DOI Heft:
No. 57 (November, 1901)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.22772#0091
Studio-Talk
“FRANCESCA” BY ANTONIO UGO
(See Palermo Stuaio- Talk)
ting Hegesippe Moreau’s “ Les Petits Contes a ma
Soeur,” and Alfred de Vigny’s “ Grandeur et
Servitude Militaires.” In the latter Mr. Dunki
found a subject altogether congenial to his taste,
for, from the first, he has been passionately drawn
to the delineation of military life of every epoch,
and in all its phases. But it is not only the brilliant
accessories, the striking details of his favourite
subject, that have laid hold of his imagination, it
is the psychology of military life that is of ceaseless
interest to him. In his illustrations of de Vigny’s
great book he is in every way equal to his task.
While revealing that unerring sureness and fidelity
of handling for which this artist is distinguished,
they are remarkable pictorial interpretations of the
text, and are beautifully engraved by Clement
Bellenger.
Mr. Dunki has since illustrated Balzac’s “ La
Maison du Chat-qui-pelote,” engraved by Maurice
Baud and published by Carteret, as well as
numerous stories in periodicals of the day, such as
“ Les Memoires du Sergent Bourgogne.” He is
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at the present time engaged in executing a series
of drawings for the illustration of an edition of
“ Les Chansons de France,” to be issued by
Hachette. We have seen some of these drawings,
and were struck by their masterly technique, their
essentially decorative value, and the artist’s
imaginative power of projecting himself into the
scenes evoked by these songs. As far as the art of
the book is concerned, Mr. Dunki carries on the
tradition of “l'edition romantique,” regarding the
image in the book as a decorative complement of
the page. His work is distinguished by richness
of composition, a vein of genuine humour, remark-
able penetration, and great pictorial power.
R. M.
PALERMO.—When for the first time I saw
Antonio Ugo modelling in his studio in
the Via Cavour he was engaged on the
wonderful figure of a youth which was
so greatly admired at the recent International
MONUMENT BY ANTONIO UGO
(See Palermo Studio- Talk)
“FRANCESCA” BY ANTONIO UGO
(See Palermo Stuaio- Talk)
ting Hegesippe Moreau’s “ Les Petits Contes a ma
Soeur,” and Alfred de Vigny’s “ Grandeur et
Servitude Militaires.” In the latter Mr. Dunki
found a subject altogether congenial to his taste,
for, from the first, he has been passionately drawn
to the delineation of military life of every epoch,
and in all its phases. But it is not only the brilliant
accessories, the striking details of his favourite
subject, that have laid hold of his imagination, it
is the psychology of military life that is of ceaseless
interest to him. In his illustrations of de Vigny’s
great book he is in every way equal to his task.
While revealing that unerring sureness and fidelity
of handling for which this artist is distinguished,
they are remarkable pictorial interpretations of the
text, and are beautifully engraved by Clement
Bellenger.
Mr. Dunki has since illustrated Balzac’s “ La
Maison du Chat-qui-pelote,” engraved by Maurice
Baud and published by Carteret, as well as
numerous stories in periodicals of the day, such as
“ Les Memoires du Sergent Bourgogne.” He is
70
at the present time engaged in executing a series
of drawings for the illustration of an edition of
“ Les Chansons de France,” to be issued by
Hachette. We have seen some of these drawings,
and were struck by their masterly technique, their
essentially decorative value, and the artist’s
imaginative power of projecting himself into the
scenes evoked by these songs. As far as the art of
the book is concerned, Mr. Dunki carries on the
tradition of “l'edition romantique,” regarding the
image in the book as a decorative complement of
the page. His work is distinguished by richness
of composition, a vein of genuine humour, remark-
able penetration, and great pictorial power.
R. M.
PALERMO.—When for the first time I saw
Antonio Ugo modelling in his studio in
the Via Cavour he was engaged on the
wonderful figure of a youth which was
so greatly admired at the recent International
MONUMENT BY ANTONIO UGO
(See Palermo Studio- Talk)