Studio: international art (85.1923)

STUDIO-TALK

“ UKRAINIAN MUSICIAN ”
BY JAN STURSA

Eve, in the Munich Glyptothek. For a
short time Stursa came under the influence
of the oriental Sulamit Rahu, u but this
escapade towards sensuality was of only
short duration, and the marble entitled
La Vie qui s'echappe (State Gallery,
Vienna) shows that this sculptor quickly
returned to the dreams of his youth/' a
Stursa has done a considerable amount
of work of a monumental character, as
witness his fine groups which decorate the
Hlavka Bridge at Prague, his statues of
Day and Night, intended as embellishments
for the entrance ot a town or city, and his
great monument commemorating the revolt
of the peasants in 1680 at Litomysl, in

Bohemia. In this category of his works
is also to be placed the project for the
monument to the memory of the celebrated
actress Hanna Kvapilova. At the same
time Stursa is a portraitist who has few
equals in Europe. One need mention only
two of his busts—those of the painter
Svabinsky and the actor Vojan—to call
to mind his astonishing skill in interpreting
in bronze the features and character of
his sitters. G. F. L.

MOSCOW,—In the last January issue
of The Studio I had occasion to
note the considerable amplification of
wood-engraving which had taken place

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