Studio- Talk
altar, and lastly the Virgin in the centre—all these seen the harbour of La Villette, with its factory
are lovely examples of strong yet delicate statuary, chimneys, its entrepots, its railways, its locomotives,
supple without affectation, and forcible by dint of its quays, and all the other accessories of a
sheer plastic characterisation. The combination flourishing port. In the borderings are symbolised
of bronze and pottery adds freshness and originality all the latest inventions devised by men of science
to a work which may be praised unreservedly, both for the benefit of mankind—notably the telephone,
as to its initiation and its execution. the electric light and the railway system.
The vitrail of the Salle des Deliberations of the At Durand-Ruel's, M. Camille Pissarro has been
Paris Chamber of Commerce, now reproduced, exhibiting the works he has done during the past
was done from M. Grasset's cartoon by M. Felix three years. These, forty-two in number, consist
Gaudin. It is a decorative work of great of landscapes of Rouen, Eragny, and Paris, and
charm, both collaborators having come very near reveal the artist once more as a most acute
perfection. In the centre of the transparent observer of the subtleties and delicacies of the
picture one discovers a seated figure, representing atmosphere. His Parisian landscapes are especially
the Paris Chamber of Commerce, receiving from captivating to my eyes. The series of impressions
Industry and Labour the manufactures which it of the Tuileries Gardens, the Jardin du Louvre,
will protect and distribute. In the background is and the Place du Carrousel—seen in spring-time or
amid the snows of winter,
at all hours, now in mist,
now in full sunshine—
contains many remarkable
pages. M. Pissarro has
reproduced with rare sen-
sitiveness the peculiarly
French charm of these
unique scenes. G .M.
BRUSSELS.—
The third annual
Salon of the art
club known as
"Le Labeur," in the
galleries of the Musee de
Bruxelles, contained
several works of interest,
notably a fine drawing by
M. Vanderstraeten (La
Cathedrale, lesoir); a study
of a peasant, and a large
collection of drawings by
M. Werlemannj curiously-
executed paintings by M.
Oleffe; some landscapes
from M. Cambier's rather
too facile brush : La
Barge, by M. Madid,
fils; and M. Collin's Le
Village.
SEASCAPE BY H. STACQUET
Among the sculpture we
specially remarked that
of MM. Baudrenghien
and Grandmoulin, who
altar, and lastly the Virgin in the centre—all these seen the harbour of La Villette, with its factory
are lovely examples of strong yet delicate statuary, chimneys, its entrepots, its railways, its locomotives,
supple without affectation, and forcible by dint of its quays, and all the other accessories of a
sheer plastic characterisation. The combination flourishing port. In the borderings are symbolised
of bronze and pottery adds freshness and originality all the latest inventions devised by men of science
to a work which may be praised unreservedly, both for the benefit of mankind—notably the telephone,
as to its initiation and its execution. the electric light and the railway system.
The vitrail of the Salle des Deliberations of the At Durand-Ruel's, M. Camille Pissarro has been
Paris Chamber of Commerce, now reproduced, exhibiting the works he has done during the past
was done from M. Grasset's cartoon by M. Felix three years. These, forty-two in number, consist
Gaudin. It is a decorative work of great of landscapes of Rouen, Eragny, and Paris, and
charm, both collaborators having come very near reveal the artist once more as a most acute
perfection. In the centre of the transparent observer of the subtleties and delicacies of the
picture one discovers a seated figure, representing atmosphere. His Parisian landscapes are especially
the Paris Chamber of Commerce, receiving from captivating to my eyes. The series of impressions
Industry and Labour the manufactures which it of the Tuileries Gardens, the Jardin du Louvre,
will protect and distribute. In the background is and the Place du Carrousel—seen in spring-time or
amid the snows of winter,
at all hours, now in mist,
now in full sunshine—
contains many remarkable
pages. M. Pissarro has
reproduced with rare sen-
sitiveness the peculiarly
French charm of these
unique scenes. G .M.
BRUSSELS.—
The third annual
Salon of the art
club known as
"Le Labeur," in the
galleries of the Musee de
Bruxelles, contained
several works of interest,
notably a fine drawing by
M. Vanderstraeten (La
Cathedrale, lesoir); a study
of a peasant, and a large
collection of drawings by
M. Werlemannj curiously-
executed paintings by M.
Oleffe; some landscapes
from M. Cambier's rather
too facile brush : La
Barge, by M. Madid,
fils; and M. Collin's Le
Village.
SEASCAPE BY H. STACQUET
Among the sculpture we
specially remarked that
of MM. Baudrenghien
and Grandmoulin, who