DOI Heft:
No. 54 (September, 1897)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18389#0299
Studio- Talk
domestic animals or still life ; and in justice it
must be said that in this direction the Belgians
have done very well, all their workmanlike gifts
being displayed with the best effects—and conse-
quently there are plenty of nice pieces of colouring,
The same remark applies to the sculpture; in fact,
although there are few traces of intellectual effort,
at any rate the material part of the work has not
been neglected, and in many instances the happiest
results have been achieved.
The French school might justly feel aggrieved
were we to judge it by the exhibits sent to Brussels.
The display by the French artists is decidedly
below the average, and yet in a way it represents
only too accurately the present state of art in
France. It is nothing but studied "virtuosity,"
revealing a style acquired with no labour, and quite
beyond control; while in form and colour and
subject these works are of the "loudest" descrip-
tion. Almost all of them seem to have been done
just to win a medal, or gain a momentary success
in one of the Salons. F. K.
"la petite princesse"
PARIS.—A new bridge—" Le Pont Mira-
beau "—was recently opened on the
Seine. It is constructed entirely of
iron, forming one immense arch, boldly
thrown from one bank to the other,
after the fashion of the famous Galerie des
Machines, which was, perhaps, the only real piece
of architectural art work in the exhibition of 1889.
The Pont Mirabeau possesses the great and rare
merit of extreme simplicity and utility. In the first
place it is not overloaded with ornamentation and
complicated balustrades. The two piles support-
ing the structure are simply decorated, almost
to the water level, with dark bronze ornamentation,
relieved by a little gilt by way of detail; and this
decoration is marked by fine subdued lines. The
ornamentation is the work of the sculptor, Injal-
bert. All the iron portions of the bridge are
painted dark red. The general effect is most happy,
thanks to its lightness and harmony. It is to be
hoped the "Pont Alexandre III.," which is now
in course of construction, and is to unite the
Cours-la-Reine with the Esplanade des Invalides,
from a painting by jean veber
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domestic animals or still life ; and in justice it
must be said that in this direction the Belgians
have done very well, all their workmanlike gifts
being displayed with the best effects—and conse-
quently there are plenty of nice pieces of colouring,
The same remark applies to the sculpture; in fact,
although there are few traces of intellectual effort,
at any rate the material part of the work has not
been neglected, and in many instances the happiest
results have been achieved.
The French school might justly feel aggrieved
were we to judge it by the exhibits sent to Brussels.
The display by the French artists is decidedly
below the average, and yet in a way it represents
only too accurately the present state of art in
France. It is nothing but studied "virtuosity,"
revealing a style acquired with no labour, and quite
beyond control; while in form and colour and
subject these works are of the "loudest" descrip-
tion. Almost all of them seem to have been done
just to win a medal, or gain a momentary success
in one of the Salons. F. K.
"la petite princesse"
PARIS.—A new bridge—" Le Pont Mira-
beau "—was recently opened on the
Seine. It is constructed entirely of
iron, forming one immense arch, boldly
thrown from one bank to the other,
after the fashion of the famous Galerie des
Machines, which was, perhaps, the only real piece
of architectural art work in the exhibition of 1889.
The Pont Mirabeau possesses the great and rare
merit of extreme simplicity and utility. In the first
place it is not overloaded with ornamentation and
complicated balustrades. The two piles support-
ing the structure are simply decorated, almost
to the water level, with dark bronze ornamentation,
relieved by a little gilt by way of detail; and this
decoration is marked by fine subdued lines. The
ornamentation is the work of the sculptor, Injal-
bert. All the iron portions of the bridge are
painted dark red. The general effect is most happy,
thanks to its lightness and harmony. It is to be
hoped the "Pont Alexandre III.," which is now
in course of construction, and is to unite the
Cours-la-Reine with the Esplanade des Invalides,
from a painting by jean veber
269