Studio: international art (82.1921)

STUDIO-TALK

below its full possibilities. These figures,
which are to be cast in pottery by the firm
of Garrigos Ginner, are small in dimen-
sions, and have an artistic value far above
the productions usually destined for
such a purpose. As will be seen in the
illustrations, Senor Clemente Cantos
possesses a sense of the dramatic and
of character coupled with a keen gift
for plastic composition of no mean
order. J. G.

VIENNA.—Some years ago, in an
article on the Imperial Arts and
Crafts School in Vienna, I referred to the
good work being done by the students
working under Professor Czeschka, who
was then in charge of the class for wood
engraving. Among these students was
Walter Dittrich, whose work even at that
date attracted much attention, especially
his wood engraving of the old Tyrolean
town of Feldkirch (reproduced in the
aforesaid article), prints of which were

acquired by more than one British col-
lector. That the early promise thus shown
has been fulfilled with increase in his
later work will be evident from the re-
productions here given of two prints—
Semmering and Mountains near Meran.
Dittrich, who is himself a mountaineer,
has always shown a predilection for
mountain scenery, and his productions
include a whole series of landscapes such
as these, remarkable for their originality
of treatment and for the strength and
freedom with which the artist has handled
his graver in interpreting with decorative
effect the character of the scenery. a
The drawing Tristan and Isolde, here re-
produced, is the work of Lili Mihaly, a
Hungarian girl who, before she could
write, revealed a talent for design. At the
age of sixteen she began her art studies
in Budapest under M. Szablya-Frischauf,
and subsequently studied drawing under
Professor Simay and engraving under
Professor Olgyay at the Budapest Academy.

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TRISTAN AND ISOLDE." PEN-
DRAWING BY LILI MIHALY