DOI issue:
No. 86 (May, 1900)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19784#0289
Studio- Talk
P
ARIS.—The society
known as "La Demi-
Douzaine " has been
holding its second
annual exhibition in the galleries
of the "Artistes Modernes," Rue
Caumartin. M. Charles Huard
shows in his seascapes and his.
studies of fishermen and peasants
all the acute observation and
honesty of purpose we know and
appreciate so well in him. M.
VIPE,«s*AVDE>»TACE Eug^ne B^ot-s iandscapes 0f
Paris and London, both draw-
'°MTtDtWWIY L^lifcRiSFv7?! inss and etchinss> are lovely
things, revealing the diverse
aspects of the great cities with
rare skill and delicacy. M.
George Gascoyne, the only
foreign member of the Society,
exhibited two oil landscapes of
excellent quality — Work in
Sunshine and Cloud and The
Shower — also five powerful
etchings. M. Ferdinand
Luigini remains faithful to his-
old themes—Marken and Vo-
lendam. In these North-Dutch
bookplates by maurice de i.ambert types and interiors he displays'
real ability, but there still!
remains something soft and
which poor Segantini was engaged when death undecided about his execution. M. Camille
struck him down. He had intended them for the Bourget, a colourist blessed with energy and
Paris Exhibition. Naturally, they attracted uni- a vivid imagination, showed a series of ex-
versal interest. They were to have formed part of cellent water-colours. I have kept M. Pierre
a grand composition, which would have included Bracquemond's name last. The portraits, land-
three lunettes and several medallions, of which we scapes, and still-life studies exhibited here show
have only the studies left. him to be making rapid progress towards full
_ development. His eye is becoming more subtle,
The works are styled La Natura, La Vita, La
Morte, and, although unfinished, bear striking
testimony to Segantini's masterly abilities. The
centre canvas, La Natura, is a landscape, abso-
lutely marvellous for the grandeur of its lines and
its perfect luminosity. In idea and in treatment
alike the thing is quite beautiful.
So large has been the number of visitors to the
exhibition that the takings will materially assist
the fund being raised by the friends of the
lamented artist for the purpose of erecting a
memorial of him in the Maloja Pass, in the Upper
Engadine, where he dwelt. G. B. bookplate by maurice de lambert
276
P
ARIS.—The society
known as "La Demi-
Douzaine " has been
holding its second
annual exhibition in the galleries
of the "Artistes Modernes," Rue
Caumartin. M. Charles Huard
shows in his seascapes and his.
studies of fishermen and peasants
all the acute observation and
honesty of purpose we know and
appreciate so well in him. M.
VIPE,«s*AVDE>»TACE Eug^ne B^ot-s iandscapes 0f
Paris and London, both draw-
'°MTtDtWWIY L^lifcRiSFv7?! inss and etchinss> are lovely
things, revealing the diverse
aspects of the great cities with
rare skill and delicacy. M.
George Gascoyne, the only
foreign member of the Society,
exhibited two oil landscapes of
excellent quality — Work in
Sunshine and Cloud and The
Shower — also five powerful
etchings. M. Ferdinand
Luigini remains faithful to his-
old themes—Marken and Vo-
lendam. In these North-Dutch
bookplates by maurice de i.ambert types and interiors he displays'
real ability, but there still!
remains something soft and
which poor Segantini was engaged when death undecided about his execution. M. Camille
struck him down. He had intended them for the Bourget, a colourist blessed with energy and
Paris Exhibition. Naturally, they attracted uni- a vivid imagination, showed a series of ex-
versal interest. They were to have formed part of cellent water-colours. I have kept M. Pierre
a grand composition, which would have included Bracquemond's name last. The portraits, land-
three lunettes and several medallions, of which we scapes, and still-life studies exhibited here show
have only the studies left. him to be making rapid progress towards full
_ development. His eye is becoming more subtle,
The works are styled La Natura, La Vita, La
Morte, and, although unfinished, bear striking
testimony to Segantini's masterly abilities. The
centre canvas, La Natura, is a landscape, abso-
lutely marvellous for the grandeur of its lines and
its perfect luminosity. In idea and in treatment
alike the thing is quite beautiful.
So large has been the number of visitors to the
exhibition that the takings will materially assist
the fund being raised by the friends of the
lamented artist for the purpose of erecting a
memorial of him in the Maloja Pass, in the Upper
Engadine, where he dwelt. G. B. bookplate by maurice de lambert
276