Studio: international art (54.1912)

Studio- Talk

are very faithful renderings of action and gesture.
The same carefulness he evinces in his sculptures,
which have called forth from a well-known art critic
the title of "modern Tanagras." H. F.

A silence of a quarter of a century seemed to
have invested Ferdinand Roybet with the attributes
of a hero of legend, to have given his name a similar
remoteness to that with which we think of Rembrandt.
One remembers with what success Roybet reappeared
in 1893 at the Salon, where he received with acclama-
tion a Medaille d'Honneur. He exhibited Charles-le-
Temeraireea\&Propos Galafits, both celebrated pictures
which are still remembered by every one. Hence-

portrait of jhana rom an i by f. roybet

power as a colourist; Mile, de Callias showed
scenes of everyday life treated with con-
siderable humour, and Mine. Berthe Cazin
gave evidence of great originality in her
leather work and silver work.

In the Boutet de Monvel gallery in the
Rue Tronchet, there has been a no less in-
teresting exhibition consisting of drawings
and sculptures by Gir. This artist's happy
hunting-ground is the Opera, where he
spends his time in executing exceedingly
vivacious sketches of the various dancers.
His studies of their movements and poses
are very characteristic in their virtuosity and portrait of jdana romani by f. roybet

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