Studio: international art (56.1912)

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FAN (Artistes Dtcorateurs, Paris)

Rene Lalique, a work of fine discrimination in the
decoration; the dining-room by M. Abel Landry,
the salon by M. Jallot, the little drawing-room by
the architect Theodore Lambert, the room by M.
Follot illustrated on p. 68, the screen by Mile.
Dayot, the stuffs by Tassinari and Chatel, and the
big collection of works by M. Majorelle, who con-
tinues with such success the fine traditions of the
Lorraine school.

very attractive portraits, in
which he depicts in a very
faithful manner the elegant
women of to-day. One of
the finest pieces by the
painter was the portrait of
his mother which we repro-
duce overleaf. H. F.

Rome. — As it

was only a year
ago that the
Victor Emanuel
Monument was definitely
opened in Rome, it seems

BY GEORGE BARBIER . . . ,

a lair asaumption that most
of the readers of The
Studio have not seen it, hence a brief account
of the general outlines of this vast structure may be
of interest as introductory to some remarks on the
fine decorative reliefs by Angelo Zanelli which are
a notable feature of the monument. The design
of the whole monument, as originally conceived by
the architect, Sacconi, is Graeco-Roman, the columns
of the great vestibule being of the Corinthian order;
but this gifted architect had sought to base him-

An exhibition at the Galerie Haussmann in the
Rue la Boetie revealed the talent of a landscapist
who will certainly ere long have to be classed among
the best artists of the French school. It is the work
of M. Flenry Grosjean of which I would speak.
This artist, who has something of Harpignies’ best
manner, depicts in his little pleasantly executed
works, firm in drawing and impeccable in construc-
tion, the aspects of the petite montagne, the Jura
or the Vosges. In another gallery in the same
street (which by the number of new exhibition
galleries it contains would appear to be in a fair
way to out-rivalling the Rue Laffitte) was held the
exhibition of the Dessinateurs Humoristes, contain-
ing examples of the work of our masters in this
branch : Forain, with his powerful political satires ;
L6andre, who portrays so wittily contemporary
celebrities; Jean Veber, whose robust imagination
was revealed in a posterior a pianist; Truchet, who
couples with his great ability as a colourist his
delicious Montmartrois gaiety; Widhopff, who de-
picts scenes on the boulevards; and Gir, the painter
and sculptor of the dancers at the Opera.

At the Georges Petit galleries we saw recently a
most interesting exhibition of works by M. Jules
Cayron. This artist showed here about twenty

CUT VELVET TAPESTRY. DESIGNED BY ADRIEN
KARBOWSKY ; EXECUTED BY TASSINARI AND CHATEL
(Artistes Dicorateurs, Paris)

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