Studio: international art (84.1922)

MAXIME DETHOMAS

" A l'h6pital." illustra-
tion to "la torque"
by maxime dethomas

a strong and original personality, all three
having delineated their vivid impressions
of life with an equality of personal vision
and brilliant technical force. 0 0
Dethomas' line seems to many to have
a likeness to the line of lead used with
glass, but this is, unfortunately, most often
utilised as a means simply of binding one
piece of glass to another, and it is only
by its superficial strength and thickness
that it has any resemblance to the other.
Nor do I think that any other line than
that which Dethomas uses could so well
fulfil the mission of his thoughts. His
medium is principally that of charcoal or
chalk with ofttimes a judicious application
of splattered colour, and now and again
of a slight wash of some brilliant or other-

wise harmonious tint, as, for example, in
La complaisante Amie. As an artist who
delights in his medium, he has few if any
equals, especially in his artistic use of the
spray and splatter brush. That was abun-
dantly and effectively demonstrated by a
collective exhibition of his work which was
held a little while ago in the Pavilion de
Marsan at the Louvre. a a a
His illustrations for " La Turque " of
Eugene Montford and " Le Trust " of
Paul Adam were made for the popular
editions published by M. A. Fayard et
Cie, and not special " editions de luxe "
though Dethomas by his illustrations
has certainly made these popular editions
come within that category, for one cannot
think of him as doing anything but his

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