DOI issue:
Nr. 143 (February 1905)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20711#0090
Studio-Talk
appears to me to incline somewhat too strongly Bloche; nor must I forget a collection of sculp-
towards black— M. Iturrino, M. Crebassa, and M. tures by Prince Tioubetzkoy.
Bereny with two excellent portraits.
The great attraction of the International Exhibi-
There was good work too among the sculpture, tion this year lies in the exhibits of foreign painters,
notably the bust of M. de Monzie by Jean Boucher, prominent among whom is M. Felix Borchardt.
a statuette by Chudel, two delicate and charming This robust colourist owes to Impressionism his
busts by Gustave Michel, and other things by fearless treatment of light, which he handles with
Gasq, Mme. Girardet, Camille Lefevre, and Roger remarkable skill and uncommon felicity. Already
his portrait of a man stand-
ing in full sunlight had
revealed to us some of his
bold and energetic qualities;
and in the portraits of two
ladies, now exhibited, there
is equal boldness and a
greater charm.
In this work one ap-
preciates not only its
charming ordonnance, but
(and I remark it the more
gladly since it is a quality
often lacking in Impression-
ist painting) its extreme rich-
nessof treatment. One feels
that the artist must have
worked at his canvas again
and again, and with the
portraits of two ladies by f. iiorchardt most gratifying results.
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appears to me to incline somewhat too strongly Bloche; nor must I forget a collection of sculp-
towards black— M. Iturrino, M. Crebassa, and M. tures by Prince Tioubetzkoy.
Bereny with two excellent portraits.
The great attraction of the International Exhibi-
There was good work too among the sculpture, tion this year lies in the exhibits of foreign painters,
notably the bust of M. de Monzie by Jean Boucher, prominent among whom is M. Felix Borchardt.
a statuette by Chudel, two delicate and charming This robust colourist owes to Impressionism his
busts by Gustave Michel, and other things by fearless treatment of light, which he handles with
Gasq, Mme. Girardet, Camille Lefevre, and Roger remarkable skill and uncommon felicity. Already
his portrait of a man stand-
ing in full sunlight had
revealed to us some of his
bold and energetic qualities;
and in the portraits of two
ladies, now exhibited, there
is equal boldness and a
greater charm.
In this work one ap-
preciates not only its
charming ordonnance, but
(and I remark it the more
gladly since it is a quality
often lacking in Impression-
ist painting) its extreme rich-
nessof treatment. One feels
that the artist must have
worked at his canvas again
and again, and with the
portraits of two ladies by f. iiorchardt most gratifying results.
74