Studio: international art (52.1911)

Studio- Talk

Alexandre Nozal affirms his individuality and
arouses an admiration for his natural and un-
constrained art, and for work which assigns him
a place among those masters of landscape
painting to whom their own inspiration is the
only law. L. H.

At the Georges Petit Galleries the annual
exhibition of the " Arts reunis" took place
under the presidency of M. G. Lecreux and
contained practically the same elements as the
preceding show. There was, however, one
absentee, M. Segoffin, who has gone over to
the Societe Nouvelle, and also a new ex-
hibitor, M. Eugene Chigot. The latter was
represented by a very complete ensemble. His
landscapes are exceedingly fine, and of late
years this artist has come to rank as one of
our leading colourists. Chigot paints boldly and
vigorously and always with a care for beautiful
effects. He delights to combine houses and
buildings with his landscapes, and no corner of
a park or of a garden is so beautiful to his

eyes as when he is able to introduce some por-
tion of an old castle.

In the galleries of l'Art Decoratif, rue
Laffitte, there has been a most interesting show
of the works of the Dutch painter and etcher
Ph. Zilcken. Zilcken is one of the most
original artists of a country which has given
birth to so many illustrious painter-etchers both
in the past and in the present. As a painter
this artist is possessed of an exceedingly
brilliant technique, fine colour, and great faith-
fulness to nature. Zilcken has at the same
time great feeling for the picturesque, and
chooses his subject admirably, allowing his
artistic vision to roam over the most picturesque
scenes—Holland, Provence, Avignon, Venice,
the desert and the environs of Algiers. Zilcken,
the etcher, works with uncommon vigour; his
plates are very deeply bitten and full of deep
rich shadows.

This year great success attended the salon

FIN DE JOURNEE, OCTOBRE : VILLENEUVE LETANG BY ALEXANDRE NOZAL

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