Studio: international art (11.1897)

Studio-Talk

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Since the fall of the Empire
and the establishment of the
Republican regime, the seve-
ral States have, in conse-
quence of the freer autonomy
granted to them, started new-
institutions in their capitals ;
and no less than five, namely,
the States of Para, Bahia,
Rio de Janeiro, S. Paulo,
and Parana, have opened
fine art schools, which are
doing well, and promise very
good results. Annual art
exhibitions take place in all
these capitals, and the inte-
rest in art matters is becom-
ing more and more wide-
spread and universal. In
Rio there is a very large art
gallery, and four important
annual exhibitions are held,
besides several minor shows
which are usually of an inte-
resting character.

We possess a Fine Art
School, which was estab-
lished in 1824 by the
founder of the Empire,
when Brazil separated from
Portugal. H.I.M. Peter I.
invited half a dozen French
artists to come to Brazil;
and these French painters,
sculptors, and architects were
the founders of the Rio Pine masque in tinted ivory, bronze and enamel by eernand khnopff