Studio: international art (47.1909)

Studio-Talk

RUSSELS.—
Among the
young artists
whose talents
have been brought to our
notice through the recent
and numerous art exhibi-
tions, one must mention
among the foremost M.

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“ FABRIQUE INCENDIEE”

BY MARCEL JEFFERYS

Marcel Jefferys of Brussels.
He contributed a large
number of works in great
variety to the Salons of
Liege, Brussels, Paris, and
lastly to that of the Inde-
pendants de Bruxelles,
works which attracted
attention by their brilliant
colouring, their fine exe-
cution and the enthusiastic
spirit in which they were
conceived. As M. Octave
Maus wrote in U Art
Moderne: “ Par le con-
traste des ombres et les
lumieres, par la justesse
des relations tonales, par
l’exacte observation des
reflets, M. Jefferys affirme
un temperament de
peintre que nous avons
deja signale et qui

“ cour ensoleillee” by marcel jefferys trouvera son expression

definitive dans une etude
plus rigoureuse de la forme.”

The large bronze group, La Lutte equestre, by
Count J. de Lalaing, which was greatly admired in
the last Salon de Bruxelles, has been set up at the

same time the strong in-
fluence of modern ideas.
This clearly traceable fea-
ture ought to generate in
our leading furniture
makers a friendly attitude
towards progressive ideas.
Good technique and good
taste are fully demon-
strated, and the whole is
so sumptuously arranged
that the pecuniary success
seems well deserved.

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the successes of leading craftsmen, and the effect
of such a show as this is to restore the proper
balance. An almost inexhaustible suite of com-
plete appartments and single rooms demonstrates
the preference for historical styles, but shows at the