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great French artist, I'uvis de Chavannes, for whom for children's books); Henri Riviere, Eugene
he expressed the utmost admiration. F. K. Carriere, Charles Maurin, P. Uupont, Vallotton,
Jeanniot, and that group of congenial artists who
ORDEAUX.—" L'Art Moderne " is the may be classed under the title of the " fathers of
title of a society which has just been the modern affiche" in Paris: Steinlen, Grasset,
founded here, with the object of culti- Cheret, Toulouse-Lautrec, Forain, and Leandre.
vating, by private and by public ---
initiative, a taste for industrial art among us. The English art was strongly represented by three
first exhibition opened on the 17th of January, of its most pronounced characters in the present
and was entirely successful. Among the local stage of contemporary art and handicraft: Nichol-
artists who exhibited were MM. Arenson and son, Walter Crane, and Frank Brangwyn. Mr.
Bugincourt, Emile Brunet, Sem, Carme, Cosson, Nicholson's coloured prints of London Types
Lianbet, Despujol, Faure-Laubarede, Flor, Charles show us unique specimens of national character
Gautier, Gousse, Georges and Henri Hamm, and that will be classed among the truest historical
Clement Mere. Several outside artists also con- documents at the close of our 19th century,
tributed, and the " Art Nouveau," so boldly con- Aubrey Beardsley's marvellous drawing of Isolde
ducted by M. S. Bing, sent some very interesting was conspicuous among a collection of studies
specimens of Tiffany glass, with jewellery by and sketches by different British artists.
Colonna, porcelain work by Rorstrand, also pottery, -■
furniture, stuffs and carpets.
The Society is also pub-
lishing a little monthly
review, the aim of which
is to spread its doctrines
abroad. I. T.
VIENNA. — The
Winter Exhibi-
tion of the
Austrian Seces-
sionists ( " Vereinigung
Irildender Kiinstler Oester-
reichs " ) was the third suc-
cessful display of the
younger group of Austrian
artists in their new building.
The number of exhibits
comprised over a hundred
drawings, etchings and
pastels, besides some
coloured prints and water-
colours.
There was a profuse dis-
play of good foreign work ;
indeed, French and British
artists almost ruled supreme
in several rooms. Among
the French contributors I
may mention Boutet de
Monvel (Jeanne D'Arc,
and a series of illustrations landscape from a chalk drawing by rudolf jettmar
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great French artist, I'uvis de Chavannes, for whom for children's books); Henri Riviere, Eugene
he expressed the utmost admiration. F. K. Carriere, Charles Maurin, P. Uupont, Vallotton,
Jeanniot, and that group of congenial artists who
ORDEAUX.—" L'Art Moderne " is the may be classed under the title of the " fathers of
title of a society which has just been the modern affiche" in Paris: Steinlen, Grasset,
founded here, with the object of culti- Cheret, Toulouse-Lautrec, Forain, and Leandre.
vating, by private and by public ---
initiative, a taste for industrial art among us. The English art was strongly represented by three
first exhibition opened on the 17th of January, of its most pronounced characters in the present
and was entirely successful. Among the local stage of contemporary art and handicraft: Nichol-
artists who exhibited were MM. Arenson and son, Walter Crane, and Frank Brangwyn. Mr.
Bugincourt, Emile Brunet, Sem, Carme, Cosson, Nicholson's coloured prints of London Types
Lianbet, Despujol, Faure-Laubarede, Flor, Charles show us unique specimens of national character
Gautier, Gousse, Georges and Henri Hamm, and that will be classed among the truest historical
Clement Mere. Several outside artists also con- documents at the close of our 19th century,
tributed, and the " Art Nouveau," so boldly con- Aubrey Beardsley's marvellous drawing of Isolde
ducted by M. S. Bing, sent some very interesting was conspicuous among a collection of studies
specimens of Tiffany glass, with jewellery by and sketches by different British artists.
Colonna, porcelain work by Rorstrand, also pottery, -■
furniture, stuffs and carpets.
The Society is also pub-
lishing a little monthly
review, the aim of which
is to spread its doctrines
abroad. I. T.
VIENNA. — The
Winter Exhibi-
tion of the
Austrian Seces-
sionists ( " Vereinigung
Irildender Kiinstler Oester-
reichs " ) was the third suc-
cessful display of the
younger group of Austrian
artists in their new building.
The number of exhibits
comprised over a hundred
drawings, etchings and
pastels, besides some
coloured prints and water-
colours.
There was a profuse dis-
play of good foreign work ;
indeed, French and British
artists almost ruled supreme
in several rooms. Among
the French contributors I
may mention Boutet de
Monvel (Jeanne D'Arc,
and a series of illustrations landscape from a chalk drawing by rudolf jettmar
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