Studio: international art (81.1921)

STUDIO-TALK

bust in the same exhibition of Roseta—a
young girl of Valencia. 0 a a
The tradition of the fine arts seems to
be in the Pina^o family. The sculptor him-
self won the travelling studentship in
Rome and Paris from the Academy of
Arts in Valencia. He gained the silver
medal in the National Exhibition of
Madrid and the International Exhibition
of Saragossa, as well as the grand diploma
of honour in the Franco-Spanish Ex-
hibition at Saragossa, and has received
from the Government of France the
decoration of the Legion of Honour.

S. B.

MELBOURNE.—A description of the
National Gallery, Melbourne, and
the Felton Bequest, which is the principal
source of its income, has appeared in The

Studio, and it may be a fitting corollary
to . give a short account of the Director,
who has charge of this important collection.

Mr. L. Bernard Hall, who has held the
post of Director for thirty years, received
his scholastic education at Cheltenham
College. In 1874 he entered the Art
Schools at South Kensington, then under
the direction of Sir Edward J. Poynter,
P.R.A., where he worked for four years.
Subsequently he studied at Antwerp under
Verlat, and was for some time at Munich.
Lenbach was there then, and Mr. Hall
occasionally saw him with Wagner and
his frau at the Opera. He was present
at the Artists' Costume Fete, in 1880,
when a fire broke out and ten students
lost their lives. Returning to London in
1882 he started life professionally and
executed drawings for the Graphic, Black

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' BUSH TENT." BY
L. BERNARD HALL