Studio: international art (25.1902)

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and converts, as it were, into a sort of symbol all
that passes around him. Everyone knows how
many attempts have been made to represent the
.Premiere Communion* That of M. Yencesse stood
out among them all, so striking is the sincerity of
. feeling it reveals. The uncommon factnre, too,
adds to the general impressiveness of this remark-
able work. The relief scarce rises from the body

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of the medal, and a sort of twilight haze envelops
the whole work, as in the paintings of Eugene

* This plaquette of the Premiere Communion was reproduced in
The Studio of October, 1898, p. 21.

Carriere. Never was the close union existing
between painting and glyptics more perfectly-
expressed. In this M. Yencesse proclaimed him-

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self the chosen disciple of M. Ponscarme, the
illustrious riraster and teacher, who by his work
and his training has exercised a wonderful influ-
ence on the renaissance of French glyptic art.

It is only fitting that, in conclusion, I should
allude to another artist, still young, and but little
known—an artist of whom one may well have the
highest hopes. Worthy transmitter of the Roty

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