DOI Heft:
No. 370 (January 1924)
DOI Artikel:[Notes: two hundred and twenty-one illustrations]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21399#0075
MILAN—MONZA—SOUTH AFRICA—MOSCOW
ous in the use of his tools, using them with
a sureness of touch and yet delicacy of
manipulation, his hand being subordinated
to a mind imbued with a fine imagination
held in restraint by his right sense of
artistic proportion and true artistic feeling.
A. S. L.
MILAN. — A painter whose work is
attracting attention among Italian
landscape artists is N. G. Fiumi, who is
now settled in Milan. I found two works
by him in the “ Quadriennale,” the
Turin exhibition of last summer—L’Alba
{“ The Dawn ”) and Ritcrno della Sagra
(“ Return from the Village Fete ”)—which
show, especially in the first of these, where
the effect of dawn is given over the
mountains, an appreciation of colour and
good composition. It has been remarked
of his work, especially in connection with
this painting of L’Alba, that Fiumi has
certainly the making of a good colourist.
” His tonality is agreeably varied, and, in
spite of a slight tendency to become too
vivid, gives a true note ; while his com-
position is good and the whole effect leaves
a distinct impression that the artist pos-
sesses a strongly developed poetic
sentiment.” 00000
Sig. N. G. Fiumi has yet his position
to develop and secure, but what he has
done gives the promise that he will take
a place among the leading Italian painters
of landscape. He appeared also in the
Brera Exhibition of 1923 with Mid-day
Sunlight at Cantalu. S. B.
MONZA. — After the successful In-
ternational Exhibition of Decorative
Arts at Monza in the present year, the
committee is already beginning to make
its plans for that of 1925* and ^ am ^n"
formed, assured of the support of the
British Institute of Industrial Art in making
this country’s contribution to the next
biennial exhibition a really effective one.
At the same time much satisfaction has
been given by the diploma granted by the
jury of this year’s Monza Exhibition to the
display of English poster designs,, so
efficiently organised by Comm. Canziani,
late president of the Italian Chamber of
Commerce in London. 000
In the meantime it has been decided to
hold in the present year, 1924, at the Villa
Reale of Monza, an exhibition under the
title of “ Mostra del Ritratto Femminile
Contemporaneo,” of portraits of women
by leading contemporary artists. The
exhibition will be open from May to
October, and the committee express the
hope that the display will “ prove to be a
true and lofty glorification of woman, and
also assume the character of a contest of
womanly beauty from a high artistic
standpoint.” 00000
I am informed by the committee that
the works sent can be executed in any
pictorial technique, and in any material
used in sculpture. Models in plaster and
prints in black and white will be admitted.
Works must be sent, carriage paid, to the
Villa Reale of Monza, and each artist
exhibiting can show three separate works
with one or more portraits in each, or even
groups of portraits when it is a case of
black and white, miniatures, or oil or
water-colour in modest dimensions. 0
A commission from the “ Famiglia
Artistica ” will organise the exhibition,
and there will be prizes of—1st prize, lire
10,000 ; 2nd prize, lire 5,000 ; 3rd prize,
lire 2,000, besides medals and diplomas
placed at the disposal of the committee by
the Minister of Public Instruction. The
time limit for sending in works expires on
April 15th, 1924. S. B.
SOUTH AFRICA.—The University of
South Africa has recently created a
Chair of Fine Arts, and a degree is to be
granted in connection with it. The courses
are of a practical nature, combining a
working instruction in various crafts with
the study of the historical and theoretical
aspects of art. The full course extends over
four years, three of which are devoted to
practical work. The authorities have
arranged for the tuition to take place at
the Durban School of Art, which is
suitably equipped already. The present
Head Master, Mr. O. J. P. Oxley,
A.R.C.A., will be the first Professor. 0
MOSCOW. — The two book-plates
reproduced are the result of a com-
petition, organised by the Russian State
Publishing House at Moscow, for the
wood engravers of this city. The book-
57
ous in the use of his tools, using them with
a sureness of touch and yet delicacy of
manipulation, his hand being subordinated
to a mind imbued with a fine imagination
held in restraint by his right sense of
artistic proportion and true artistic feeling.
A. S. L.
MILAN. — A painter whose work is
attracting attention among Italian
landscape artists is N. G. Fiumi, who is
now settled in Milan. I found two works
by him in the “ Quadriennale,” the
Turin exhibition of last summer—L’Alba
{“ The Dawn ”) and Ritcrno della Sagra
(“ Return from the Village Fete ”)—which
show, especially in the first of these, where
the effect of dawn is given over the
mountains, an appreciation of colour and
good composition. It has been remarked
of his work, especially in connection with
this painting of L’Alba, that Fiumi has
certainly the making of a good colourist.
” His tonality is agreeably varied, and, in
spite of a slight tendency to become too
vivid, gives a true note ; while his com-
position is good and the whole effect leaves
a distinct impression that the artist pos-
sesses a strongly developed poetic
sentiment.” 00000
Sig. N. G. Fiumi has yet his position
to develop and secure, but what he has
done gives the promise that he will take
a place among the leading Italian painters
of landscape. He appeared also in the
Brera Exhibition of 1923 with Mid-day
Sunlight at Cantalu. S. B.
MONZA. — After the successful In-
ternational Exhibition of Decorative
Arts at Monza in the present year, the
committee is already beginning to make
its plans for that of 1925* and ^ am ^n"
formed, assured of the support of the
British Institute of Industrial Art in making
this country’s contribution to the next
biennial exhibition a really effective one.
At the same time much satisfaction has
been given by the diploma granted by the
jury of this year’s Monza Exhibition to the
display of English poster designs,, so
efficiently organised by Comm. Canziani,
late president of the Italian Chamber of
Commerce in London. 000
In the meantime it has been decided to
hold in the present year, 1924, at the Villa
Reale of Monza, an exhibition under the
title of “ Mostra del Ritratto Femminile
Contemporaneo,” of portraits of women
by leading contemporary artists. The
exhibition will be open from May to
October, and the committee express the
hope that the display will “ prove to be a
true and lofty glorification of woman, and
also assume the character of a contest of
womanly beauty from a high artistic
standpoint.” 00000
I am informed by the committee that
the works sent can be executed in any
pictorial technique, and in any material
used in sculpture. Models in plaster and
prints in black and white will be admitted.
Works must be sent, carriage paid, to the
Villa Reale of Monza, and each artist
exhibiting can show three separate works
with one or more portraits in each, or even
groups of portraits when it is a case of
black and white, miniatures, or oil or
water-colour in modest dimensions. 0
A commission from the “ Famiglia
Artistica ” will organise the exhibition,
and there will be prizes of—1st prize, lire
10,000 ; 2nd prize, lire 5,000 ; 3rd prize,
lire 2,000, besides medals and diplomas
placed at the disposal of the committee by
the Minister of Public Instruction. The
time limit for sending in works expires on
April 15th, 1924. S. B.
SOUTH AFRICA.—The University of
South Africa has recently created a
Chair of Fine Arts, and a degree is to be
granted in connection with it. The courses
are of a practical nature, combining a
working instruction in various crafts with
the study of the historical and theoretical
aspects of art. The full course extends over
four years, three of which are devoted to
practical work. The authorities have
arranged for the tuition to take place at
the Durban School of Art, which is
suitably equipped already. The present
Head Master, Mr. O. J. P. Oxley,
A.R.C.A., will be the first Professor. 0
MOSCOW. — The two book-plates
reproduced are the result of a com-
petition, organised by the Russian State
Publishing House at Moscow, for the
wood engravers of this city. The book-
57