Studio: international art (21.1901)

Studio- Talk

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"summer" by edoardo gioja

"the four seasons"

Gioja, of Rome, one of the most fresh and vigorous representing the Four Seasons formed the chiei
of our modern Italian artists—an alert and many- adornment of the recently-closed exhibition of the
sided personality worthy of ranking with the important Art society known as " In Arte
brightest spirits of the Renaissance, such is the Libertas," held in Rome. Both from the impec-
power and passion he infuses into his works, cable solidity of the drawing and the boldness of
notably his seascapes and flower pieces ; such the the colouring these may justly be regarded as
originality, the force, of his carvings on wood and, among the most important and beautiful produc-
especially, on leather. tions of the past year. The opal of Spring, the

_ topaz of Summer, the deep amethyst of Autumn,

and the sapphire of Winter—these are the thematic
But there will be other opportunities of dealing notes of the work, and they have been manipulated
generally with his varied and potent work. For with convincing brilliancy.

the present it suffices to say that the noble pictures R. P.

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