DOI issue:
No. 261 (December 1914)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21211#0229
Studio- Talk
"judas " . (See Milan Studio-Talk) by filippo carcaxo
will have a profound influence over the trend of front and will assuredly bring back some fine and
art in France; and in a general manner it will inspiring visions ■ and how many are there not, side
mark the return of an art more especially national, by side with them, who will find in this war ot
When the great art societies saw the way in which nations a new inspiration for their art!
the barbarians treat works of art both ancient and --
modern, destroying for the mere pleasure of destruc- The charming portrait study here reproduced in
tion libraries, cathedrals, art treasures of all kinds, facsimile is a typical example of work in a medium
it was at once unanimously agreed that German which M. Lucien Monod employs with very en-
and Austrian exhibitors should be for ever banished gaging results in the rendering of feminine grace,
from our salons and exhibitions ; and the disappear- and such drawings, as well as many in simple lead
ance of German shops will result in the removal pencil, have earned for the artist a wide popularity.
from our midst of all the productions of that -
country. It is my melancholy duty to record the death of
Felix Bracquemond, the distinguished painter-
Henceforward also, one may venture to prognosti- etcher, who died at Sevres on October 2 7 full of
cate, the military picture will return to favour, years and honour. The deceased artist was born
This class of subject has been, somewhat unjustly, in Paris in the year 1833, and although for many
rather neglected during the last twenty years. The years past he had resided and worked at Sevres he
public, nourished overmuch by pacific illusions, ever remained loyal to the city of his birth. Be-
have been pleased to regard the military painter as ginning his artistic career as a lithographer, he
unfashionable. And yet how many examples we made his first appearance at the Salon when he
have of artists in history who have found admirable was only nineteen. It was a portrait of his grand-
motifs in scenes of military life. Already these few mother which he exhibited, and it attracted the
months of war have inspired certain military painters attention of Theophile Gautier, between whom and
to the production of interesting works and one has Bracquemond a friendship was then initiated which
seen various cartoons and drawings by M. Georges lasted till the great litterateur's death. But though
Scott which seem destined to be most successful, he continued to paint for some few years, he at
This artist followed the Balkan War and exhibited length abandoned his brushes in favour of the
.at Petit's a series of works brought back from that etching needle and the burin, and it is on what he
campaign. M. Francois Flameng has been com- accomplished as an aquafortist and graver that his
missioned by the State tb make certain sketches on fame rests. He was an indefatigable worker, and
the battlefields. Other painters who have already even when I wrote an account of his work in these
specialised in military scenes—such as M. Maurice pages some ten years ago his plates numbered at
Orange or M. Henry Jacquier—are actually at the least eight hundred.
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"judas " . (See Milan Studio-Talk) by filippo carcaxo
will have a profound influence over the trend of front and will assuredly bring back some fine and
art in France; and in a general manner it will inspiring visions ■ and how many are there not, side
mark the return of an art more especially national, by side with them, who will find in this war ot
When the great art societies saw the way in which nations a new inspiration for their art!
the barbarians treat works of art both ancient and --
modern, destroying for the mere pleasure of destruc- The charming portrait study here reproduced in
tion libraries, cathedrals, art treasures of all kinds, facsimile is a typical example of work in a medium
it was at once unanimously agreed that German which M. Lucien Monod employs with very en-
and Austrian exhibitors should be for ever banished gaging results in the rendering of feminine grace,
from our salons and exhibitions ; and the disappear- and such drawings, as well as many in simple lead
ance of German shops will result in the removal pencil, have earned for the artist a wide popularity.
from our midst of all the productions of that -
country. It is my melancholy duty to record the death of
Felix Bracquemond, the distinguished painter-
Henceforward also, one may venture to prognosti- etcher, who died at Sevres on October 2 7 full of
cate, the military picture will return to favour, years and honour. The deceased artist was born
This class of subject has been, somewhat unjustly, in Paris in the year 1833, and although for many
rather neglected during the last twenty years. The years past he had resided and worked at Sevres he
public, nourished overmuch by pacific illusions, ever remained loyal to the city of his birth. Be-
have been pleased to regard the military painter as ginning his artistic career as a lithographer, he
unfashionable. And yet how many examples we made his first appearance at the Salon when he
have of artists in history who have found admirable was only nineteen. It was a portrait of his grand-
motifs in scenes of military life. Already these few mother which he exhibited, and it attracted the
months of war have inspired certain military painters attention of Theophile Gautier, between whom and
to the production of interesting works and one has Bracquemond a friendship was then initiated which
seen various cartoons and drawings by M. Georges lasted till the great litterateur's death. But though
Scott which seem destined to be most successful, he continued to paint for some few years, he at
This artist followed the Balkan War and exhibited length abandoned his brushes in favour of the
.at Petit's a series of works brought back from that etching needle and the burin, and it is on what he
campaign. M. Francois Flameng has been com- accomplished as an aquafortist and graver that his
missioned by the State tb make certain sketches on fame rests. He was an indefatigable worker, and
the battlefields. Other painters who have already even when I wrote an account of his work in these
specialised in military scenes—such as M. Maurice pages some ten years ago his plates numbered at
Orange or M. Henry Jacquier—are actually at the least eight hundred.
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