Studio: international art (25.1902)

Studio- Talk

Water-Colours was held in the galleries of the tended for the adornment of a fountain), an eques-

Musee de Bruxelles, and attracted a large number trian statuette, and the bust of a young woman,

of visitors. As a whole, it was a remarkable dis- The group is quite masterly, skilfully and clearly

play, and it included several works of a high order, composed, calm and grand in its sentiment, but as

French art was represented by two ardent colourists, far removed from the academic as it is from the

MM. G. La Touche and Luigini; German art by coarseness of conception and treatment which

two enterprising personalities, MM. Dettmann and marks so much of our modern Belgian sculpture.

Skarbina j and English art by Mr. C. W. Bartlett, --

faithful to all that is Dutch. M. Nico Jungmann M. Laermans showed his firm qualities as a

exhibited his Procession de Pelerins de Kevelar, colourist in two canvases which attracted much

which was reproduced some time since in The attention. The exhibits of MM. Fabry (decorative

Studio. Notable among the works of foreign panels), Baes, Coppens (landscapes and Flemish

exhibitors were the interesting landscapes by "interiors"), and Ottevaere (a triptych) showed

M. F. de Myrbach and M. P. Rink's fishermen. the good results due to honest work. The usual

- excellence was seen in the paintings sent in by

But the chief merit of the exhibition lay in the Verhaeren, Janssens, Vandeneeckhoudt, and Vierin ;
Belgian display, particularly
in the works sent in by
MM. Stacquet, Fernand
Khnopff, A. Marcette, Th.
Hannon, and Titz, which
have been purchased by ~
the Government for the
Musee de Bruxelles.

MM. Cassiers, Hage-
mans, Uytterschaut, and
Van Leemputten sent inter-
esting landscapes of Hol-
land and Belgium; M.
Delaunois contributed some
of his churches, impressive
by their deep gloom ; M.
F. Charlet, his coloured
interiors ; M. Jacob Smits,
portraits and religious
scenes ; M. C. Meunier, a
picture of a miner; and
finally, MM. D. Oyens and
Eugene Smits sent several
delicate and intime things.

The "Cercle pour l'Art "
celebrated its tenth anni-
versary by a very inter-
esting exhibition, the mem-
bers keeping their newest
and best work for the occa-
sion. Dominating all else
was the exhibit by V.
Rousseau, the sculptor, who
sent a monumental group
of three figures, Les
Saeiirs de PIllusion (in- monument at ghent by p- de vigne

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