International studio (21.1903/1904(1904))

ECENT GERMAN LITHO-
GRAPHS IN COLOURS. BY
^ \ PROFESSOR HANS W. SINGER.
A LiTTLE over three years ago THE STUDIO
gave an account of the condition of litho-
graphy in Germany. At that time the most
noteworthy feature was the appearance of the
Karlsruhe School, which devoted its attention
particularly towards the production of fascinating
lithographs in colours. Three of the principal
artists have in the meantime left Karlsruhe.
Of these, Count Kalkreuth and Carlos Grethe have
gone to Stuttgart. Grethe's spirited dozen or fifteen
colour-lithographs, principally of shipping subjects,
were not only captivating at the time of their
appearance, but have been steadily growing upon
us ever since. The third man, Kallmorgen, has
settled at Berlin. In spite of such serious losses
the Karlsruhe School Hourishes as before, and still
embraces enough of ßrst-rate talent to ensure the
maintenance of its high Standing in the Held of
lithography. Volkmann and Kampmann have
increased the number of their productions to over
hfty each, which is considerable when one remem-
bers that painting in oils is their principal branch of
work, and that every one of these hfty plates has

necessitated the drawing of from three to ßve
stones. Both of these artists remain true to their
former inclinations, and do landscapes only. Volk-
mann selects his subjects from the Rhine and the
Eifel. He likes to picture wide expanses of open
country, where he can balance a few simple tones
and surfaces against a quiet sky, brightening the
picture up by a single tree or a house here and
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Without copying Nature slavishly, he modifies
her only very little, whereas Kampmann's newest
work shows him using the nature-subject merely
as a substructure for his colour fancies. He is
induenced more or less by the glorious brilliancy
of Böcklin's brush.
Hein has added a number of beautiful litho-
graphs to his list of those sympathetic productions
that embody the spirit of fairyland as no other
German work of to-day succeeds in doing. Heyne
has turned from abstruse subjects and produced
such truly excellent prints as the &V<272/ CaVA.
Otto Fikentscher has increased his animal
subjects by the addition of 2772 /Ag
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"OXEN PLOUGmXG

BY HEIXRtCH OTTO
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