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Identifier: internationalstu38newy (find matches)
Title: International studio
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Boys of(dasgow are far better known in Germany and onI lie Continent generally than in .\merica, and it is apleasure to find that in this instance, at least, their-incere and always poetic art receives merited recog-nition. Long appreciated by sympathetic connois-seurs abroad, they have in a sense failed to enlist thesui);)ort of the professional dealer, which largely ac-counts for the fact that they do not at j)resent enjoythe vogue which should, bv right of accomplish-ment, fall to their lot. The powerful and imjiressive Head by Munkacsyl)elongs to the realistic tradition of the seventies, andthe beautiful and gemlike little canvas by AlfredStevens, entitled Deep in Thought, to that half-Hclgian, half-Krench world of delicate feminine sen-timent of which its author remains the supreme andunapi)roachal)le master. Always eager for thatwhich is best in current production, Mr. Reisingerhas lately augmented his list by another l)eg:i5, alandscape by de Bock, an orchard scene with figures
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PEASANT GIRL HALL KESTI BY ANDERS ZORN Mr. Reisingers Collection Ijy Theodore Robinson,and from the recent exhi-bition of contemporaryGerman art has purchasedworks by Bartels, Crodel,Looschen and Schramm-Zittau. Cosmopolitan, ifanything, in his choice, andadmiring good art fromwhatever quarter it maycome, he has naturally notescaped the current enthu-siasm for Sorolla, and willshortly hang upon his wallstwo dazzling and tonic can-vases by the Valencian. Some mention should Ijemade of the carefully select-ed and significant array ofl)r()nzcs which so well sup-plement the landscapes,portraits and figure pieceswith which they are sur-rounded. The master emo-tionalist in plastic form, Auguste Rodin, is hereseen at his best in Ix Bahcr and Le Printenips,while his colleague and countryman, Falguiere, isre;)resented by a Head oj Diana; MerciJ and Ver-nier c()mj)Ieting the list of Frenchmen. Placed by

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