Studio: international art (11.1897)

Studio- Talk

by Weygers; Dupon's Belluaire, in ivory and
bronze ; a very fine medallion by I)e Rudder; and
the large wedding casket by Fernand Dubois,
representing the Ages of Man in low-relief. Also
well worthy of mention are the large " Swan"
vases by Wolfers, a splendid swan in bronze with
its neck encircling an ivory pillar, with a spotted
base. Fernand Khnopff's Masque in tinted ivory,
bronze and enamel, on a small column; and the
various figures by De Vreese, Des Enfans, Mathe-
lin, and Le Roy.

M. Vander Stappen, whose exhibit was a little
late, has sent a superb contribution. The work,
which is to form the prize in connection with the
forthcoming tombola at the Exhibition, consists of
a female figure in ivory. The face is stern, and
she raises aloft a sword incrusted with jewels.
Around the silver-gilt base are coiled a dragon with
a black diamond in its jaws, and a demon, sym-
bolical of vice. He also sends a bust of a girl in
a golden helmet. Her expression is full of mystery,

and her finger is on her lip. The chief point of
interest in this work is the ingenuity shown by the
artist in combining the armour and the head-piece
with such parts of the face and neck and hand as
are visible, in such a way that the metal and the
ivory are united without a join being seen in any
part.

This also is one of the merits of M. Vincotte's
charming bust of Madame E. exhibited in the
Fine Arts section of the Exhibition. This is one
of the finest efforts of a sculptor who has no
equal to-day in his own special branch of this art.

F. K.

RIO DE JANEIRO.—If only in a
very modest degree, there is, never-
theless, in Brazil an art culture which
is slowly but steadily developing, and
which will very naturally grow and
become important as the country in general be-
comes richer, more populous, and more enlightened.

SALON DES GRANDES CULTURES AT THE BRUSSELS EXHIBITION

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