International studio (26.1905)

OPENHAGEN.
—For several
decades Danish
painters have had

the one word,
inscribed in golden letters,
on that banner under which
they have wrought many a
doughty deed, scored many
a gallant victory. They
have, on the whole, marched
under this device in a fairly
homogeneous and continu-
ous phalanx, in serene con-
tentment, without much
demur. True, now and
again some independent
spirit, anxious to strike out
a line of his own, absented
himself from the fold;
but it is only of late
that voices of dissent
have been heard in the
van. There are signs and
forebodings of a new movement taking shape—
not definitely as yet, perhaps, .still sufficiently

THE ROAD INTO THE VILLAGE" BY SLAVICEK
distinct to indicate its bearing, if not its width
and its breadth. There is in some quarters a crav-
ing for more grandeur, for
a greater simplicity in lines,
for a more architectural
and less incidental building
up of the picture, for sim-
plifying, in some cases for
lowering colour — endea-
vours destined, perhaps, to
rejuvenate, maybe some
think elevate, Danish art,
however honourable its
past and present record.
Some few have accepted,
wholly and unhesitatingly,
the new gospel; others
content themselves with a
more discreet appreciation,
and have been less, if at
all, affected by its teaching ;
others, again—a vast ma-
jority so far — hold com-
pletely aloof from what
many of them denounce as
flagrant heresy.

"SUMMER TIME" f.Sgg BY HUDECEK
353

G. Achen, of whose land-
scapes we to-day publish
three reproductions, I am