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view of the subui-b in tlie evening with smoking
chimneys and a rising moon, quite Dutch in atmo-
sphere. This is lacking in the “Corn Field near
Arles”, painted two years later. Here the northern
melancholy is gone, the sun of the south hasdriven
away the clouds. From his last period is a land-
scape with a small, low, pcasant house (111. 2)
with high trees in the background, the tree-tops
trembling and a secret unrest in the vibrating
outline of the walls. The paint was scarcely dry on
this picture, when the artist’s friends were called
to his death-bed.
At the funeral Mr. Bonger met for the first time
Emile Bernard. This meeting developed into a
friendship which has continued to the presenttime.
In the Bongcr collection there are several works
by Bernard, who is also an engraver, a sculptor, an
art weaver and an important art critic. Ilis portrait
of himself (111. 3) is from his Spanish period, as
of himself (111.3) is from hisSpanish period, as are
several landscapes, wliicli show Cezanne influence.
Artistically important is a large colourful tapestry
with realistic figures. Another work by Bernard of
very different nature is a carved wooden frame for
a mirror, in soft colours. It was through Bernard
that Mr. Bonger became interested iu Cezanne.
All the Cezanne pictures in this collection are
from the master’s middle period, when lie lived
in Antwerp; a breakfast, a vase with flowers and
a landscape. The still-lifo is especially character-
istic. Here he rises above chance reality in his
fruits and flowers and lends to their pure forms
a delicate shaded colour value (111. 8), and in so
doing often approaches a decorative constructive
ideal. This is also true of the landscape (111. 4).
From another artist Mr. Bonger has a large num-
ber of pictures and from his various periods, that
is, Odilon Redon. Where Cezanne and Bemard ap-
peal to the senses, Redon is spiritual, he lives in
another world, the world of dreams, the world
of darkness, which can only be expressed in black
and white. ITerein he is closely related to the Ger-
man romanticists. His best work is to be found in
his lithograplis and his drawings. All of his black
and white works show a hidden tragedy in contrast
to his coloured pictures which emanate a naive
liappiness. Redon is also connected witli llodolphe
Bresdin, another romanticist, who was not without
influence on his art. Mr. Bonger has a small
drawing by Bresdin, which might be an illustra-
tion for one of Andersen’s Fairy tales. Mr. Bong-
er’s activity as a collcctor has not been confined
entirely to pictures, he has acquired a very fine
and extensive library.
Wilhelm Trübner Stilleben. Größe 60 : 75 cm
Aus der Versteigerung der Sammlung Max Böhm-Berlin am 28. Januar 1951
bei Rud. Lepke in Berlin
72
chimneys and a rising moon, quite Dutch in atmo-
sphere. This is lacking in the “Corn Field near
Arles”, painted two years later. Here the northern
melancholy is gone, the sun of the south hasdriven
away the clouds. From his last period is a land-
scape with a small, low, pcasant house (111. 2)
with high trees in the background, the tree-tops
trembling and a secret unrest in the vibrating
outline of the walls. The paint was scarcely dry on
this picture, when the artist’s friends were called
to his death-bed.
At the funeral Mr. Bonger met for the first time
Emile Bernard. This meeting developed into a
friendship which has continued to the presenttime.
In the Bongcr collection there are several works
by Bernard, who is also an engraver, a sculptor, an
art weaver and an important art critic. Ilis portrait
of himself (111. 3) is from his Spanish period, as
of himself (111.3) is from hisSpanish period, as are
several landscapes, wliicli show Cezanne influence.
Artistically important is a large colourful tapestry
with realistic figures. Another work by Bernard of
very different nature is a carved wooden frame for
a mirror, in soft colours. It was through Bernard
that Mr. Bonger became interested iu Cezanne.
All the Cezanne pictures in this collection are
from the master’s middle period, when lie lived
in Antwerp; a breakfast, a vase with flowers and
a landscape. The still-lifo is especially character-
istic. Here he rises above chance reality in his
fruits and flowers and lends to their pure forms
a delicate shaded colour value (111. 8), and in so
doing often approaches a decorative constructive
ideal. This is also true of the landscape (111. 4).
From another artist Mr. Bonger has a large num-
ber of pictures and from his various periods, that
is, Odilon Redon. Where Cezanne and Bemard ap-
peal to the senses, Redon is spiritual, he lives in
another world, the world of dreams, the world
of darkness, which can only be expressed in black
and white. ITerein he is closely related to the Ger-
man romanticists. His best work is to be found in
his lithograplis and his drawings. All of his black
and white works show a hidden tragedy in contrast
to his coloured pictures which emanate a naive
liappiness. Redon is also connected witli llodolphe
Bresdin, another romanticist, who was not without
influence on his art. Mr. Bonger has a small
drawing by Bresdin, which might be an illustra-
tion for one of Andersen’s Fairy tales. Mr. Bong-
er’s activity as a collcctor has not been confined
entirely to pictures, he has acquired a very fine
and extensive library.
Wilhelm Trübner Stilleben. Größe 60 : 75 cm
Aus der Versteigerung der Sammlung Max Böhm-Berlin am 28. Januar 1951
bei Rud. Lepke in Berlin
72