International studio (32.1907)

Studio-Talk

unable with advancing years to maintain the same
standard of craftsmanship. On comparing some
of his works painted before 1870 and others more
recent, it could be seen that the peculiar pallor
and cadaverous appearance of the flesh in some of
his female figures are qualities belonging to his last
years, which were years of decadence. But how
pure and fresh were the flesh tones in such works
as Adam et Eve devant le Corps d’Abel, le Pecheur
et le petit Poisson, le Paysan e7i blouse bleue, le
Gar(onnet!

At the Petit Galleries there was an interesting
exhibition of engravings and coloured etchings by
M. Pierre Waidmann. In the large saloon of the
same gallery the annual display of the Society of
Pastellists was a brilliant affair, while the smaller
rooms in the Rue Godot de Mauroi presented an
attraction to connoisseurs in a collection of drawings
and pastels by M. Henri Zuber. Artists of Nor-
mandy were in evidence at the Galerie des
Artistes Modernes, where they showed some
very picturesque scenes and landscapes solely
emanating from that region and replete with
local colour. H. F.

BERLIN.—The exhibits from the Em-
peror’s majolica and terra cotta work-
shops at Cadinen attracted crowds to
the rooms of the Hohenzollern Kunst-
gewerbehaus. The Emperor bought the estate,
which is on the north-eastern border of Germany,
in 1898, and as the clay was found suitable for
terra cottas, his Majesty, as landlord of this dis-
trict, thought the emigrating tendency of the
East Prussian population might be checked by
creating a new branch of industry. Artistic
wishes were satisfied by the association with it
of sculptors like Manzel, Baumbach, Begas and
Felderhoff for designing models. In 1905 work
rooms for majolica were opened. In this depart-
ment Mr. O. Bachmann superintends, and the
painter Paul Heydel in Berlin supplies choice
copies from Italian patterns, and also new designs.
Cadinen has already furnished architectural cera-
mics for public and private buildings, and if the
quality and quantity of the clay layers do not
disappoint experts the Royal Cadinen Factory
will certainly flourish.

The Secession and the Great Berlin Art Ex-
hibition have just thrown open their doors. We
shall speak more fully of these most important
of all German exhibitions later, but this much

may for the present be said, that they certainly
prove that German art makes steady progress.
The Secession is bearing fruit everywhere, but it
is regrettable that its leaders are still propagating
a too pronounced spirit of coarseness and dash
which is hurtful to the modest spirit of the highest
art. The Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung is not
only a success in the matter of artistic results, but
also in that of interior decoration. J. J.

VIENNA.—A talented young sculptor whose
work I should like to bring to the notice
of readers of The Studio is Richard
Jakitsch, a native of Graz, in Styria. As
a student at the Imperial Academy here, where he
studied under Professors Kundmann and Hellmer,
he won many prizes, culminating in one awarded
by the Government, of the value of ^150, which
enabled him to prosecute his studies in Rome. It
was fortunate for him that great as was the impres-

“ humanity’’ by r. jakitsch

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