International studio (36.1908/1909(1909))

WOODEN PLAQUE WfTH BATtK DECORATION
BY ALBERT REIMANN

plant with its golden stalks, seem to be its radia-
tion. Frau Erier is never at a ioss in cleveriy and
gracefuHyadapting Horai materiais to the purposes
of ornament. _
An artistic event of supreme importance during
the ciosing weeks of the past year was the Uhde
exhibition at Schuite's. Here was a rare occasion
to study the character of a ieader among modern
German artists, whose work affords insight into
different characters. He was here to be studied
in the gloomy romanticism of his eariy days, in
his iater pieinair reaiism, his reiigious naturaiism


WOODEN PLAQUE WITH BATIK DECORATION
BY ALBERT REIMANN

and his hnai phase of Impressionism. Each
period was represented by a good choice of
representative productions. As the art of Fritz
von Uhde witl be deait with more fuiiy later
on, these remarks must sufHce for the present
occasion.
Particular attention must be drawn to the
iabour which the weli-known craftsman, Albert
Reimann, is devoting to the revivai of the oid
Batik technique. He has constructed a Batik
pencii which is aiready patented, and which
faciiitates in an astonishing way the difhcuit
method of wax-drawing. Batiks are now easiiy
executed in aii sorts of materiais, and a many-
sided exhibition in Mr. Reimann's schooi bore


WOODEN PLAQUE WITH BATIK DECORATION
BY ALBERT REIMANN

witness to charming resuits, not oniy in textiies,
but also with wood, ieather and metai. Chasing,
carving, intarsia, stenciiiing and punching were
here achieved by a surprisingiy easy method.
This work is in its incipient stage at present, but
our reproductions of some of the things executed
in accordance with the new methods show that
they are aimost certain to prove popuiar.
The Saion Cassirer was fortunate in being abie
to open its winter season with some new works
from the fertiie brush of Lovis Corinth. The
monumental 2^ -Draif was equaily
strong in its piastic as in its mentai quaiities.
Massaccio, rather than Rubens, was here evoked.
Some portraits, studies of the nude, and land-

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