DOI issue:
No. 385 (April 1925)
DOI article:[Studio-talk]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21402#0235
architects Bonnier and Plumet. The main
entrance will be in the Avenue Nicolas II.,
between the Grand Palais and the Petit
Palais, and in a line with the Pont Alexandre
III. and the Hotel des Invalides : this
monumental gate is by Andre Ventre.
There are three other gates—at the Place
de la Concorde (by M. Patout), at the
Rue de l'Universite, near the Invalides
Metro Station (by M. Woog), and at the
Quai d'Orsay (by M. Boileau). 0 0
Visitors to the exhibition, whether artists
or members of the general public, will find
that they are well catered for in the matter
of relaxation. There will be a theatre, a
library, a gravity railway nearly a mile
long, in a straight line, and French and
foreign restaurants. Also, many im-
posing spectacles have been arranged for
the collective delectation of visitors. 0
The general enthusiasm shown by the
exhibitors and the manner in which they
have laboured for a common end—the
bringing of more beauty into everyday life
—seem to provide a magnificent augury
for the success of this great artistic
manifestation. M. Valotaire.
BOOKBINDING FOR OSCAR WILDE'S
" SALOME." BY ROBERT BONFILS
(In the possession of M. Jacques Andre)
PARIS
BOOKBINDING FOR THE
" CHANSON DE ROLAND "
BY ROBERT BONFILS
Our illustrations this month show two
pieces which will be exhibited at the
Exhibition by the Royal Copenhagen Por-
celain Manufactory, and two distinctive
bookbindings by M. Robert Bonfils, in
which the artist has to some extent sym-
bolised the contents of the books in his
work, a a a 0 0 a
M. Robert Bonfils is one of those
decorative artists who have actively con-
tributed to the revival of French book-
production. Since 1912 he has illustrated
a number of fine editions, among which
we may mention Albert Samain's " Chariot
d'Or," Verlaine's " Fetes galantes," and
Gerard de Nerval's " Sylvie," and, in
his albums of wood-engravings, " Seize
Vues de Paris" and " Divertissements
de Princesses," he has given evidence of
a charming imagination. Also, he has done
good work for the Sevres and Gobelins
factories, and has just finished the de-
coration of the " Hall of the Four Sea-
sons " in the tea-rooms of the Grands
Magasins du Printemps. His talent is
flexible and lively. His imaginative gifts
are very high, and to these he adds a full
technical equipment as a wood-engraver,
an illustrator and a decorator, which
makes him one of the most notable per-
sonalities in the modern movement. As
a book-binder, his originality in conception
places him in a class by himself. G. M.
229
entrance will be in the Avenue Nicolas II.,
between the Grand Palais and the Petit
Palais, and in a line with the Pont Alexandre
III. and the Hotel des Invalides : this
monumental gate is by Andre Ventre.
There are three other gates—at the Place
de la Concorde (by M. Patout), at the
Rue de l'Universite, near the Invalides
Metro Station (by M. Woog), and at the
Quai d'Orsay (by M. Boileau). 0 0
Visitors to the exhibition, whether artists
or members of the general public, will find
that they are well catered for in the matter
of relaxation. There will be a theatre, a
library, a gravity railway nearly a mile
long, in a straight line, and French and
foreign restaurants. Also, many im-
posing spectacles have been arranged for
the collective delectation of visitors. 0
The general enthusiasm shown by the
exhibitors and the manner in which they
have laboured for a common end—the
bringing of more beauty into everyday life
—seem to provide a magnificent augury
for the success of this great artistic
manifestation. M. Valotaire.
BOOKBINDING FOR OSCAR WILDE'S
" SALOME." BY ROBERT BONFILS
(In the possession of M. Jacques Andre)
PARIS
BOOKBINDING FOR THE
" CHANSON DE ROLAND "
BY ROBERT BONFILS
Our illustrations this month show two
pieces which will be exhibited at the
Exhibition by the Royal Copenhagen Por-
celain Manufactory, and two distinctive
bookbindings by M. Robert Bonfils, in
which the artist has to some extent sym-
bolised the contents of the books in his
work, a a a 0 0 a
M. Robert Bonfils is one of those
decorative artists who have actively con-
tributed to the revival of French book-
production. Since 1912 he has illustrated
a number of fine editions, among which
we may mention Albert Samain's " Chariot
d'Or," Verlaine's " Fetes galantes," and
Gerard de Nerval's " Sylvie," and, in
his albums of wood-engravings, " Seize
Vues de Paris" and " Divertissements
de Princesses," he has given evidence of
a charming imagination. Also, he has done
good work for the Sevres and Gobelins
factories, and has just finished the de-
coration of the " Hall of the Four Sea-
sons " in the tea-rooms of the Grands
Magasins du Printemps. His talent is
flexible and lively. His imaginative gifts
are very high, and to these he adds a full
technical equipment as a wood-engraver,
an illustrator and a decorator, which
makes him one of the most notable per-
sonalities in the modern movement. As
a book-binder, his originality in conception
places him in a class by himself. G. M.
229