Studio: international art (17.1899)

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city till the corporation provide a place in which to
hang it. At present the Bristol Academy is pre-
senting a free exhibition to the public, local artists
having come forward nobly with gifts of canvases to
assist in swelling the number of pictures already in
the possession of the committee ; but it is felt, and
justly so, that the lack of a municipal gallery in a
city of this size is a standing disgrace to its inhabit-
ants and their corporation.

and under the auspices of the architects, Messrs.
Olbrich and Hofmann, well seconded by Messrs.
Moser, Engelhart, and others, they contrive to
give to the decorative arrangement of their build-
ing a fresh character with every new exhibition.
This shows a spirit of enterprise and good judg-
ment which cannot fail to act beneficially on the
public in general. It moreover helps to stimu'ate
the progress of the modern art of this country in
a wholesome manner.

BY THERESA FEODOROWNA RIES

BUST OF MARK TWAIN

Plastic art was exhibited
on a large scale by an
over-life-size plaster group
(by the sculptor Arthur
Strasser) representing Marc
Antony driving a chariot
drawn by four tame lions.
This large group will be
executed in bronze and
placed in a public square
between the two National
Museums on the Burg-
Ring. In addition to this
the monument erected to
the memory of the Arch-
duke Albrecht has been
unveiled. It is an eques-
trian statue, of a somewhat
conventional character, by
Professor Zumbusch, and
has been placed in a
favourable position on the
high platform in front of
the Albertina Gallery, the
famous building, contain-
ing the fine collection
of drawings by old and
modern masters, which was
presented to the State by
the deceased Archduke.

VIENNA.—In the course ot the past
four months there has been a suc-
cession of modern art exhibitions in
Vienna. Excellent foreign art is now
displayed at almost every exhibition
here, but it is the home product that is steadily
gaining ground and deserves particular attention.

Besides these monu-
mental plaster groups there
■were some interesting portrait-busts in marble, by
Theresa FeodorownaRies, a young Russian sculptor
who has been living for some years in Vienna.
The lady has been studying for a short time under
the guidance of Professor Edmund Hellmar, whose
marble bust she exhibited, besides several others,
in the exhibition of the Secessionists. At the
present time the artist is working by herself in an
independent and vigorous style, to which some
larger works can bear witness. Her strong in-

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The Secessionists are making admirable progress,