DOI Heft:
No. 81 (December, 1899)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19783#0234
Studio- Talk
scope for representing fine furniture, porcelains, and perfect in its drawing, and the artist, Correia Lima,
bronzes, but there are times when he pays too is fortunate in the expression he has given to the
much attention to such details, spoiling the unity face. A plaster bust of the late Admiral Saldanha
and harmony of the whole. His two pictures da Gama and a pretty head of a roguish girl are the
Coquetry and an Interior have a good colour works of Dona Nicolina de Assis, an unquestion-
scheme and well-painted figures. ably clever artist, who has studied under Falguiere
and Rodolpho Bernardelli. A word of praise is
- due also to the exhibits of Auguste Girardet, an
earnest and clever artist who has excelled here in
Benno Treidler, the master artist in water-colour, the art of the medallist and gem engraver,
has a fine symbolistic piece, and great credit is due
to the luminous landscapes painted by his two pupils, -
the talented sisters Anna and Maria da Cunha
Vasco, whose marked advance is recognised from I have still to speak of Joao Baptista da Costa,
year to year. Joao Moreira de Macedo and an exhibition of whose works was recently opened
Joaquim Fernandes Machado are the names of here. He has just returned from Europe with
two young artists who have this year presented about twenty-six pictures, all landscapes of a re-
works worthy of being mentioned. The former fined and simple technique, full of colour and
has a small genre painting, the Engraver, and a brilliant light, and particularly interesting in atmo-
delicate portrait of a young lady. J. F. Machado spheric effect.
has been more ambitious in his principal picture : C, A, POS S.
it is a great decorative
panel after the school of
Puvis de Chavannes, and
named After the Sin. It
represents Adam flying
from Paradise. Although
monotonous and inexpres-
sive in its colour scheme,
and failing to impart the
desired philosophical aim, it
possesses technical qualities
of no mean order. I must
also mention some good sea-
scapes by Luiz Ribiero—a
young painter who bids fair
to become distinguished in
this speciality; a very ex-
pressive and communicative
friend of the bottle, by
Auguste Petit; and a good
study of an old woman by
Nilo de Paula.
In the sculpture section I
observed only three works
worthy of note. Remorse
is the title of a charming
statue of a nude boy who
has killed a bird and is
repenting the deed. The
anatomy of the little boy is portrait [See Canada Studio-Talk) by k. wyi.y grier
209
scope for representing fine furniture, porcelains, and perfect in its drawing, and the artist, Correia Lima,
bronzes, but there are times when he pays too is fortunate in the expression he has given to the
much attention to such details, spoiling the unity face. A plaster bust of the late Admiral Saldanha
and harmony of the whole. His two pictures da Gama and a pretty head of a roguish girl are the
Coquetry and an Interior have a good colour works of Dona Nicolina de Assis, an unquestion-
scheme and well-painted figures. ably clever artist, who has studied under Falguiere
and Rodolpho Bernardelli. A word of praise is
- due also to the exhibits of Auguste Girardet, an
earnest and clever artist who has excelled here in
Benno Treidler, the master artist in water-colour, the art of the medallist and gem engraver,
has a fine symbolistic piece, and great credit is due
to the luminous landscapes painted by his two pupils, -
the talented sisters Anna and Maria da Cunha
Vasco, whose marked advance is recognised from I have still to speak of Joao Baptista da Costa,
year to year. Joao Moreira de Macedo and an exhibition of whose works was recently opened
Joaquim Fernandes Machado are the names of here. He has just returned from Europe with
two young artists who have this year presented about twenty-six pictures, all landscapes of a re-
works worthy of being mentioned. The former fined and simple technique, full of colour and
has a small genre painting, the Engraver, and a brilliant light, and particularly interesting in atmo-
delicate portrait of a young lady. J. F. Machado spheric effect.
has been more ambitious in his principal picture : C, A, POS S.
it is a great decorative
panel after the school of
Puvis de Chavannes, and
named After the Sin. It
represents Adam flying
from Paradise. Although
monotonous and inexpres-
sive in its colour scheme,
and failing to impart the
desired philosophical aim, it
possesses technical qualities
of no mean order. I must
also mention some good sea-
scapes by Luiz Ribiero—a
young painter who bids fair
to become distinguished in
this speciality; a very ex-
pressive and communicative
friend of the bottle, by
Auguste Petit; and a good
study of an old woman by
Nilo de Paula.
In the sculpture section I
observed only three works
worthy of note. Remorse
is the title of a charming
statue of a nude boy who
has killed a bird and is
repenting the deed. The
anatomy of the little boy is portrait [See Canada Studio-Talk) by k. wyi.y grier
209