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Studio-talk
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Studio-Talk
gambolled on sunny meadows or in shady groves, but he
also turns to account with much ingenuity mediaeval tales
and superstitions, often drawing from them, in his own
half-humorous and half-satirical way, a regular philosopher's
moral. In some of his work a certain Northern weirdness
is perceptible, at other times he is more German in senti-
ment ; but his art is always remarkable for the invention
and verve of which it bears witness. G. B.
BRUSSELS.—The name of the Brussels sculptor
Godefroid Devreese has often been mentioned
in these pages, and some of his works have
been reproduced here: among others some
characteristic busts and the design for the great monument
to commemorate the battle of Courtrai. On the present
occasion it is as a medallist that we have to consider him.
' a forest imp " by l. moe
of his technique is interesting. Beginning with the
generally accepted academic method, Moe soon,
when he had done half-a-dozen etchings, modified,
not to say reversed, the process. He now etches
without any asphalt coating, so that the darkest
portions (and strongest contours) are first drawn
and etched, then the next strength is drawn, and
the whole etched ; and so on through a number of
grades, this method, Moe holds, giving more free-
dom and softness. In some of his latest efforts
two or more colours have been introduced with
much discretion, and with admirable results.
Moe is likely to become a very prominent etcher,
inasmuch as he, apart from his pronounced tech-
nical skill, is endowed both with a pregnant imagi-
nation and a distinct decorative sense. For his
subjects Moe not only goes back to the time when
the world was young, when fauns and nymphs "nymph and young bear" by louis moe
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gambolled on sunny meadows or in shady groves, but he
also turns to account with much ingenuity mediaeval tales
and superstitions, often drawing from them, in his own
half-humorous and half-satirical way, a regular philosopher's
moral. In some of his work a certain Northern weirdness
is perceptible, at other times he is more German in senti-
ment ; but his art is always remarkable for the invention
and verve of which it bears witness. G. B.
BRUSSELS.—The name of the Brussels sculptor
Godefroid Devreese has often been mentioned
in these pages, and some of his works have
been reproduced here: among others some
characteristic busts and the design for the great monument
to commemorate the battle of Courtrai. On the present
occasion it is as a medallist that we have to consider him.
' a forest imp " by l. moe
of his technique is interesting. Beginning with the
generally accepted academic method, Moe soon,
when he had done half-a-dozen etchings, modified,
not to say reversed, the process. He now etches
without any asphalt coating, so that the darkest
portions (and strongest contours) are first drawn
and etched, then the next strength is drawn, and
the whole etched ; and so on through a number of
grades, this method, Moe holds, giving more free-
dom and softness. In some of his latest efforts
two or more colours have been introduced with
much discretion, and with admirable results.
Moe is likely to become a very prominent etcher,
inasmuch as he, apart from his pronounced tech-
nical skill, is endowed both with a pregnant imagi-
nation and a distinct decorative sense. For his
subjects Moe not only goes back to the time when
the world was young, when fauns and nymphs "nymph and young bear" by louis moe
26/5