International studio . tribution of the mainessenual masses. It is the exclusion of allthe ordinary methods common to modernacademic works, and the freshness and176 spontaneity of hand and eye that makes thismonument of Bourdelles hke a work ot aareat period. Hence it is not unnatural^hat Bourdelle has offended all those who,as a result of modern education, wineasy successes by pandering to moderntaste. On the other hand, Bourdellereally has regenerated modern sculpturein so far as it is possible for one man to do so. ^ , . f Bourdelle, unlike so many of our artists,has not lived outside and a
International studio . tribution of the mainessenual masses. It is the exclusion of allthe ordinary methods common to modernacademic works, and the freshness and176 spontaneity of hand and eye that makes thismonument of Bourdelles hke a work ot aareat period. Hence it is not unnatural^hat Bourdelle has offended all those who,as a result of modern education, wineasy successes by pandering to moderntaste. On the other hand, Bourdellereally has regenerated modern sculpturein so far as it is possible for one man to do so. ^ , . f Bourdelle, unlike so many of our artists,has not lived outside and apart from this ;he has feh passion, horror, the sacrihceand the glory of it all ; he is still in the fullvigour of manhood, and he has alreadybehind him years and years of experienceof monumental art. It is certain, therefore,that France will employ him on some warmemorial, and that he will produce some-thing finer than all the fine things he hasdone in the past. a a a ^ Neville Lytton MR. E. S. LUMSDENS INDIAN STUDIES. BY EMILE BOURDELLE MR. E. S. LUMSDENS INDIANSTUDIES IN OILS. BY MALCOLMC. SALAMAN. a 0 a u IT is as an etcher that Mr. E. S. Lumsdenhas made his reputation, and a dis-tinguished reputation at that ; indeed, hislatest Indian plates have placed him in thefront rank of contemporary etchers. Butto be a first-rate etcher argues a tempera-ment essentially artistic, with a visiondistinctively personal, and that needs ex-pression at more than one outlet. Theauthentic charm of Mr. Lumsdens etchingis equalled by his happy freedom with oil-paint for the spontaneous record of hiscolour-impressions, and as both painter andetcher he finds himself most stronglymoved by the appeal of the Far holds for him a perennial fascination,his temperament and vision respondingwith extraordinary artistic sensitiveness tothe pictorial mspiration of its light andatmosphere, its native people and buildings,and its pervading mystery; while theseseem to him most alluring, most inspir
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