Studio: international art (90.1925)

REGIONAL ART AT PARIS

GREEK PEASANT HOUSE
ARCHITECT, C. SKYRIANOS

(Internat. Exhn. of Modern De-
corative and Industrial Arts
Paris. Photo, Henri Manuel)

also distinguished by many notable quali-
ties, and in parts it has real charm: but in
some respects there is the mark of a rather
paltry conception, catering too obviously
for the tastes of the visitors to the French
Riviera. The architects are MM. Marcel
Delmas and Marcel Lavergne. e> a

The " Ty-Breiz," was built by M. Lucien
Vaugeois, who has contrived skilfully to
assemble the majority of the characteristics
of the local architecture ; just as the already
well-known artist, M. Lemordant, has
succeeded in making the most artistic
furniture by modernising traditional
motives. A remarkable fact is that this
Breton house, whose regional character
is so marked, harmonises wonderfully
with the houses in the French village, where
the various architects have expressly set
aside all seeking after local traditicns. This
village was built under the general direc-
tion of M. Charles Genuys, and the plan
of the whole was made by M, Dervaux. a

The village consists of a series of small
buildings, some isolated and some arranged
as a street and square of a modern French
village. Among the best are The Marble-

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Cutter's House, by M. Dervaux; the
Bazaar, by M. Oudin ; the Chemist's Shop
and Dispensary, by MM. Bluysen and
Parizot; the Shoemaker's House (one of
the most charming), by M. Guillemonat,
with its wooden sign carved by M. Lebeau ;
the Town Hall, by M. Guimard ; The
Weaver's House, by M. Brunet; The
Middle-Class House, by M. Hamelet;
the Inn, by M. Pierre Selmersheim ; The
Bakery, by M. Levard ; The Cemetery, by
M. Bigaux (which contains a Calvary by
the sculptor Leyritz, an excellent pro-
duction both from the religious and the
technical points of view) ; the School, by
M. Paul Genuys ; and lastly, the Church,
which is one of the most perfect and
harmonious essays in architecture and
decoration in the entire exhibition. a
This church was erected under the
auspices of the Societe de Saint-Jean, and
the architect is M. Jacques Droz, who,
though he has had little space to work in,
has created a building imposing alike in
its grandeur and its religious character, and
one which will leave an ineradicable re-
membrance in the minds of all who have
seen it. Its dominant qualities are great
freedom in the lines, peculiarly ingenious
and tasteful use of modernised traditional

MAS DE PROVENCE
GALERIE DES METIERS
ARCHITECT, PAUL TOURNON

(Internat. Kxhn. of Modern
Decorative Arts, Paris)