Studio: international art (26.1902)

Studio- Talk

"PAYSANNE BAVAROISE" BY FELIX BORCHARDT

the craftsman who has executed it." In many cases,
certainly, the manufacturer adds his own taste to
that of the actual executant, and it is only natural
and right that his name should be mentioned; but
that all the credit should go to him is altogether
unfair, and M. Jourdain is quite justified in pro-
testing against such a system with all the energy
he may command. It is to be hoped his repre-
sentations on the subject may have the desired
effect.

One of the last exhibitions of the season was
that of Paul Colin, the wood engraver, given at his
publisher's, M. E. Sagot. This display revealed a
true artistic talent, hitherto unrecognised but now
attracting the close attention of all amateurs. " He
works," remarks Gustave Geffroy, " as worked the
early engravers of the fifteenth century, carving his
blocks with the same regard for general form, but
at the same time he differs from them inasmuch
as he strives to express his subjects completely by
the aid of every possible effect and by every nuance
of light and shade." _

The wood-blocks of Paul Colin have, indeed, a
quite special savour, and are marked by a strongly
accentuated individuality. In these powerful plates
a truly vigorous artistic fancy goes hand in hand

THE HAGENBUND's EXHIBITION OF "ART IN CHILD LIFE"

(See Vienna Studio- Talk)

ARRANGED BY HEINRICH LEFFLER
FURNITURE BY J. URBAN