Studio: international art (61.1914)

Studio- Talk

hall of the Casino of Mount Tibidabo, the subjects decorative compositions has been rather neglected
of which were inspired by passages in the —and this in conjunction with an admirable play
"Atlantida" of the great Catalan poet Jacinto of colour gives to these works a quite distinctive
Verdaguer. In these Nestor, in spite of his early merit. The exhibition at the Pares Salon, in
years, revealed himself as an excellent decorator, which these pictures were exhibited, has indeed
in which capacity he again showed to advantage in been a real triumph, and heralds a splendid career
works he exhibited some two years ago in the for this young artist, who is only twenty-four years
galleries of the Fayans Catala. of age. The Municipality of Barcelona has been
- shrewd enough to vote a considerable sum for the

During the interval nothing was seen of the artist purpose of acquiring some examples of his work,
who had aroused such interest, and all that was which are destined to decorate the rooms of the
known of him was that he was working with the Palacio del Ayuntamiento or City Hall,
utmost enthusiasm, first in his studio in London J- G. M.

and then in Paris; but the numerous works he has

just been exhibiting bore eloquent witness to the "Tk K ONTREAL.—The thirty-fifth annual
ardour with which he has been devoting himself to l\ /I exhibition of the Royal Canadian
his art; each work not only testified to the artist's I \i I Academy of Arts opened in Montreal
vigour of conception but showed that with his .X Y A on November 20. It was a distinctly
temperamental regard for accuracy and colour he creditable exhibition, in that it included many
takes delight in creating and handling difficulties of works of individuality and expressiveness, while
design, evoking astonishment at the way in which relatively few appeared to be entirely lacking in
he attains the desired
end. Thus there resuk s in
his works a harmonious
richness of which no
monochrome reproduc-
tion can give an adequate
idea. He understands all
the secrets of his art and
knows how to surprise us
with compositions which
arouse the enthusiasm
alike of the artist, the
amateur and the ordinary
man of the world.

Nestor is, moreover, an
excellent etcher and
decorator of books, but it
is perhaps in the domain
of portraiture that his
chief laurels have so far
been gained. The two
works here reproduced,
Joselito and Rose and
Silver, are capital exam-
ples of this branch of his
practice: besides achiev-
ing a faithful likeness of
the subjects portrayed,
he has bestowed great
thought and care on his
drawing—a point which

in some of his exclusively " ioselito" (Salon Parts, Barcelona) by nestor de la torre

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