International studio (23.1904)

The Art Display of Holland


military pictures, now identified with scenes of
city streets and canals, sends an example of both
these latter subjects. The Canal in Amsterdam
is a study of dark-brown houses, gray water and
white sky, all
rinsed clear
with recent rain
and seen in
cool, gray light.
It is in a vein
that he fre-
quently adopts;
one that com-
municates its
vigor and en-
thusiasm to
ourselves, for
nothing could
exceed the
structural re-
ality of these
houses and
quays, while
equally real is
the sense of
prevailing wet-
ness,of cool,
moist air, and
complete clean-
liness. One
loves the old
Dutch cities for
these qualities,
allied to pictur-
esqueness and
extraordinary
intimacy of life,
and depicted,
as they are by
Breitner, with
such force and
directness the
pictures of
them become
laden with sen-
timent. Vying
with him in “thebride”
interest asa From the Exhibit oj
painter of the
cities is Karel Klinkenberg, whose method of paint-
ing is peculiarly sharp and precise, dwelling on
details as Whistler did in his early series of Thames
etchings, but managing equally to render them
subordinate to a fine general impression, as a

builder, while he adds stone to stone, still is work-
ing to achieve a success in the mass.
This review of a few of the artists would not be
complete without a tribute to the technical accom-
plishment and
masculine force
of MissTherese
Schwartze’s
Portrait oj Mr.
Wolmarans.
And there is
still another
story in itself,
which should
have to do with
the water-
colors. Most
of the artists
contribute one
or more ex'-
amples in ad-
dition to their
o i 1 paintings,
and the water-
colors, as a
whole, pos-
sess the same
fine painter-
like qualities.
In every case it
seems to have
been adopted
precisely be-
cause it can
compass some
effect which oil
paints could not
attain so com-
pletely. Among
others who
challenge men-
tion in this
• medium, are :
Josselin de
Jong, Johannes
Frederik Hulk,
BY ALBERT ROELOFS Jr.; Adolf Le
Holland at St. Louis Comte, Johan
Hendrik Mas-
tenbroek, Mrs. S. Mesdag-Van Houten, J. H. Weis-
senbruch, deceased; Willem Cornelis Rip, and
Evert Moll. The standard of the whole exhibit is
so high that one wishes the work of these men
could be seen more generally in this country.

cccxxxi