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DECORATIVE PANEL (DETAIL) (Salon d' Automne ) BY ANNE ESTELLE RICE
mention the faience, porcelain and stoneware of At the exhibition of the Painter-Etchers of Paris,
Dammouse ; the carved wood animals of R. Bigot. at Brunner's galleries, I noted some excellent
revealing his remarkable technique ; the work of Parisian scenes by Frank Boggs, a pleasant Parlie
Maurice Dufrene, who showed some very success- de bridge by Caro-Delvaille, views of Montmartre
ful bronze fittings for lighting and that of Jean by Chenard-Huche. some exquisite pastels by Jules
Dunand, a master of copper work. Cheret, and lastly I would refer in particular to
_ the work of a new-comer, M. Ed. Chimot, whose
pastels and engravings are decidedly worthy of the
In the Marcel Bernheim galleries one found attention of collectors,
another and equally delightful exhibition of pictorial
and decorative art under the title of "L'Art The largest collection of nineteenth century
Intime." Among the pictures the wash drawings French pictures, that of M. Rouart, has been
by Mile. Marguerite Barthelemy, executed with rare recently dispersed by auction in Paris. At this
technical excellence, deserve the highest commen- sale the works of Daumier, Corot, Millet and
dation; as also the flower-pieces of Henri Dumont, a Degas touched prices hitherto undreamed of. Here
past master in this branch, the bold Che7nin au we had an undoubted triumph for these masters, to
soleil by Madeline, and the scenes from Berry by whose genius The Studio has always paid the
that excellent painter of country-life Fernand homage due to it. H. F.
Maillaud. In the section of Decorative Art one -
remembers the leather work of Mme. Berthe Cazin, During the early stages of the Arts and Crafts
the ceramics of M. and Mme. Massoul, and the movement that spread so rapidly over the Continent
glassware by Daum. from England, design in France was chiefly remark
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DECORATIVE PANEL (DETAIL) (Salon d' Automne ) BY ANNE ESTELLE RICE
mention the faience, porcelain and stoneware of At the exhibition of the Painter-Etchers of Paris,
Dammouse ; the carved wood animals of R. Bigot. at Brunner's galleries, I noted some excellent
revealing his remarkable technique ; the work of Parisian scenes by Frank Boggs, a pleasant Parlie
Maurice Dufrene, who showed some very success- de bridge by Caro-Delvaille, views of Montmartre
ful bronze fittings for lighting and that of Jean by Chenard-Huche. some exquisite pastels by Jules
Dunand, a master of copper work. Cheret, and lastly I would refer in particular to
_ the work of a new-comer, M. Ed. Chimot, whose
pastels and engravings are decidedly worthy of the
In the Marcel Bernheim galleries one found attention of collectors,
another and equally delightful exhibition of pictorial
and decorative art under the title of "L'Art The largest collection of nineteenth century
Intime." Among the pictures the wash drawings French pictures, that of M. Rouart, has been
by Mile. Marguerite Barthelemy, executed with rare recently dispersed by auction in Paris. At this
technical excellence, deserve the highest commen- sale the works of Daumier, Corot, Millet and
dation; as also the flower-pieces of Henri Dumont, a Degas touched prices hitherto undreamed of. Here
past master in this branch, the bold Che7nin au we had an undoubted triumph for these masters, to
soleil by Madeline, and the scenes from Berry by whose genius The Studio has always paid the
that excellent painter of country-life Fernand homage due to it. H. F.
Maillaud. In the section of Decorative Art one -
remembers the leather work of Mme. Berthe Cazin, During the early stages of the Arts and Crafts
the ceramics of M. and Mme. Massoul, and the movement that spread so rapidly over the Continent
glassware by Daum. from England, design in France was chiefly remark
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