DOI Heft:
No. 125 (July 1907)
DOI Artikel:Studio talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28252#0093
Studio- Talk
Minkowski’s unusual talent as a draughtsman,
and the individuality of his treatment of the human
figure are apparent at the first glance, even in a
black-and-white reproduction. His pictures, how-
ever, reveal in addition a strong sense of the beauty
of paint, and the harmony of the various patches
of colour in them points to a subtle sense of colour.
The brown check shawl, the flesh tint of the ex-
posed bosom, and the blue dress of the girl in the
picture called Homeless, constitute a very pleasing
colour-harmony, which is accentuated by the sub-
dued, melancholy tone of the painting as a whole.
In the other picture the young girl lying down to
the right, with half-open eyes, pale complexion,
light reddish hair, and blue blouse, is in itself a
very fine bit of painting, while in the harmonious
rendering of the clothing and red stockings of the
wounded little girl in the middle and the blue
china mugs the quality of the painting may be
called refined. On the whole his male types are
less successful, both from a psychological point of
view and as regards their colour treatment.
Maurice Minkowski was born in Warsaw, and
has only recently completed his studies at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, where he dis-
tinguished himself. The first works with which he
has made his debut (besides the two reproduced
there is a third which should be mentioned, called
The Invalid Sister, an admirably painted figure of
a girl in blue) prove that he has reached an almost
disquieting stage of technical and artistic maturity.
Let us hope his future development may be in the
same upward direction as hitherto. P. E.
MANNHEIM.—The Jubilee Exhibition of
Art and Horticulture, now being held
here under the patronage of the Grand-
t Duke of Baden, is evoking great interest
throughout Germany. It occupies an area of about
ninety acres, the greater part of which is laid out in
a novel and original manner, in accordance with the
independent ideas of artists and garden architects (a
recognised profession in Germany). The schemes
comprise a natural amphitheatre formed by tiers of
flowers, an old Roman garden, a garden of old-
fashioned flowers, a model villa garden, a Japanese
garden, and numerous other interesting features.
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“victims of a ‘pogrcm’”
BY MAURICE MINKOWSKI
Minkowski’s unusual talent as a draughtsman,
and the individuality of his treatment of the human
figure are apparent at the first glance, even in a
black-and-white reproduction. His pictures, how-
ever, reveal in addition a strong sense of the beauty
of paint, and the harmony of the various patches
of colour in them points to a subtle sense of colour.
The brown check shawl, the flesh tint of the ex-
posed bosom, and the blue dress of the girl in the
picture called Homeless, constitute a very pleasing
colour-harmony, which is accentuated by the sub-
dued, melancholy tone of the painting as a whole.
In the other picture the young girl lying down to
the right, with half-open eyes, pale complexion,
light reddish hair, and blue blouse, is in itself a
very fine bit of painting, while in the harmonious
rendering of the clothing and red stockings of the
wounded little girl in the middle and the blue
china mugs the quality of the painting may be
called refined. On the whole his male types are
less successful, both from a psychological point of
view and as regards their colour treatment.
Maurice Minkowski was born in Warsaw, and
has only recently completed his studies at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, where he dis-
tinguished himself. The first works with which he
has made his debut (besides the two reproduced
there is a third which should be mentioned, called
The Invalid Sister, an admirably painted figure of
a girl in blue) prove that he has reached an almost
disquieting stage of technical and artistic maturity.
Let us hope his future development may be in the
same upward direction as hitherto. P. E.
MANNHEIM.—The Jubilee Exhibition of
Art and Horticulture, now being held
here under the patronage of the Grand-
t Duke of Baden, is evoking great interest
throughout Germany. It occupies an area of about
ninety acres, the greater part of which is laid out in
a novel and original manner, in accordance with the
independent ideas of artists and garden architects (a
recognised profession in Germany). The schemes
comprise a natural amphitheatre formed by tiers of
flowers, an old Roman garden, a garden of old-
fashioned flowers, a model villa garden, a Japanese
garden, and numerous other interesting features.
77
“victims of a ‘pogrcm’”
BY MAURICE MINKOWSKI