Studio: international art (45.1909)

Studio-Talk

draughtsman. Besides this artist,
there was M. Lobel Riche, who
is well known as an etcher in
colours ; his display charmed one
here by its variety. He treats the
most diverse subjects, portraits,
nude studies, landscapes, but
always with much ingenuity and
originality.

M. Michael Cazin, who has
achieved success both as a medal-
list and in the field of decorative
art, showed some excellent im-
pressions, views of Mont Saint
Michel ; M. Péters-Destéract had
some landscapes, among which
was the Rafale, which has been
purchased by the Government ;
M. Hochard showed some good
lithographs, including a valuable
portrait of Rodin ; and M. Friant
had a display of dry-points of
unquestionable expertness and
virtuosity. _

M. J. J. Gabriel exhibited a
most important series depicting
picturesque corners in Venice,
Martignes, Allevard, Poitiers; this
artist ought decidedly to be com-
whose work has been hitherto unpublished. Among missioned to make a record, in his charming

the former one must mention Rodin, who exhibited manner of etching, of the numerous quaint spots

his portrait of M. Antonin Proust, a dry-point which are, alas ! always disappearing ; and this
which is already familiar
to us, and Les Amours
conduisant le monde, a
most rare plate, of which
there are only three proofs
in existence. From M.

Victor Prouvé, the cele-
brated Lorraine artist,
who is too often absent
from Parisian exhibitions,
we saw with pleasure the
Femme lisant and his
Crépuscule, an imposing
treatment of the hills of
Lorraine. Of the works
of M. G. de Latenay, to
tell the truth, I preferred
the coloured etchings,
for he strikes me as a
colourist rather than as a