Studio: international art (35.1905)

Studio-Talk

quantity and quality the first place in this category
falls to Benois for his distinguished illustrations of
one of Puschkin’s poems, which, however, was
familiar to many visitors by reason of having
appeared in one of the numbers of Mir Iskousstva.
Moreover, they then, in their reduced form—the
admirable xylographic reproductions of Miss
Ostrogumoff — produced a most artistic effect,
which shows that the artist grasped all the essentials
of the work.

Miss A. Ostrogumoff, who is perhaps the only
Russian lady xylographist, displays her art in
many beautiful plates, for the most part representing
Italian and Petersburg garden scenes. The artist
avoids strong colour effects, be it understood, but
seeks to obtain the intimate, delicate tone har-
monies of the wood-block ; and thus, with surest
sense of style, invests her plates with a certain
feminine poetry. A de-
cidedly poetic note is struck
also in the beautiful pastels
and water - colours of M.

Doboujinski, who has never
before been so copiously
represented. He delights
in the picturesque bye-
streets and silent court-
yards of the provincial
towns, as also in the work-
ing quarters of the capital,
whose monotony he most
artistically conveys. A
pleasant surprise awaits one
in the coloured drawings of
a quite young lady-artist,

Miss A. Lindermann, which
remind one somewhat of
Carl Larsson, but reveal
a more youthful tempera-
ment.

Last, but not least, are
the decorative designs by
A. Golorine for one of
Ibsen’s dramas, full of feel-
ing, and in point of colour
very beautiful.

A special gallery in the
“Soyouz” Exhibition is de-
voted to the work of the
untimely deceased Marie
Jacountchikoff. This
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young artist, whose name will not be altogether
unfamiliar to readers of The Studio (see
Vol. VI., p. 148), deserves the attention of the
visitor.

FINLAND. —- Nothing very remarkable
has been achieved in the art world here
recently except some mural frescoes
executed by Gallen and Halonen in a
private Mausoleum at Bjorneborg. The exhibition
of the artists of Finland at Helsingfors always
stands out as an important event. The number of
exhibits was not so overwhelming as usual, and the
space left between each work made the selection
of those of value easier, and promoted a keener
enjoyment of them. What was most wanting at
this exhibition was some one masterpiece of per-
manent value. Even those artists who generally
send large canvases only contributed small, un-

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BY L. PASTERNAK