International studio (23.1904)

Studio-Talk


l’LAQUETTE : “MARGO LENBACH” BY H. KAUTSCH
(See Paris Studio- Talk)

been able to
even equal, let
alone surpass
it, in the matter
of presenting
an art-show
tastefully and
captivatmgly.

international “centenale,” embracing several
hundreds of interesting paintings from Reynolds,
Gainsborough, and Goya down to the newest
of the new. The school of Fontainebleau and
the impressionist and pointillist schools are
well represented. There are excellent exhibits
of what has been achieved at Diisseldorf and
Vienna during part of the century just passed.
Courbet’s superb Stonebreakers, recently pur-
chased for the Dresden Gallery, is a feature of
this show, which also includes notable speci-
mens of the work of Feuerbach, Bocklin, Lieber-
mann, and many others.

The principal show, that is the exhibition
of modern work, is, of itself, very good, though
the standard of excellence presented is perhaps
slightly below that of former years. The
Dresden artists make a pretty good show.
Among them I want to mention particularly
Bantzer, who exhibits a Peasant's Wedding
Feast, some Hessian peasant-types, and a most
admirable portrait of his wife, very refined in
tone; Ritter, with excellent landscapes, from which
one sees that he is gradually freeing himself
from the crudities of the accepted “ pointillist"
technique, and yet remaining sunny and bright.


Our Dresden
show offers a
large number
of attractions,
some of which
alone would
make it well
worth visiting.
There isaMen-
zel one-man
show incorpor-
ated with it.
It is always
gratifying to be
able to see
Menzel’s work, yet it must be admitted that the
present collection is not in any way representative.
Among the paintings in oil not above three are of
first importance, and most of the drawings have
already been on view, during the past season, at
our various art galleries here.

PLAQUETTE BY H. KAUTSCH
(See Paris Studio-Talk)


In imitation of Paris, 1900, there is a sort of
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PORTRAIT BUST

BY PETER POEPPELMANN.