Studio: international art (75.1918)

Studio- Talk

casket containing address to their majesties from the royal british colonial society of
artists. designed by r. anning bell, a.r.a., and executed chiefly by miss lydia miller

British Embassy in Petrograd under Sir George "1 *v UBLIN.—It is seldom that two

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the Ambassador's departure. m simultaneously enriched by impor-

tant bequests of pictures. By the
The galleries at the British Museum which tragic death of the late Sir Hugh Lane, the
have been reopened for a few hours daily are Dublin Municipal Gallery was deprived of its
those on the ground floor containing Greek and founder and benefactor, and the National
Roman sculpture, illuminated MSS., and books. Gallery of Ireland of a Director who, during his
In the sculpture galleries there is a col-
lection of medals of various countries
and periods, including a case of medals
relating to the present war. Most of the
examples in this case are described as
of German " manufacture "—a term
entirely appropriate as not implying
the presence of any artistic qualities,
which indeed are conspicuous by their
absence. The medals commemorating
the sinking of the " Lusitania " and
other U-boat villainies, the one glori-
fying an imaginary Zeppelin bombard-
ment of the Tower Bridge, and most
of the others are, from an artistic
point of view, on a level with another
notorious German production — the
much-quoted " Hymn of Hate."

We feel sure that all art-lovers in this
country learned with deep sorrow of the
death from starvation of the distin-
guished Russian painter, Ilya Repine.
The deceased artist, whose work has
on many occasions been referred to in
these pages in our correspondence from
Russia, had attained the venerable age
of eighty, and this sad termination of a

brilliant career is one among the many "the straw hat" by william maris

dire tragedies Of the Russian revolution. [Dublin Municipal Gallery, Lane Bequest)

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