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Nr. 159 (May 1910)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19866#0309
Studio-Talk
some good studies in portraiture. Some excellent be formed till recently, when a collective show of
etchings were contributed by Storm van's Graves- her work was held at Miethke's Art Room. The
ande, an honoured guest; Franz Windhager, who collection bore witness to her surprising versatility,
showed his first essays as an etcher; and Fritz not only in her range of subjects but in the
Pontini. _ manner of her treatment. This versatility may be
in some way due to the influences which have
The interest taken in artistic photography ac- shaped her career. A Pole by descent, she was
counted for the success of an exhibition of photo- brought to Vienna in her infancy, and here received
graphs held a little while ago at Heller's Art her education, both general and ardstic. Before
Gallery representing the work of D'Ora, a lady she found that art was her proper metier she tried
who has been led into this domain of art by a her hand at many things. Her great desire was to
peculiar chain of circumstances. She had a desire study in Paris or Munich, but failing to realise
to follow some line in which her natural feeling this wish she studied under Heinrich Lefier, at
for the beautiful could have play. After many A. Kaufmann's Art School. Later she came under
trials she found herself
•one day at the Imperial
Schools for experiments
in Graphic Art and Photo-
graphy ; and the Director,
Hofrat Dr. Eder, allowed
tier to enter the drawing
class, but after long per-
severance she became
convinced that she had
no talent for drawing.
Dr. Eder allowed her to
take up the study of
chemistry and optics, and
she then found what she
had been seeking, enlarg-
ing her field of study later
by taking up anatomy and
photography. On leaving
the Imperial Schools she
spent four years in a
studio in Berlin, where
she was able to continue
her training. A special
and feminine interest in
the art of the toilette, and
discernment of the value
of a particular material,
such as silk, velvet, fur,
lace, as adjuncts to her
pictures, have been of
great help as far as her
lady sitters are concerned.
Although of late years
Irma von Duczynska has
exhibited with the Seces-
sion and the Hagenbund,
little idea of the variety
of her productions could photograph
23d
BY D'ORA
some good studies in portraiture. Some excellent be formed till recently, when a collective show of
etchings were contributed by Storm van's Graves- her work was held at Miethke's Art Room. The
ande, an honoured guest; Franz Windhager, who collection bore witness to her surprising versatility,
showed his first essays as an etcher; and Fritz not only in her range of subjects but in the
Pontini. _ manner of her treatment. This versatility may be
in some way due to the influences which have
The interest taken in artistic photography ac- shaped her career. A Pole by descent, she was
counted for the success of an exhibition of photo- brought to Vienna in her infancy, and here received
graphs held a little while ago at Heller's Art her education, both general and ardstic. Before
Gallery representing the work of D'Ora, a lady she found that art was her proper metier she tried
who has been led into this domain of art by a her hand at many things. Her great desire was to
peculiar chain of circumstances. She had a desire study in Paris or Munich, but failing to realise
to follow some line in which her natural feeling this wish she studied under Heinrich Lefier, at
for the beautiful could have play. After many A. Kaufmann's Art School. Later she came under
trials she found herself
•one day at the Imperial
Schools for experiments
in Graphic Art and Photo-
graphy ; and the Director,
Hofrat Dr. Eder, allowed
tier to enter the drawing
class, but after long per-
severance she became
convinced that she had
no talent for drawing.
Dr. Eder allowed her to
take up the study of
chemistry and optics, and
she then found what she
had been seeking, enlarg-
ing her field of study later
by taking up anatomy and
photography. On leaving
the Imperial Schools she
spent four years in a
studio in Berlin, where
she was able to continue
her training. A special
and feminine interest in
the art of the toilette, and
discernment of the value
of a particular material,
such as silk, velvet, fur,
lace, as adjuncts to her
pictures, have been of
great help as far as her
lady sitters are concerned.
Although of late years
Irma von Duczynska has
exhibited with the Seces-
sion and the Hagenbund,
little idea of the variety
of her productions could photograph
23d
BY D'ORA