Studio: international art (83.1922)

THE ART OF THE THEATRE

“ ARLEQUIN.” BY
J. G. DOMERGUE

THE ART OF THE THEATRE. a

MONS. Jean Gabriel Domergue, besides
being one of the most prominent
painters of the French school of to-day, is
also a decorator of very sound taste which
has been brought to bear on the art of the
theatre. His various experiments in this
direction have been crowned with marked
success, so much so that he has all at once
assumed a place among the leading expo-
nents of this art in France. Two pieces
have in particular contributed to this suc-
cess—the musical tragedy Arlequin and the
Chinese play u Sin” both of them products
of M. Magre's creative fancy. Some of
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M. Domergue's designs for the scenery of
these plays are reproduced in the accom-
panying colour plate; they are those by
which he is represented in the International
Theatre Exhibition at the Victoria and
Albert Museum this month. H. F. E.

The International Theatre Exhibition
which was so very successful in Am-
sterdam has been transferred to South
Kensington, where it is certain to create
a wide-spread interest among the large
classes of the community who are in any
sense concerned with ** Art in the
Theatre." The stage models, skilfully
lighted to gain the effects of actual scenes
in a theatre, will be found fascinating.