DOI issue:
Nr. 221 (August 1911)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20973#0257
Studio-Talk
" WATER-CARRIER AT I.UXOR, EGYPT"
BY eugene l'hOEST
are intended to form part of some large scheme of
decoration which the artist will not fail soon to
complete. We find in them a great nobility of
conception and a serenity of form and line which
it is impossible to praise enough.
The contributions of M. Eugene L'Hoest have
always been among the most remarkable works in the
exhibitions of the Orientalists, and for this reason,
that his sculptures are transcriptions of things
which he has really seen; one feels that each one
of his little pieces is accurately observed and
conscientiously executed. Quite recently this
artist explored Egypt, whence he returned with
some charming motifs and delightful sources of
inspiration for his work. Among the sculptures
which he has executed as the outcome of this
sojourn we have chosen two of first-rate importance
for reproduction; the statuette of a fellah in a long
tunic, holding out his hand, with the most natural
gesture in the world, for alms, and the other little
work, so pregnant with life, depicting a water-
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carrier advancing with tired and laboured steps,
his leather bottle slung on his shoulder.
The spring of this year in Paris was marked by
a veritable avalanche of exhibitions of ancient art,
which have perhaps during the season which has
just passed relegated modern art to a secondary
place. The most interesting of them was that
organised by M. Armand Dayot in the Gallery of
the Jeu de Paume, in which were gathered together
an ensemble of fine pictures lent from the chief
Parisian collections. The Queen of Holland gave
her patronage to the exhibition, as also did the
Chevalier de Stuers, the Dutch Minister at Paris.
This achieved one of the greatest successes which
has ever attended an Art exhibition in Paris.
H. F.
STOCKHOLM.—To the joy of all Swedish
art lovers our prominent young sculptor,
Carl Milles, known to the readers of this
magazine through an article in The
Studio last summer, has just sold to the National
" BAKSHEESH ! "
BY eugene i.'hoest
" WATER-CARRIER AT I.UXOR, EGYPT"
BY eugene l'hOEST
are intended to form part of some large scheme of
decoration which the artist will not fail soon to
complete. We find in them a great nobility of
conception and a serenity of form and line which
it is impossible to praise enough.
The contributions of M. Eugene L'Hoest have
always been among the most remarkable works in the
exhibitions of the Orientalists, and for this reason,
that his sculptures are transcriptions of things
which he has really seen; one feels that each one
of his little pieces is accurately observed and
conscientiously executed. Quite recently this
artist explored Egypt, whence he returned with
some charming motifs and delightful sources of
inspiration for his work. Among the sculptures
which he has executed as the outcome of this
sojourn we have chosen two of first-rate importance
for reproduction; the statuette of a fellah in a long
tunic, holding out his hand, with the most natural
gesture in the world, for alms, and the other little
work, so pregnant with life, depicting a water-
236
carrier advancing with tired and laboured steps,
his leather bottle slung on his shoulder.
The spring of this year in Paris was marked by
a veritable avalanche of exhibitions of ancient art,
which have perhaps during the season which has
just passed relegated modern art to a secondary
place. The most interesting of them was that
organised by M. Armand Dayot in the Gallery of
the Jeu de Paume, in which were gathered together
an ensemble of fine pictures lent from the chief
Parisian collections. The Queen of Holland gave
her patronage to the exhibition, as also did the
Chevalier de Stuers, the Dutch Minister at Paris.
This achieved one of the greatest successes which
has ever attended an Art exhibition in Paris.
H. F.
STOCKHOLM.—To the joy of all Swedish
art lovers our prominent young sculptor,
Carl Milles, known to the readers of this
magazine through an article in The
Studio last summer, has just sold to the National
" BAKSHEESH ! "
BY eugene i.'hoest