DOI issue:
No. 70 (January 1899)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19230#0316
Studio-Talk
to the catalogue of this exhibition, " M. Raffaelli greater length to the work of M. Simas, who is
has put into his work, perhaps unconsciously, his playing a conspicuous part in the decorative move-
very best." These proofs, printed from a mini- ment in France to-day.
mum of twenty-five to a maximum of one hundred •--
each, give complete expression of the ability of an The last production of the medallist Vernon, the
artist whose earlier work had already won for him author of La Bicyclette and so many other delight-
the admiration of all who love true and honest ful creations (see The Studio, September 1898),
art. is a medal commemorating the centenary of the
reunion of the Republic of Mulhouse with the
M. Simas has designed nine cartoons for the French Republic (1798-1898). This will be con-
earthenware panels with which it is intended to sidered, I believe, one of his most characteristic
ornament the large hall of the new railway station works. _
at Tours, the final work having been executed by
the Manufacture de Sarreguenines. They repre- An exhibition of the works of the painter-en-
sent the Chateau d'Amboise, the Pont de Cahors, graver, Evert van Muyden (see The Studio,
Fontarabie, Saint Jean-de-Luz, La Cite de Carcas- Vol. XIV., No. 63) at M. Hessele's little gallery in
sonne, Arcachon, &c. This is not M. Simas' first the Rue Laffitte, enables one to gain a general
attempt of the sort. His faience decoration is idea of the artist's abilities. The original drawings,
marked by much imagination of line, very charac- the etchings, and the lithographs displayed consist
teristic colouring, a keen appreciation of the pos- of animal studies of exceptional merit,
sibilities of the ultimate material, and a general -
sense of fitness, worthy of all praise. He has just Mr. Swan apart, I know no artist who has
completed two other panels representingZ« Perigord succeeded better in "fixing" the movements, the
and La Bresse, in which he gives evidence of a attitudes, the physiological aspects of animals,
feeling for nature seldom seen in earthenware. I whether tigers, lions, monkeys, horses, goats, or
shall take an early opportunity of referring at dogs.
BY M. LACHENAL
to the catalogue of this exhibition, " M. Raffaelli greater length to the work of M. Simas, who is
has put into his work, perhaps unconsciously, his playing a conspicuous part in the decorative move-
very best." These proofs, printed from a mini- ment in France to-day.
mum of twenty-five to a maximum of one hundred •--
each, give complete expression of the ability of an The last production of the medallist Vernon, the
artist whose earlier work had already won for him author of La Bicyclette and so many other delight-
the admiration of all who love true and honest ful creations (see The Studio, September 1898),
art. is a medal commemorating the centenary of the
reunion of the Republic of Mulhouse with the
M. Simas has designed nine cartoons for the French Republic (1798-1898). This will be con-
earthenware panels with which it is intended to sidered, I believe, one of his most characteristic
ornament the large hall of the new railway station works. _
at Tours, the final work having been executed by
the Manufacture de Sarreguenines. They repre- An exhibition of the works of the painter-en-
sent the Chateau d'Amboise, the Pont de Cahors, graver, Evert van Muyden (see The Studio,
Fontarabie, Saint Jean-de-Luz, La Cite de Carcas- Vol. XIV., No. 63) at M. Hessele's little gallery in
sonne, Arcachon, &c. This is not M. Simas' first the Rue Laffitte, enables one to gain a general
attempt of the sort. His faience decoration is idea of the artist's abilities. The original drawings,
marked by much imagination of line, very charac- the etchings, and the lithographs displayed consist
teristic colouring, a keen appreciation of the pos- of animal studies of exceptional merit,
sibilities of the ultimate material, and a general -
sense of fitness, worthy of all praise. He has just Mr. Swan apart, I know no artist who has
completed two other panels representingZ« Perigord succeeded better in "fixing" the movements, the
and La Bresse, in which he gives evidence of a attitudes, the physiological aspects of animals,
feeling for nature seldom seen in earthenware. I whether tigers, lions, monkeys, horses, goats, or
shall take an early opportunity of referring at dogs.
BY M. LACHENAL