held for the last
For the rest, the ^ , T ON DON.
chief attraction in the AiUB ThG Whlte"
Applied Arts section JM chaPel Plc"
will be a suite of A .Jft 1 J ^ Gallery,
.j of which we
rooms constructed,
c , , M^^^^ 1M give an illustration, is
furnished, and deco- I HI r
. j , ... / ■ intended to provide a
rated by the architect Wf - mT ■] 1
TT . , . ... permanent home for
Horta, who hitherto 1 H • • •
, . , the exhibition of pic-
has never taken part BT \ 11
in any exhibition. In It I
former years the ar- VVlBt BJ
rangement and the * seventeen years in
ornamentation of W ,4$ Whitechapel, and to
these apartments have M house that nucleus
, , , , -\r ^^ iMi ■ which it is hoped will
been entrusted to M. ■ .§« \
„ „ . r T. < gradually swell and
G. Serrurier, of Liege, . W6,t*^»«t . ,
, . ^W* grow into the " Na-
and some time ago flR^. .
„, „ Bl .. . tional Gallery of
I he Studio repro- ™ *™ , J
, , c , • East London. The
duced a series of his
, 9t* . ■ illustration is from
charming interiors. ^gfl
the pastel and guache
drawing shown last
The reorganisation ■ i year at the Royal
of the Sculpture Gal- * Academy, but natu-
lery in the Musee de rally loses mucn of
Bruxelles has been its effect when trans-
completed, and it no Hk lated into terms of
longer wears the cold black and white. For
and monotonous ap- ■■VflVflVJHP^: .1evidently the idea of
pearance once so Mr. G Harrison
justly urged against it. " hebb," marble statue by ruth canton Townsend, the archi-
The bronzes and {By permission of the Art Unim of London) tect, has been to re-
terra-cotta works have gard his building as a
been placed among the marbles ; splendid Brus- colour-study as well as from the purely architectonic
sels tapestries of the sixteenth- century form a point of view. To this end serve the warm yellow
sumptuous decoration for the walls, and two tone of the exterior wall work, the bands of Cipolino
large china vases, in cloisonne work—the gift of marble in the centre portion, the reddish-yellow and
Madame de Ronge—placed at either end of the. white marble of the central doorway, and the green
gallery, in the centre of a parterre of foliage, add slates of the flanking towers. As a matter of fact,
the finishing touch to a most harmonious arrange- the hipped roof, necessarily shown on a design
ment. which is elevational, would barely assert itself at all
The club known as "La Libre Esthetique " is It is sad to think, when admiring one of the most
in the habit of devoting one of its galleries to a remarkable productions in the Museum—M. P. de
collection of the works of some one artist. Last Vigne's marble statue, LImmortalite—that the
year it was Carriere and his monochrome paint- creator of this noble work, so fine in workmanship,
ings, so full of inner meaning. This year the and so pure in style, is lost for ever to the world
artist selected is, Albert Besnard, a painter of of art: for a lamentable malady has completely
almost pyrotechnic destroyed the delicate
style, with all his ■^^^^^^^^^■■^^^^■^^^^^■^^B genius which was de-
H^^^^^^|^|^HPH^^^^^HH the
A greater contrast B^T^B the Belgian school of
could not be ima- . sculpture,
gined Hkib , F. K.
tures which has been
held for the last
For the rest, the ^ , T ON DON.
chief attraction in the AiUB ThG Whlte"
Applied Arts section JM chaPel Plc"
will be a suite of A .Jft 1 J ^ Gallery,
.j of which we
rooms constructed,
c , , M^^^^ 1M give an illustration, is
furnished, and deco- I HI r
. j , ... / ■ intended to provide a
rated by the architect Wf - mT ■] 1
TT . , . ... permanent home for
Horta, who hitherto 1 H • • •
, . , the exhibition of pic-
has never taken part BT \ 11
in any exhibition. In It I
former years the ar- VVlBt BJ
rangement and the * seventeen years in
ornamentation of W ,4$ Whitechapel, and to
these apartments have M house that nucleus
, , , , -\r ^^ iMi ■ which it is hoped will
been entrusted to M. ■ .§« \
„ „ . r T. < gradually swell and
G. Serrurier, of Liege, . W6,t*^»«t . ,
, . ^W* grow into the " Na-
and some time ago flR^. .
„, „ Bl .. . tional Gallery of
I he Studio repro- ™ *™ , J
, , c , • East London. The
duced a series of his
, 9t* . ■ illustration is from
charming interiors. ^gfl
the pastel and guache
drawing shown last
The reorganisation ■ i year at the Royal
of the Sculpture Gal- * Academy, but natu-
lery in the Musee de rally loses mucn of
Bruxelles has been its effect when trans-
completed, and it no Hk lated into terms of
longer wears the cold black and white. For
and monotonous ap- ■■VflVflVJHP^: .1evidently the idea of
pearance once so Mr. G Harrison
justly urged against it. " hebb," marble statue by ruth canton Townsend, the archi-
The bronzes and {By permission of the Art Unim of London) tect, has been to re-
terra-cotta works have gard his building as a
been placed among the marbles ; splendid Brus- colour-study as well as from the purely architectonic
sels tapestries of the sixteenth- century form a point of view. To this end serve the warm yellow
sumptuous decoration for the walls, and two tone of the exterior wall work, the bands of Cipolino
large china vases, in cloisonne work—the gift of marble in the centre portion, the reddish-yellow and
Madame de Ronge—placed at either end of the. white marble of the central doorway, and the green
gallery, in the centre of a parterre of foliage, add slates of the flanking towers. As a matter of fact,
the finishing touch to a most harmonious arrange- the hipped roof, necessarily shown on a design
ment. which is elevational, would barely assert itself at all