Studio: international art (47.1909)

Studio-Talk

SWEDISH HOME-SLOJD SOCIETY’S EXHIBIT AT THE STOCKHOLM EXHIBITION.
FURNITURE DESIGNED BY CHR. ARBO, AND EXECUTED IN SWEDISH BIRCH
BY HOME-WORKERS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF SWEDEN
(See Stockholm Studio- Talk, page ?24)

excellent work, amongst
which that by the late
R. von Alt and the beau-
tiful, delicate miniature-
like art of W. Hampel,
particularly struck me.
Setting aside all rules, the
Austrians have been
allowed to hang a series
of etchings in colour —
not to the improvement
of the general effect.

Belgium has sent in
large effective paintings
by Leempoels, Van der
Waay, Marcette, Delau-
nots, Baseleer, Luijten.
The recess, devoted exclu-
sively to the Dutch mas-
ters Mesdag, Kever,
Bastert, Apol, etc., is,
however, more impressive,
in spite of the single
works being smaller and
less pretentious. Among
Frenchmen I note P.

its capricious way of resting upon such portions Signac, J. T. Raffaelli, Gaston La Touche, E.

of the subject as are particularly interesting and Cross, Vuillard, Aublet, Walter Gay (whom we

hurrying over the rest, are
brought out to full advant-

age.

The Exhibition is the
best of its kind that I have
seen for years, and the
Committee, consisting of
the Kunstverein and a
number of representatives
chosen from the various
artists’ societies of Dresden,
are to be sincerely congrat-
ulated upon their success.
About 660 pictures have
been hung out of a total
of 2,000 submitted to the
jury, it is said. It is an in-
ternational affair. Austria
is brilliantly represented, a
small room being devoted
entirely to the fascinating
colour illustrations by H.
Lefler and J. Urban. The
large room contains much

SWEDISH APPLIED ART EXHIBITION, STOCKHOLM : THE YELLOW COURT.

FERDINAND BOBERG, ARCHITECT. WALL DECORATION BY C. J. STENBERG.
VASES DESIGNED BY F. BOBERG, EXECUTED BY J. RINGBERG
(See Stockholm Studio- Talk, page 324)

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