Studio: international art (11.1897)

Studio-Talk

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scheme, and perfect as to its technical qualities and
execution. By the kindness of M. Forain five of
these cartoons are now reproduced here. They
have not been published before.

Two works b)- Forain have recently appeared.
One is Doux Pays, a collection of drawings which
have been presented every week in the Figaro,
dealing with politics and topics of the hour; and
the second is La Vie, comprising the best of his
drawings, together with their Icgendes, which have
seen the light in the pages of various reviews and
periodicals during the past few years. Doux Pays
deals with political events during the three presi-
dencies of MM. Carnot, Casimir-Perier, and Felix
Fame respectively. They are truly characteristic
"documents" of French political life to-day.

In connection with this year's exhibition, there
was a great deal of talk about the ceramic work
and the other kindred art productions which we
were to see this spring at the Champ de Mars. A
very " official," and at the same time most incon-
gruous group of persons was selected for the work
of administration, as members of the committer,
judges, (Sec. Among them were inspectors of fine
arts and manufacturers, art critics and china dealers.
Despite all this the results were no more satisfactory
than before. Nevertheless the idea was excellent,
and cannot be too warmly supported, although in
this instance it did not prove a complete success.

Except for a few individual exhibits by artists
with whom we have long been acquainted, and who
tell us nothing new, the exhibition for the most part
simply consisted of a collection of works of no possi-
ble interest, and offensive works into the bargain.

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