DOI issue:
No. 64 (July, 1898)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21969#0162
Shidio-Talk
M. Carabin is an artist no whit less
conscientious and estimable than M.
Bather; but with regard to his Fon-
taine-lavabo, I can only repeat what I
said a year or two ago about his
furniture. The new work, like the
old, is to my eyes absolutely devoid
of taste, and lacking in everything
that is essential in decorative work,
both in idea and in execution.
The most noticeable work is to be
found among the pottery, but even
here we are struck by nothing par-
ticularly fresh. Still, one feels a
sensation of true artistic delight at
seeing once more the lovely forms,
the charming colours, and the rich
material of M. A. Delaherche’s
stoneware. After him come MM.
Dammouse, Dalpayrat, and Lesbros,
138
who contribute some interesting and uncommon
work; while M. Hans Lerche’s bowls are also
worthy of remark.
M. Emile Galle makes an imposing display of
vases in marqueterie, and of glass figured and plain.
His work shows plenty of imagination; but it
cannot vie with the profuse and wonderful exhibit
of M. Louis C. Tiffany, nor yet console us for the
absence of M. Karl Koepping.
In the department of ornamental leather work,
bindings, &c., the exhibits by Mme. Thaulow,
wife of the well-known Norwegian landscapist,
PARIS.—The Decorative Art Section at
the Exhibition of the Societe Nationale
des Beaux Arts (formerly known as the
Salon of the Champ de Mars) fur-
nishes unhappily but little that is novel
this year. Altogether the display is mediocre, and
it is no easy matter to find any work of real
interest.
The Decoration de Salle-d-manger, by M. Jean
Baffler, while deserving of. consideration as a sincere
and an important artistic effort, is nevertheless, in
all candour, a lamentable mistake. It is quite
unnecessary to employ so many symbols in the
making of a mantelpiece and the decoration of a
dining-room. The work, it would
appear, is designed in glorification
of the Celtic tradition; M. Baffler
devoting a whole page in the cata-
logue to explain his intentions, which
clearly proves that, had he not under-
lined them, we should never have
succeeded in discovering them for
ourselves. It is distressing to see an
artist of such merit go astray in this
way. His pewter work, on the other
hand, is far superior, despite a certain
heaviness which somewhat spoils the
effect.
FIRE-SCREEN
BY M. BONVALLET
M. Carabin is an artist no whit less
conscientious and estimable than M.
Bather; but with regard to his Fon-
taine-lavabo, I can only repeat what I
said a year or two ago about his
furniture. The new work, like the
old, is to my eyes absolutely devoid
of taste, and lacking in everything
that is essential in decorative work,
both in idea and in execution.
The most noticeable work is to be
found among the pottery, but even
here we are struck by nothing par-
ticularly fresh. Still, one feels a
sensation of true artistic delight at
seeing once more the lovely forms,
the charming colours, and the rich
material of M. A. Delaherche’s
stoneware. After him come MM.
Dammouse, Dalpayrat, and Lesbros,
138
who contribute some interesting and uncommon
work; while M. Hans Lerche’s bowls are also
worthy of remark.
M. Emile Galle makes an imposing display of
vases in marqueterie, and of glass figured and plain.
His work shows plenty of imagination; but it
cannot vie with the profuse and wonderful exhibit
of M. Louis C. Tiffany, nor yet console us for the
absence of M. Karl Koepping.
In the department of ornamental leather work,
bindings, &c., the exhibits by Mme. Thaulow,
wife of the well-known Norwegian landscapist,
PARIS.—The Decorative Art Section at
the Exhibition of the Societe Nationale
des Beaux Arts (formerly known as the
Salon of the Champ de Mars) fur-
nishes unhappily but little that is novel
this year. Altogether the display is mediocre, and
it is no easy matter to find any work of real
interest.
The Decoration de Salle-d-manger, by M. Jean
Baffler, while deserving of. consideration as a sincere
and an important artistic effort, is nevertheless, in
all candour, a lamentable mistake. It is quite
unnecessary to employ so many symbols in the
making of a mantelpiece and the decoration of a
dining-room. The work, it would
appear, is designed in glorification
of the Celtic tradition; M. Baffler
devoting a whole page in the cata-
logue to explain his intentions, which
clearly proves that, had he not under-
lined them, we should never have
succeeded in discovering them for
ourselves. It is distressing to see an
artist of such merit go astray in this
way. His pewter work, on the other
hand, is far superior, despite a certain
heaviness which somewhat spoils the
effect.
FIRE-SCREEN
BY M. BONVALLET