DOI Heft:
No. 174 (September, 1907)
DOI Artikel:The Seventh International Exhibition of Art at Venice, 1907
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20775#0307
The Venice Exhibition, igof.
j the catalogue, with the aid
^SBill^^^B '< '', J^E have great merit, but do
!•-'[■' '' RSBi^H| jBF wb^M^m^MflnBl not entirely harmonise
■.■■■■■■.'> i " with the room; and again,
XgtKsXlfl^^HBt a i i human passion or the
™ 'F^mMBBBBBIBi M"+m», I, silence of the tomb, they
are alike restless, per-
Jr % : turbed, destitute of any
sense of repose, which
venice exhibition (Photo. A. Tivoli) the Venetian room surely sometimes belongs
to their theme. The
THE SEVENTH INTERNA- colour scheme, however, is pleasing and perfectly
TIONAL EXHIBITION OF ART under control, the drawing of the nudes — in
AT VENICE 1907 which I venture to trace something of Leighton's
influence — exquisitely delicate, delightfully vi-
The exhibition of modern art now being held in vacious.
Venice is generally considered the best, both for Having studied Sartorio's paintings we may
quality of work exhibited and for sales effected, of glance at the sculpture in this room, where we shall
the. whole series. The foreign sections especially find, with Auguste Rodin's Penscur, a Feconditk of
are this year admirable in selection and arrange- the Belgian Meunier (the last work before his
ment; but I can also note considerable advance death); and here, too, Max . Klinger has an
all round upon the exhibition I visited in 1905. upright female figure, Baignetise, where the sin-
Venice herself, for centuries a world-centre, first cerity of the modelling, the solidity and power of
of commerce then of art,
then later of pleasure, is
the ideal location for such Ili^^^nHrannHHHMil^HjHH^n^H^HE^^H^RHBBHK
an international exhibi-
tion, and in Sgr. Frade-
letto, with his untiring
energy and sound judg-
ment, she has found a no
less ideal director.
My subject here is
extensive and my space
limited, so I come at
once to the Sala Centrale,
whose walls are entirely
devoted to the decorative
panels of Aristide Sartorio.
The artist has sought here
"to illustrate, with the
myths of classical anti-
quity, the poem of human
life," and it has taken him venice exhibition (Photo. A. Tivoli, Venice) the German room
269
j the catalogue, with the aid
^SBill^^^B '< '', J^E have great merit, but do
!•-'[■' '' RSBi^H| jBF wb^M^m^MflnBl not entirely harmonise
■.■■■■■■.'> i " with the room; and again,
XgtKsXlfl^^HBt a i i human passion or the
™ 'F^mMBBBBBIBi M"+m», I, silence of the tomb, they
are alike restless, per-
Jr % : turbed, destitute of any
sense of repose, which
venice exhibition (Photo. A. Tivoli) the Venetian room surely sometimes belongs
to their theme. The
THE SEVENTH INTERNA- colour scheme, however, is pleasing and perfectly
TIONAL EXHIBITION OF ART under control, the drawing of the nudes — in
AT VENICE 1907 which I venture to trace something of Leighton's
influence — exquisitely delicate, delightfully vi-
The exhibition of modern art now being held in vacious.
Venice is generally considered the best, both for Having studied Sartorio's paintings we may
quality of work exhibited and for sales effected, of glance at the sculpture in this room, where we shall
the. whole series. The foreign sections especially find, with Auguste Rodin's Penscur, a Feconditk of
are this year admirable in selection and arrange- the Belgian Meunier (the last work before his
ment; but I can also note considerable advance death); and here, too, Max . Klinger has an
all round upon the exhibition I visited in 1905. upright female figure, Baignetise, where the sin-
Venice herself, for centuries a world-centre, first cerity of the modelling, the solidity and power of
of commerce then of art,
then later of pleasure, is
the ideal location for such Ili^^^nHrannHHHMil^HjHH^n^H^HE^^H^RHBBHK
an international exhibi-
tion, and in Sgr. Frade-
letto, with his untiring
energy and sound judg-
ment, she has found a no
less ideal director.
My subject here is
extensive and my space
limited, so I come at
once to the Sala Centrale,
whose walls are entirely
devoted to the decorative
panels of Aristide Sartorio.
The artist has sought here
"to illustrate, with the
myths of classical anti-
quity, the poem of human
life," and it has taken him venice exhibition (Photo. A. Tivoli, Venice) the German room
269