International studio (23.1904)

Studio-Talk


“my daughter"

BY JOSEPH ENGELHART

Alfonso Canciani was represented by two excel-
lent busts, whilst Richard Luksch exhibited a small
marble figure of the late Empress of Austria.
Wilhelm Bernatzik had a yellow room all to
himself, which he himself arranged, and his paintings
gained by the effect of the room. Carl Moll sent
a number of those domestic scenes for which he is
so well liked. Wilhelm List’s Rosenzeit, the time
of the roses, was very good. Hans Tichy’s
Orpheus and Etirydice was another decorative work,
full of atmosphere and phantasy. Rudolf von Alt,
in spite of his ninety-five years, showed that his
hand has not lost its cunning.

Josef von Mehoffer, in a design for a glass
window, was very interesting, and his portrait of
his wife and a portrait-study in green were both
excellent pieces of work. Emil Orlik exhibited

his first large work, which breathed of that Japan
which holds the heart of the artist. Maximilian
Liebenwein, in his St. Geo?-g, water-colour illus-
trations representing scenes from the famous
tradition of St. George, showed how fully he is
imbued with the old story. There are many other
works worthy of notice by Jos M. Auchentatter,
Rudolf Zellmar, Friedrich Konig, Anton Novak,
Dr. Henneberg, Baron Myrbach, and others—but
space forbids. Just a few words, though, about
Leopold Stolba, whose designs on wood had the
appearance of intarsias. The artist is a good
botanist as well as artist, and the idea occurred to
him that by use of a gelatine extracted by boiling
from plants he might achieve something artistic.
Last year he was successful in his designs for
papers, this year in his Holzeinlagen ; and he hopes
to be able to apply the same method in the decora-
tion of walls—that is, to take the place of wall-
papers. The method is as follows: the mass of
gelatine is placed on the wood, and the designs
painted in to this. As gelatine dries very quickly,


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