Studio: international art (53.1911)

The Turin International Exhibition

LEATHER BAG. BY F. PIZZANEI.LI (SOCIETE
MILANAISE DES CUIRS DECOREs)

Nicolas Ligeti, who executes such marvellous
architectural statuary. It would take a very
long time to point out all the beauties of the
interior. Messrs. Tory and Pogany share their
success with Messrs. Eduard Teles, Geza Mar6thi,
Louis Greff, Louis Banszky, Max Roth, Aladar
Kriesch Korosfoi—a painter already known in
Milan—Zsolnay, that is to say the Zsolnay manu-
factory at Pecs, which, after having lined the walls
of the pavilion with " eosine " and stone, has made
a large and brilliant exhibit admirably arranged of
beautiful pottery and vases. It is a pity that we
have not space to mention all the divers industries
and crafts of Hungary which are here represented,
for though certain of the exhibitors are well
known, it is always pleasant to refer to new efforts
and more successful achievements. To some extent
it is rather surprising that by the side of Austria, a
country which holds so prominent a place in
modern decorative art, which counts among its
artists such men as Wagner, Olbrich, Hoffmann,
Hungary should have been able to make such a
fine show and to achieve such a triumph of strong
and serene beauty.

Turning now to a consideration of other exhibits
in the International, mention must be made of the

Fournaise de S. Lorenzo, Florence, Chini et Cie,
whose productions do the greatest honour to the
ceramic industry of Italy. It is, in fact, a new
firm, but the directors are far from being novices
in the art, and Galileo Chini, the art director, is well
known as a designer of ceramics, as a painter and
portraitist, as well as for his frescoes and posters.
Another interesting personality is Sgr. Ferruccio
Pizzanelli, a young artist who works in leather, and
who recently gave up the directorship of the Societe
MilanaisedesCuirsdecores. Sgr. Pizzanelli's leather-
work at Turin, shown by the Societe Milanaise, met
with great success, the delicacy of his motifs, their
rendering with supple modelling and pleasing
colour calling forth much admiration. The exhi-
bition of furniture was a good feature, and, indeed,
the show of Clementi Brothers came as a revelation.
Their work is representative of Sardinia, better known
for its celebrated monuments called " Nuraghe,"
which abound in the island, than for modern
works of art. Nor, to speak accurately, are these

STATUE IN THE HUNGARIAN PAVILION, TURIN
EXHIBITION. BY GEZA MAROTHI

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