Studio: international art (17.1899)

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accompanying illustrations give a good idea of the
painter’s methods. S. F.

As for the sculptors, they are all under the influence
of M. Lambeaux, and are careful to imitate his
defects. The bust by M. Nocquet, however, is
well and clearly modelled.

BRUSSELS. — The exhibition of the
“ Sillon ” is now on view at the Musee
de Bruxelles. At the first glance the
visitor is conscious of nothing but a
number of colossal nudes, gigantic
portraits, and harsh, massive landscapes, all “ turned
out ” in much the same fashion. One might easily
confound the works of MM. Bastien, Smeers,
Moerenhout, Blieck, and Wagemans ; for they all
display the same loudness of colouring, the same
commonplace methods, the same overloading of
varnish. MM. Gouweloos, Matthieu, and Ver-
dussen also seem attracted by these cheap effects,
but the fascination will probably not last long.
The charming portrait exhibited by M. G. De La
Perche claims one’s attention and soothes the eye
by its delicate qualities, as do also the pictures by
MM. G. M. Stevens, Delgouffre, and H. Meunier.

The display of large pieces of sculpture being
impracticable in the rooms available at the Musee,
the committee of the Societe des Beaux Arts
de Bruxelles have been compelled this year
to instal their Salon in the large galleries of
the Cercle Artistique. The arrangement of this
exhibition has met with universal approval, and it
contains many works of high merit. Foreign
schools are well represented, and there are many
new Belgian works of considerable importance.
The charming composition Dawn, by F. Dicksee,
R.A., D. Murray’s large landscape The Angler,
and W. Holman Hunt’s remarkable work May-
Day at Magdalen Tower, Oxford, occupy pro-
minent positions, and serve to emphasise once
more the sincerity and the dignity of modern
English painting. French
painting is represented by
M. E. R. Menard, who
contributes the finest por-
trait in the whole exhibi-
tion—Portrait de ma mere
—and a fugement de Paris,
a fine work, somewhat
suggestive of Watteau.
M. Segantini sends a
number of Alpine scenes ;
M. E. Wauters, the cele-
brated Belgian painter,
exhibits several broadly-
handled pastels and a
large oil-painting. The
Belgian landscapists are
many and various—among
them being MM. Ter Lin-
den, Claus, R. Wytsman,
Courtens, Gilsoul, and
Binje. MM. Verhaeren,
hrederic and Janssens
contribute some delicate
interiors, M. Pokitonow,
a Russian landscapist,
some microscopic paint-
ings, and M. Delvin a
study of a horse.

As was the case last year
the Belgian sculptors have

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