Studio-Talk
DESIGN FOR A NEWSPAPER COVER
Mr. Lenz gives what may be termed a symphony
in blue in his large canvas entitled A Bay Bream
(illustrated on page 129). There is a graceful charm
and a dreamy yet sparkling beauty about this work
which renders it a fine piece of imaginative painting.
The dancing maidens are of a distinctly Viennese
type, slightly idealised into dreamland. The
sky and the whole keynote of the picture is a
variegated combination of rich deep blues and
greens, with the white flowers delicately dotted
about the meadow. The garlands of the fairies are
sprinkled with gold, and the whole is cast in the
fading lines of approaching twilight.
Quite of a different stamp, very true and power-
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BY ANTONIO RIZZI
F
, LORE NOE.—
The Florentine
Society for the
Promotion of
the Fine Arts
has lately closed its annual exhibition of painting
and sculpture. The show of pictures was unfor-
tunately so thoroughly tainted by the merely pretty
that one would have been glad of even a strident
note to break the monotony. The work was for the
most part conscientious, but was flat, wanting in
atmosphere, quite unenthusiastic. A small picture
by Giuseppe Ricci stood out, however, for truth
and solidity. It is entitled La Questua nell' Ora-
torioand is excellent in its treatment of the white
dress of the questuante, of the white cloth on the
prie-dieu, of the white veils of the children, shadowed
and toned in the mysterious light of the church.
The red drapery behind shows the same truth of
light effect. The heads of the children before
fully characterised, are the
studies in pastels of Gali-
cian peasantry by Mr.
Ferdinand Andri, of which
we give an example on
page 130. The young
artist has come before the
public for the first time
this year with a collection
of pastels, oil studies, and
sketches, which betray
an earnest and vigorous
talent.
There was also an inter-
esting triptych by a young
Austrian, Ferdinand
Dorsch, called Ein
deutsches Lied. A fine
etching by Mr. Ferdinand
Schmutzer, giving a life-
like study of the features
of the honorary President,
Mr. Rudolf von Alt, is also
worthy of praise. Messrs.
Klimt, Moll, Engelhart,
Stohr, Roller, and Hiinisch
were likewise seen to ad-
vantage in several works
of original character,
though not all of equal
merit. W. S.
DESIGN FOR A NEWSPAPER COVER
Mr. Lenz gives what may be termed a symphony
in blue in his large canvas entitled A Bay Bream
(illustrated on page 129). There is a graceful charm
and a dreamy yet sparkling beauty about this work
which renders it a fine piece of imaginative painting.
The dancing maidens are of a distinctly Viennese
type, slightly idealised into dreamland. The
sky and the whole keynote of the picture is a
variegated combination of rich deep blues and
greens, with the white flowers delicately dotted
about the meadow. The garlands of the fairies are
sprinkled with gold, and the whole is cast in the
fading lines of approaching twilight.
Quite of a different stamp, very true and power-
's2
BY ANTONIO RIZZI
F
, LORE NOE.—
The Florentine
Society for the
Promotion of
the Fine Arts
has lately closed its annual exhibition of painting
and sculpture. The show of pictures was unfor-
tunately so thoroughly tainted by the merely pretty
that one would have been glad of even a strident
note to break the monotony. The work was for the
most part conscientious, but was flat, wanting in
atmosphere, quite unenthusiastic. A small picture
by Giuseppe Ricci stood out, however, for truth
and solidity. It is entitled La Questua nell' Ora-
torioand is excellent in its treatment of the white
dress of the questuante, of the white cloth on the
prie-dieu, of the white veils of the children, shadowed
and toned in the mysterious light of the church.
The red drapery behind shows the same truth of
light effect. The heads of the children before
fully characterised, are the
studies in pastels of Gali-
cian peasantry by Mr.
Ferdinand Andri, of which
we give an example on
page 130. The young
artist has come before the
public for the first time
this year with a collection
of pastels, oil studies, and
sketches, which betray
an earnest and vigorous
talent.
There was also an inter-
esting triptych by a young
Austrian, Ferdinand
Dorsch, called Ein
deutsches Lied. A fine
etching by Mr. Ferdinand
Schmutzer, giving a life-
like study of the features
of the honorary President,
Mr. Rudolf von Alt, is also
worthy of praise. Messrs.
Klimt, Moll, Engelhart,
Stohr, Roller, and Hiinisch
were likewise seen to ad-
vantage in several works
of original character,
though not all of equal
merit. W. S.