DOI issue:
Nr. 159 (May 1910)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19866#0317
Studio- Talk
fountain, symbolizing the source of all the arts,
sends forth a silvery stream of life-giving water,
and right and left are the people who have been
drawn thither—men and women, old and young—
in search of refreshment for their souls. Observe
how rhythmically the figures are disposed. Above
is given a vision of Olympus with a choir of angels,
and here again a gentle rhythmical movement runs
through the painting. The attitudes and gestures
of these figures are wholly in keeping with the
venerable character of fresco.
In regard to the technique followed by the artist
in the execution of these paintings, a few words
must suffice. The large painting was done section
by section in pure fresco on a ground of marmora-
ceous plaster; the rich ornamentation of the flow-
ing mantle behind the central group was modelled
in chalk on the fresh plaster, and when this was
dry, gilded; and the representation of the flowing
water was made more effective by thin lines of
silver. The two friezes were similarly painted, only
here each fresh section shortly after completion
was smoothed with a flat iron and treated with wax
as soon as dry, this process producing a lustre akin
to that of the Pompeian wall paintings. C. L.
STOCKHOLM.—Of the art exhibitions held
in Stockholm during December, the
poorest art-month of the year, only one
is of sufficient importance to be men-
tioned here. In C. Hultberg's galleries Knut
Borgh, G. Kallstenius and Mr. and Mrs. Lennart
Nyblom showed the result of their recent work.
They are all principally landscape painters, Mrs.
Nyblom alone exhibiting a few portraits and genre-
pictures.
Borgh makes a speciality of painting trees. He-
loves the slight, willowy birch trees of the early
spring as well as the dark, stately old oaks. Some-
times the foliage makes a hard and dry impression,
but in other pictures he gets in a soft, light-vibrat-
ing tone that makes them little poems.
Kallstenius is still developing both in style and
"THE THUNDER CLOUD"
BY GOTTFEID KALLSTENIUS.
fountain, symbolizing the source of all the arts,
sends forth a silvery stream of life-giving water,
and right and left are the people who have been
drawn thither—men and women, old and young—
in search of refreshment for their souls. Observe
how rhythmically the figures are disposed. Above
is given a vision of Olympus with a choir of angels,
and here again a gentle rhythmical movement runs
through the painting. The attitudes and gestures
of these figures are wholly in keeping with the
venerable character of fresco.
In regard to the technique followed by the artist
in the execution of these paintings, a few words
must suffice. The large painting was done section
by section in pure fresco on a ground of marmora-
ceous plaster; the rich ornamentation of the flow-
ing mantle behind the central group was modelled
in chalk on the fresh plaster, and when this was
dry, gilded; and the representation of the flowing
water was made more effective by thin lines of
silver. The two friezes were similarly painted, only
here each fresh section shortly after completion
was smoothed with a flat iron and treated with wax
as soon as dry, this process producing a lustre akin
to that of the Pompeian wall paintings. C. L.
STOCKHOLM.—Of the art exhibitions held
in Stockholm during December, the
poorest art-month of the year, only one
is of sufficient importance to be men-
tioned here. In C. Hultberg's galleries Knut
Borgh, G. Kallstenius and Mr. and Mrs. Lennart
Nyblom showed the result of their recent work.
They are all principally landscape painters, Mrs.
Nyblom alone exhibiting a few portraits and genre-
pictures.
Borgh makes a speciality of painting trees. He-
loves the slight, willowy birch trees of the early
spring as well as the dark, stately old oaks. Some-
times the foliage makes a hard and dry impression,
but in other pictures he gets in a soft, light-vibrat-
ing tone that makes them little poems.
Kallstenius is still developing both in style and
"THE THUNDER CLOUD"
BY GOTTFEID KALLSTENIUS.