DOI issue:
No. 134 (May, 1904)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19881#0378
Studio- Talk
done but to fall back upon the constable; whom,
indeed, we see coming along with uplifted sword,
intent upon setting the world to rights again.
The houses are somewhat out of proportion—
probably practical reasons are the cause of this. If
built up in a size to suit the figures, they would
become unwieldy ; on the other hand, if the figures
were reduced so as to match these doors and win-
dows they would become insignificant. Moreover,
it is a fact to be remembered, that when little
children begin to draw they, too, design figures
and scenery on two different scales. So perhaps
the village will appeal to them more than if all its
component parts were kept in just proportions.
H. W. S.
BRUSSELS.—To sum up as briefly as
possible the most noteworthy features
of the successive exhibitions held in
the Musee, it is enough to state that
the ever-interesting Salon Pour l'Art showed,
with other works of great originality, a number of
fine sculptures by Victor Rousseau, and that the
chief feature of the Salon de la Societe des Beaux
Arts was the exhibition for the first time in Brussels
of three pictures by Sir W. B. Richmond, two of
which were portraits.
According to the general opinion of critics, the
exhibition of the Salon de Bruxelles was the very
worst ever yet seen. I noted, however, an inte-
resting new work by Jean Delville and a brilliant
first exhibit by a young artist named Thomas. It
was in the section of applied art, organised under
the superintendence of M. Fierens-Gevaert, that the
best things were shown ; amongst which, in addition
to the usual triumphs of skill sent by such experts
as Horta, Wolfers, and Madame de Rudder, were
some fine examples of the work of the decorative
painter Fabry and the jeweller Feys.
At the Cercle Artistique exhibition after exhibi-
tion, all totally unlike, succeed each other. That
which seemed to interest the public most was the
show of the paintings of R. Janssens, the sculp-
tures of Ch. Samuel, and the drawings of Fernand
Khnopff. The exhibition of the works of O.
Coppens and F. Baes also attracted a great many
visitors. F. K.
THE WHISTLER MEMORIAL EXHIBITION AT BOSTON
358
done but to fall back upon the constable; whom,
indeed, we see coming along with uplifted sword,
intent upon setting the world to rights again.
The houses are somewhat out of proportion—
probably practical reasons are the cause of this. If
built up in a size to suit the figures, they would
become unwieldy ; on the other hand, if the figures
were reduced so as to match these doors and win-
dows they would become insignificant. Moreover,
it is a fact to be remembered, that when little
children begin to draw they, too, design figures
and scenery on two different scales. So perhaps
the village will appeal to them more than if all its
component parts were kept in just proportions.
H. W. S.
BRUSSELS.—To sum up as briefly as
possible the most noteworthy features
of the successive exhibitions held in
the Musee, it is enough to state that
the ever-interesting Salon Pour l'Art showed,
with other works of great originality, a number of
fine sculptures by Victor Rousseau, and that the
chief feature of the Salon de la Societe des Beaux
Arts was the exhibition for the first time in Brussels
of three pictures by Sir W. B. Richmond, two of
which were portraits.
According to the general opinion of critics, the
exhibition of the Salon de Bruxelles was the very
worst ever yet seen. I noted, however, an inte-
resting new work by Jean Delville and a brilliant
first exhibit by a young artist named Thomas. It
was in the section of applied art, organised under
the superintendence of M. Fierens-Gevaert, that the
best things were shown ; amongst which, in addition
to the usual triumphs of skill sent by such experts
as Horta, Wolfers, and Madame de Rudder, were
some fine examples of the work of the decorative
painter Fabry and the jeweller Feys.
At the Cercle Artistique exhibition after exhibi-
tion, all totally unlike, succeed each other. That
which seemed to interest the public most was the
show of the paintings of R. Janssens, the sculp-
tures of Ch. Samuel, and the drawings of Fernand
Khnopff. The exhibition of the works of O.
Coppens and F. Baes also attracted a great many
visitors. F. K.
THE WHISTLER MEMORIAL EXHIBITION AT BOSTON
358