Studio: international art (13.1898)

Studio-Talk

less to discuss these wonderful works further,
after the recent article in The Studio from the
pen of Mrs. Cecilia Waern. Enough to say that
they constitute the clou of the whole Exhibition,
for there is nothing more truly deserving of
attention than these superb productions.

In neighbouring cases are displayed the deli-
cate, pale-tinted porcelains from the Royal
Manufactory, Copenhagen, together with the

"filette" by tiieo van rysselberghe

ingenious pewter work of M. Karl Gross, of
Munich; vases, dishes, and works of ceramic
art by MM. Bing and Groendahl, of Copen-
hagen ; the extensive exhibits of the " Societe
1 )anoise du Livre" ; the embroideries of Miles.
Ida and Carlotta Brinckmann, of Hamburg;
and the batiks by M. J. Thornprikker, of La
Haye. Proceeding further we come upon the
bronzes (vases, figures, and animals) by Mr. P.
Weyland Bartlett, most ingenious and skilful in
composition and admirably oxidised; the bronze
statuettes by M. V. Vallgren; the pewter work
of M. J. Desbois, and the bronze plaquettes by

embroidered panel

by mdlle. l. g. van maltemburgh

M. A. Charpentier, whose style is growing more
and more refined.

Other notable productions are the wrought-
iron brackets by M. Otto Eckmann, of Berlin,
displaying an ensemble of charming lines; M.
Fritz Rentsch's (Dresden) richly coloured tapes-
tries, both embroidered and painted; the delicate
objects of applied art by MM. Plumet and
Selmersheim, of Paris ; and lastly, the " schemes "
and " designs " by Mile. Huez and M. G. Combaz,
of Brussels. The poster, by M. Combaz, an-
nouncing the opening of this Salon, is most happily
conceived, and shows genuine progress on the part
of the designer.

In the picture galleries one of the finest can-
vases is M. Alfred Verhaeren's Interieur d'Eglise.
This is a superb production, admirable in colour,
of masterly execution and profound feeling.
M. Frederic's La Nature, in spite of the fact
that it is overloaded with detail, is nevertheless

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