Studio: international art (13.1898)

Studio-Talk

rather quieter and milder in expression than the
subject requires. _

Iklmiro de Almeida sent four paintings which
attracted the immediate attention of visitors. He
has come home from Paris with some notable
modifications in his technique; it is now ampler,
lighter and steadier. His colouring is bright and
pleasant, and his composition and draughtsmanship
may always be relied upon. Ready for the Fair,
his greatest effort this year, shows a young and
pretty Portuguese peasant-girl in her Sunday gar-
ments of red cloth, with the characteristic large
earrings and the national kerchief as a head-covering.
The impression is very fresh and exhilarating, and
the work is executed in the artist's most delicate
manner. Souza Pinto, the Portuguese artist so
well known in Paris, sent a very fine landscape with
cows, in his most recent manner.

Rodolpho Amoedo had two good portraits; that
of Mme. Le V--, a not very easy model, pre-
sented some difficulty which his brush overcame
with credit. That of Mile. N. C. was bright and
full of character, and A Summer Afternoon was
especially brilliant in colour. Benjamin Parlagreco
is an Italian artist who has settled in Rio. He
is a good landscapist, and understands certain
sides of Brazilian scenery, more especially the
mountains, which his brush renders faithfully in
spite of the fact that he is something of a man-
nerist. Almeida Junior, one of our most talented
national artists, was not so well represented
as usual. Diana Cid, a pupil of Aman-Jean,
whose delicate manner she follows, sent two well-
drawn and well-painted portraits, full of charm.
She had also a study of the nude, which was very
true in colour. Oscar Pereira da Silva, another
rising artist, who always distinguishes himself as a
correct draughtsman, exhibited only two small
paintings.

I should also mention two small landscapes by
Gustavo dall' Ara ; a Parisian landscape and some
beautiful flowers by Joao Baptista da Costa, now
travelling in Europe ; a seascape by Lopes Rod-
rigues ; and a good portrait by Mary Manso Sayao.
Rodolpho Pernardelli had only one work in the
Exhibition, a spirited bust in plaster of a handsome
young lady. The artist is now too much occupied
with his equestrian statue of the late Duke of
Caxias to devote his attention to other productions.

C. A. S.

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AUSTRALIA. In Melbourne the Vic-
torian Society of Artists have sus-
pended their usual Spring exhibition.
To help the reduction of the heavy
debt existing on their line new gal-
leries, they have let the buildings to the University
Conservatorium of Music, for whom it furnishes a
splendid suite of class-rooms. I Hiring the ( hrist-
mas Long Vacation of the University, the Society
will hold a six weeks' Summer Exhibition in the
months of January and February.

In Sydney the Art Society of New South Wales
closed its annual exhibition on October 16, after a
very successful season of five weeks. The new-
Society of Artists followed, and its exhibition is
still running and drawing large attendances.

In Adelaide the Chief Justice opened the
Summer Exhibition of the Easel Club on Novem-
ber 16. This Society, now seven or eight years
old, is in a very prosperous condition, under its
president, Mr. James Ashton.

The general attention of all artists in Australia
is now focussed on the forthcoming Australian
Exhibition in London. The trustees of the
National Gallery in Sydney have issued a pro
spectus of an exhibition of Australian Art, which is
to be held under their management in London in
April and May next at the Grafton Galleries. The
necessary funds have been liberally given by
Miss Edith Walker, of Concord, in New South
Wales, and the enterprise has the official support
of the Government of that colony. The finest of
the Australian works from the National Galleries
of Sydney and Melbourne will be lent to the exhi-
bition, and contributions from living Australian
artists are being invited from all the colonies on
the Australian continent and from New Zealand
and Tasmania.

The works of Australian artists now living in
Europe are equally eligible, if executed in Aus-
tralia. Eligible work now in England must be
submitted to the London Selection Committee,
through the committee's secretary, Mr. A. H.
Greening, 13 Fenchurch Avenue, London, E.G.
The exhibition will certainly be a novel and
interesting attraction.

J. L