Studio: international art (84.1922)

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illustrated are light, bright and blue in
scheme, and although to the practised eye a
dual authorship is observable, the result is
very pleasant, forming a worthy comple-
tion to the architectural scheme which is
strong and soothing. J. W. S.

AMSTERDAM.—Mr. W. O. J. Nieu-
wenkamp, the well-known etcher and
draughtsman, an example of whose work is
reproduced opposite, is a much travelled
artist. He has spent much time in the
East, more especially in the Dutch East
Indies, and numerous are the drawings and
etchings he has made of those parts. At
home in Holland he has been no less active
in exploring the little towns with their
quaint old architecture. He has developed
a characteristic style of his own, and is one
of the few etchers who see no objection to
the large plate. He prefers to rely entirely

on the bitten line, leaving the unbitten
parts quite clean. 0000

PARIS.—An outstanding feature at the
French Colonial Exhibition, held at
Marseilles this spring, was a facsimile, in
dimensions identical with the original,
of the ruins of Angkor-Vat, in French
Indo-China, which have attracted so much
interest among artists and archaeologists
recently. Louis Godefroy, the eminent
French etcher, was one of the first artists
to see these in their reality, and the first
to transfer his sketches to the copper-
plate, when he fulfilled an artistic mission
in those parts at the suggestion of the
Governor-General, M. Sarraut, who has
since become Minister for the French
Colonies. M. Godefroy is, indeed, a Far
Eastern enthusiast. 0000
Among the most striking features at

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' THE TEMPLE OF ANGKOR VAT I SUN-
SET." ETCHING BY LOUIS GODEFROY
(By courtesy oi MM. Gouiot & Cie., Paris)