DOI Heft:
No. 143 (January, 1909)
DOI Artikel:Hoeber, Arthur: Mr. Roth's ceramics
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28256#0351
AAr. AWZ''.s'
COMBAT (BRONZE)
etepha.nt. Observe the brace of the feet of the
former. Look at the attitude of the unfortunate
pachyderm, his agony of expression, his despair.
Yet there is every reason to presume Mr. Roth
never saw and never wiil see such a combat, or even
a remote quarrei between such beasts. But he has
thought it ail out logically, he has studied their
habits, looked carefully at their action, and thus fa-
miliarized himself with all the latent possibilities
that would be iikely to ensuc when they do fight.
At any rate, he leaves you absolutely convinced.
If his subject is a bear, a sea lion, the more acces-
sible swine, horse or cattle, he is no less accurate, no
less in full sympathy. A little group here of pigs is
wonderfully faithful, being modeled with exquisite
feeling, while some dogs and birds are no less satis-
factory. These we have seen for years in bronze,
but of late Mr. Roth has taken the liveliest interest
in ceramics, both as a medium for adding color to
his work as well as an outlet for his sculptural no-
tions. Mr. Roth says that there is so much room
for experiment in form and coior in ceramics, so
many different ways of getting new and surprising
effects, that anybody who gets a taste of this most
fascinating work must feel enthusiastic about it.
So it happens the
man has experi-
mented much, and
though there is al-
ways much hazard
regarding the re-
sult, for hre while
a good servant is
but a poor master,
and occasionally,
despite the great-
est care, will per-
form the most un-
expected antics, a
good deal has been
accomplished.
Particularly in this
pig group has he
secured color and
texture. Thatdeli-
cate pinkish tint,
at once the delight
and despair from
the earliest of the
painters down to
the present time, is
BY FREDK. G. R. ROTH here in the con-
crete, and the rich
brown of the sea
lion's coat has been secured capitally.
There are bowls that are turned on the potter's
wheel and subsequently decorated by hand with fig-
ures and the iike, and Mr. Roth has been making
some iarge tiles, to be used as part of architectural
decoration, both for the inside and the exterior of
buildings. A series of these, of dogs, is very effec-
tive, but thepossibilities, of course, are unlimited, for
the designs that may be evolved are innumerable.
A. H.
COLORED CERAMIC BY FREDK. G. R. ROTH
LXXXVI
COMBAT (BRONZE)
etepha.nt. Observe the brace of the feet of the
former. Look at the attitude of the unfortunate
pachyderm, his agony of expression, his despair.
Yet there is every reason to presume Mr. Roth
never saw and never wiil see such a combat, or even
a remote quarrei between such beasts. But he has
thought it ail out logically, he has studied their
habits, looked carefully at their action, and thus fa-
miliarized himself with all the latent possibilities
that would be iikely to ensuc when they do fight.
At any rate, he leaves you absolutely convinced.
If his subject is a bear, a sea lion, the more acces-
sible swine, horse or cattle, he is no less accurate, no
less in full sympathy. A little group here of pigs is
wonderfully faithful, being modeled with exquisite
feeling, while some dogs and birds are no less satis-
factory. These we have seen for years in bronze,
but of late Mr. Roth has taken the liveliest interest
in ceramics, both as a medium for adding color to
his work as well as an outlet for his sculptural no-
tions. Mr. Roth says that there is so much room
for experiment in form and coior in ceramics, so
many different ways of getting new and surprising
effects, that anybody who gets a taste of this most
fascinating work must feel enthusiastic about it.
So it happens the
man has experi-
mented much, and
though there is al-
ways much hazard
regarding the re-
sult, for hre while
a good servant is
but a poor master,
and occasionally,
despite the great-
est care, will per-
form the most un-
expected antics, a
good deal has been
accomplished.
Particularly in this
pig group has he
secured color and
texture. Thatdeli-
cate pinkish tint,
at once the delight
and despair from
the earliest of the
painters down to
the present time, is
BY FREDK. G. R. ROTH here in the con-
crete, and the rich
brown of the sea
lion's coat has been secured capitally.
There are bowls that are turned on the potter's
wheel and subsequently decorated by hand with fig-
ures and the iike, and Mr. Roth has been making
some iarge tiles, to be used as part of architectural
decoration, both for the inside and the exterior of
buildings. A series of these, of dogs, is very effec-
tive, but thepossibilities, of course, are unlimited, for
the designs that may be evolved are innumerable.
A. H.
COLORED CERAMIC BY FREDK. G. R. ROTH
LXXXVI