DOI issue:
No. 82 (December, 1903)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26230#0196
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OPEN-AtR STUDY
BYA. SIEBll.tST
portrait-painting, in which
he has since obtained
marked success. His early
achievements in this-
brauch, which were ex-
hibited at Milan and in
Switzerland, bear traces of
the inHuence upon him of
hismaster,Tallone. Later^
setting himself to the study
of the of the
great masters of the four-
teenth and fifteenth cen-
turies and the researches
of the modern schoo's, he
was urged on towards an-
other ideal of art more in
harmony with his tempera-
ment. He has since
sought to free himself
from the prejudices of
school; to listen to
the voice of his own
its individual character and quality.
And indeed the present revival, besides
bearing the impress of the Swiss-Italian
temperament, is above all the expression
of artistic individualities seeking each
in his own way to give utterance to the
artistic faith that is in him ; and it is just
the distinctly personal note in the works
of such artists as Luigi Rossi, Adolfo
Ferragutti, Filippo Franzoni, Pietro
Chiesa, and Edoardo Berta, which is one,
and not the least impottant, evidence
of the vitality of their art. Rossi's fine
gifts as an illustrator are well known to
those who have studied his beautiful
illustrations of Daudet's "Tartarin sur
les Alpes " and " Sapho," and of Loti's
" Madame Chrysantheme "
Of these artists Edoardo Berta is one
of the most gifted. Born at Giubiasco
in the Canton Tessin in 1867, a mem-
ber of a large family with small means,
he has had to make his own way.
For several years he followed " les
cours de peinture" in the Academy
of Brera, in Milan, quitting with the
highest honours the Academy could
bestow. He began his career with
PORTRAIT OF HEXRY BODDINGTON, ESQ.
BY C. BACA FLOR
OPEN-AtR STUDY
BYA. SIEBll.tST
portrait-painting, in which
he has since obtained
marked success. His early
achievements in this-
brauch, which were ex-
hibited at Milan and in
Switzerland, bear traces of
the inHuence upon him of
hismaster,Tallone. Later^
setting himself to the study
of the of the
great masters of the four-
teenth and fifteenth cen-
turies and the researches
of the modern schoo's, he
was urged on towards an-
other ideal of art more in
harmony with his tempera-
ment. He has since
sought to free himself
from the prejudices of
school; to listen to
the voice of his own
its individual character and quality.
And indeed the present revival, besides
bearing the impress of the Swiss-Italian
temperament, is above all the expression
of artistic individualities seeking each
in his own way to give utterance to the
artistic faith that is in him ; and it is just
the distinctly personal note in the works
of such artists as Luigi Rossi, Adolfo
Ferragutti, Filippo Franzoni, Pietro
Chiesa, and Edoardo Berta, which is one,
and not the least impottant, evidence
of the vitality of their art. Rossi's fine
gifts as an illustrator are well known to
those who have studied his beautiful
illustrations of Daudet's "Tartarin sur
les Alpes " and " Sapho," and of Loti's
" Madame Chrysantheme "
Of these artists Edoardo Berta is one
of the most gifted. Born at Giubiasco
in the Canton Tessin in 1867, a mem-
ber of a large family with small means,
he has had to make his own way.
For several years he followed " les
cours de peinture" in the Academy
of Brera, in Milan, quitting with the
highest honours the Academy could
bestow. He began his career with
PORTRAIT OF HEXRY BODDINGTON, ESQ.
BY C. BACA FLOR