Studio: international art (58.1913)

Studio-Talk

On entering the recent exhibition, one was met
by a fascinating display of colour in the work of
the pupils of the Martine Ecole d'Art decoratif and
some distinguished applique designs in black, rose,
white and bright green, executed on cushions and
other necessities pertaining to a living room, by
Maurice and Henri Monnot. In the large section
of the gallery devoted to the exhibition of interiors,
the garden furniture by Robert Mallet Stevens was
most attractive, each detail showing a fine architec-
tural knowledge behind the extreme simplicity of
design and arrangement. The same artist's dining-
room with black woodwork and green carpet and
his various framed interior designs also deserve
more than a passing notice.

For colour-charm the dining-room with grey
wood panelling and furniture in African plane
wood by Andre Groult, was intensely interesting.
The window recess, in which hung a simply de-
signed bird-cage in grey, against green bordered
white curtains, and containing a table in satin-
wood on a black carpet, was quite excellent. The
" petit salon " by the same designer was less restful
in colour, but amongst the many other exhibits it
was one of the most distinguished. For thoughtful
conception the young lady's bedroom with a scheme

of decoration in blue by Miss M. Constance Lloyd,
was remarkably enticing, and other rooms by Paul
Follot, Maurice Dufrene, Pierre Selmersheim, L.
Bigaux, andE. Ausseur, presented features of interest.

In the upper gallery a distinguished and worthy
position was given to the Panneau decoratif, by
Miss Anne Estelle Rice, in which she mani-
fested a fine sense of colour and vigorous use of
line. It was indeed one of the most interesting
decorative paintings in the exhibition. The Frag-
ment'decoratif'pourune Ecole and the Decoration pour
une bibliotlwque, by Georges Desvallieres, too, were
uncommonly attractive. Amongst many excellent
designs for tapestries and other fabrics and for wall-
papers, the most unique were by Hermann-Paul,
Francois Carlegle, Andre Barbier, R. D. Simpson,
Madame F. Maillaud and Miss M. Constance
Lloyd ; and I noted too some interesting examples
of table glass by Francois Decorgemont, and
leaded glass by Auguste Labouret. E. A. T.

BERLIN.—At the Schulte Salon a Karl
Hagemeister exhibition aroused general
interest, as it helped to establish the
reputation of an important German
painter. It was arranged as a supplement to the

"a summer festival" (coloured wood engraving)

(Berlin Secession)

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by heine rath