Studio: international art (34.1905)

Studio- Talk

ROME.—Carolus
Duran's appoint-
ment as the new
Director of the
French Academy at Rome
has given universal satis-
faction in the City. The
Roman art-world gave him
a big reception soon after
his arrival here, and the
King received him recently
at the Quirinal.

' INTERIOR BY A. ROSAM

This is the season for
the private views of the
various studios, and there
are a number of excellent
works shown at them.
Signor Pettiti, whose pic-
tures of the Roman Cam-
pagna are so justly admired
and so well known, has
completed several import-
ant paintings this year.
I was in his studio the

naturalistic yet quite in the cinquecento style other day, and was much struck by a wonderful
and a cast of an African Panther Walking. Mr. picture of Autumn foliage—great masses of golden-
Macgillivray's Lord Tweeddale combines fine design yellow browns, with water m the foreground. He
in the head and shoulders as a mass with delicate has caught, as no one else seems to have done, the
and searching modelling of the details and fine very spirit of the Campagna, and his water-colour
characterisation, and his marble relief of the refined sketches, in greys and browns, or orange and red,
head of Professor Henry Drummond is handled with the clear, wonderful light and atmosphere
with becoming subtlety and charm. The work of of the country close about Rome, are delicious
Mr. Percy Portsmouth, a young English sculptor bits of colouring and full of feeling,
resident in Edinburgh, is also worthy of praise. -

His Mirth, a naked boy peering at a frog seated A great many private views were held in the
upon his extended hand, is very ably modelled studios before the opening of the Belle Arti, at
and finely balanced in design, and two busts are the end of February. Among others, Signor
admirable in character and style. Mr. Birnie Gallegos had some lovely things on view at
Rhind, Mr. Shannan, Mr. Tweed, Mr. Keilloch his studio in the Via Margutta. His work, which
Brown, and Miss Maclaren exhibit sculpture of is familiar to so many Londoners from the exam-
interest ; and, as already indicated, G. A. Lawson p]es of it that were exhibited at the Spanish
and D. W. Stevenson are represented by some of Exhibition in the Guildhall, shows, as usual, the
their most important works. J. L. C. wonderful fidelity to detail that is so characteristic

of his pictures of interiors. A lovely bit was the

HAMBURG.— We give illustrations of Choir of S. Francis at Assisi, and equally good
pictures by two clever Hamburg artists, were some studies in Seville. A water-colour called
Mr. Franz Nolken and Mr. A. Rosam, Locking the Door was wonderfully clever. He has
whose work, by reason of its many also designed a white marble altar for a church in
good qualities, is attracting the attention of art- Spain, with some delightful figures of bronze angels
lovers in Germany. Mr. Nolken's colour is bright to stand on the four corners. Professor Bompiani
and at the same time sober and full of tone and had a fine picture of The Last Hours of Sapho ready
breadth, whilst his hand is sure in drawing. for the exhibition, besides other works.

W. S. --■