Studio: international art (29.1903)

Studio- Talk

vitality in his busts of Mr. Arthur Wing Pinero feels most strongly the influence of his own country
and of Mr. Paderewski. Of this latter work in his work. His miniatures hold the wealth of
we reproduce here the original drawing in black- colour and exquisite transparencies, the delicate
and-white, which, even more than the marble, nuances of light and shade in the'flesh tints that
renders the individuality of the celebrated pianist. the old Italian miniature painters so gloried in.
Attention may also be drawn to his black-and- Even his shadows are limpid and delicately sugges-
white portrait of Mr. Isaye. Space permits the tive, rather than obviously apparent. His technique
enumeration of but very few of his paintings. may not always be above reproach—he slights his
Foremost amongst them
is the full-length portrait
of the Portuguese minister,
the Marquis de Soveral,
an excellent likeness,
painted with considerable
dexterity of touch. It
is plastically conceived,
and there is much strength
and effectiveness about it,
characteristics which ap-
pear again, though in a
somewhat milder form,
in the portrait group of Pro-
fessor Marks and his son.
It is impossible — and,
indeed, it would be un-
fair—to attempt to form a
final opinion of an artist
who, still a young man, is
on the upward path of his
development.

Signor Ugo Catani, an
Italian miniature painter
of distinction, is fast be-
coming known in England.
He is a Florentine by
birth, and his early studies
were carried on in the
Academy of Art in Florence.
He has travelled exten-
sively, and many lands have
contributed to the develop-
ment of his art, yet one portrait of mr. isay
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