DOI issue:
No. 87 (June, 1900)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19785#0077
Studio- Talk
POTTERY-WARE
among the better classes there is a demand for
artistic house decoration, and that our manufac-
turers are meeting that demand. These patterns
were designed for the firm of Norbert Langer and
Sons, of Deutsch-Liebau (Moravia), by Walter
Crane and H. von Berlepsch, of Munich. They
are quite beautiful, and thoroughly adapted to the
material. Herr E. Moldenhauer, the representa-
tive of the firm, was good enough to supply me
with photographs of the sets, which are to be seen
at the Paris Exhibition. G. G.
BRUSSELS.—The arrangement of the
Salon of the Societe des Beaux Arts of
Brussels in the galleries of the Musee is
far from equalling that of last year at the
Cercle Artistique, and the disposal of the works of
art displayed seems to have been made somewhat
hurriedly. Moreover the chief interest of the
exhibition consists in the works of a few great
foreign artists. One is attracted immediately by
the delicate charm of Gustave Moreau's St.
Sebastien secouru par Irene. This picture, of small
dimensions, at once rich and refined in colour,
and altogether done in the "grand style," is
entirely worthy to stand as representative of the
superb art of this curious master. Then we have
the portrait of Mrs. Ian Hamilton by J. S.
Sargent, R.A., which, by its supreme grace and
cleverness of treatment, quite dominates the Salon.
Mr. Sargent's works and gifts have been so
recently considered in the pages of The Studio
that it would be superfluous to enlarge upon them
now. The important exhibit by M. Fantin-Latour
includes seven works of various sizes and styles.
Among them are La Lecture, Siegfried et les titles
BY SCHMIDT-PECHT
du Rhtn, La Deposition de Croix, and Venus et ses
amours, and they all reveal the characteristic
manner of this essentially French painter, of whom
a critic has remarked : " his Siegfried is a Siegfried
such as Racine might have conceived him, a
Siegfried with nothing of German about him save
his name." One never tires of admiring the
simplicity of his style, the ease of his drawing, the
sobriety of his tones, or the earnestness of his
execution.
The astonishing dexterity of " the Glasgow
boys" is marred, perhaps, by an apparent lack of
sincerity, and their extreme cleverness in utilising
all the most subtle combinations of paint and
glazing is somewhat too evident. The members
of the Glasgow school are abundantly represented
here. We have, for example, portraits by J. Guthrie,
J. Lavery, and Walton; landscapes by Macaulay
Stevenson and G. Thomas ; flowers by Stuart Park,
and animals by G. Pirie.
The bronze bust of M. W. by J. de Lalaing is
the most remarkable Belgian work in the Salon.
The other sculptors have sent simply replicas or
unimportant "bits;" moreover, these galleries are
ill adapted for sculpture exhibits.
The Belgian paintings displayed are nearly all
landscapes, among the contributors being Glaus
Courtens, Frederic, Linden, and Wytsmann. Men-
tion must also be made of a picture by Mdlle.
d'Anethan—Les saintes femmes au tombeau_and
of the clever drawings by Mertens and Gilbert.
M. Pol de Mont, the well-known poet, of
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POTTERY-WARE
among the better classes there is a demand for
artistic house decoration, and that our manufac-
turers are meeting that demand. These patterns
were designed for the firm of Norbert Langer and
Sons, of Deutsch-Liebau (Moravia), by Walter
Crane and H. von Berlepsch, of Munich. They
are quite beautiful, and thoroughly adapted to the
material. Herr E. Moldenhauer, the representa-
tive of the firm, was good enough to supply me
with photographs of the sets, which are to be seen
at the Paris Exhibition. G. G.
BRUSSELS.—The arrangement of the
Salon of the Societe des Beaux Arts of
Brussels in the galleries of the Musee is
far from equalling that of last year at the
Cercle Artistique, and the disposal of the works of
art displayed seems to have been made somewhat
hurriedly. Moreover the chief interest of the
exhibition consists in the works of a few great
foreign artists. One is attracted immediately by
the delicate charm of Gustave Moreau's St.
Sebastien secouru par Irene. This picture, of small
dimensions, at once rich and refined in colour,
and altogether done in the "grand style," is
entirely worthy to stand as representative of the
superb art of this curious master. Then we have
the portrait of Mrs. Ian Hamilton by J. S.
Sargent, R.A., which, by its supreme grace and
cleverness of treatment, quite dominates the Salon.
Mr. Sargent's works and gifts have been so
recently considered in the pages of The Studio
that it would be superfluous to enlarge upon them
now. The important exhibit by M. Fantin-Latour
includes seven works of various sizes and styles.
Among them are La Lecture, Siegfried et les titles
BY SCHMIDT-PECHT
du Rhtn, La Deposition de Croix, and Venus et ses
amours, and they all reveal the characteristic
manner of this essentially French painter, of whom
a critic has remarked : " his Siegfried is a Siegfried
such as Racine might have conceived him, a
Siegfried with nothing of German about him save
his name." One never tires of admiring the
simplicity of his style, the ease of his drawing, the
sobriety of his tones, or the earnestness of his
execution.
The astonishing dexterity of " the Glasgow
boys" is marred, perhaps, by an apparent lack of
sincerity, and their extreme cleverness in utilising
all the most subtle combinations of paint and
glazing is somewhat too evident. The members
of the Glasgow school are abundantly represented
here. We have, for example, portraits by J. Guthrie,
J. Lavery, and Walton; landscapes by Macaulay
Stevenson and G. Thomas ; flowers by Stuart Park,
and animals by G. Pirie.
The bronze bust of M. W. by J. de Lalaing is
the most remarkable Belgian work in the Salon.
The other sculptors have sent simply replicas or
unimportant "bits;" moreover, these galleries are
ill adapted for sculpture exhibits.
The Belgian paintings displayed are nearly all
landscapes, among the contributors being Glaus
Courtens, Frederic, Linden, and Wytsmann. Men-
tion must also be made of a picture by Mdlle.
d'Anethan—Les saintes femmes au tombeau_and
of the clever drawings by Mertens and Gilbert.
M. Pol de Mont, the well-known poet, of
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