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Nr. 165 (November, 1910)
DOI Artikel:The important autumn art books
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19869#0107
The Important Autumn Art Books
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From 11Mand and the French Impressionists." Courtesy oj J. B. Lippincolt Company
LA PARISIENNE DRAWN ON WOOD BY MANET, ENGRAVED BY PRUNAIRE
periods and schools, this handbook outlines the sub- eluded in the impressionist group are Pissarro,
ject as to statuary, reliefs, architecture, stone work- Monet, Sisley, Berthe Morisot, Cezanne, Guillau-
ing, jewelry, glazeware, glass, pottery, ivory work- min. A final chapter reviews the ownership of the
ing, furniture and woodwork, plaster, stucco and paintings of these artists in the United States and
clothing. Though this outline is brief the author elsewhere and in an appendix are given a catalogue
sets forth his facts graphically and in an entertain- of the paintings and pastels of Edouard Manet,
ing fashion, to the conclusion that "the powerful notes on his engravings and lithographs and a list of
technical skill of Egyptian art, its good sense of lim- the subscribers to the fund raised for the purchase
itation and its true feeling for harmony and expres- of the Olympia, presented to the Luxembourg in
sioh will always make it of the first importance to 1890.
the countries of the West, with which it was so early The late Russell Sturgis broke away from the
and so long connected." A word should be said in chronological and historical aspect of the arts in
praise of the numerous illustrations, which are just favor of a treatment which should classify them ac-
what is needed, distinct, clear and to the point. cording to process and technical basis in his book,
"Manet and the French Impressionists," by first issued in 1905, called "The Artist's Way of
Theodore Duret, who was the painter's executor, Working in the Various Handicrafts and Arts of
has just been issued in a translation by J. E. Craw- Design." This book, in two volumes with numer-
ford Flitch (J. B. Lippincott Company) in a well- ous illustrations, is now issued in a smaller edition
made volume illustrated with four etchings, four and will doubtless be welcome in its more conve-
wood engravings and a number of half-tone plates, nient size. (Dodd, Mead & Co.)
The etchings, which are printed from the original The flair for old mahogany is Walter A. Dyer's
plates, are the portrait of Berthe Morisot, by Manet, text for "The Lure of the Antique" (The Century
the Jeune Fille etendue, by Berthe Morisot, and two Company), under which title he has collected a score
by Renoir, Baigneuse and Jeunes Filles. Of the of magazine articles on the subject of furniture of
wood engravings, in addition to the one reproduced the Revolutionary period, glassware, Sheffield plate
herewith, two are engraved by Jacques Beltrand and other matters that concern the collector and
and one by Lucien Pissarro. The painters in- seeker of bargains.
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From 11Mand and the French Impressionists." Courtesy oj J. B. Lippincolt Company
LA PARISIENNE DRAWN ON WOOD BY MANET, ENGRAVED BY PRUNAIRE
periods and schools, this handbook outlines the sub- eluded in the impressionist group are Pissarro,
ject as to statuary, reliefs, architecture, stone work- Monet, Sisley, Berthe Morisot, Cezanne, Guillau-
ing, jewelry, glazeware, glass, pottery, ivory work- min. A final chapter reviews the ownership of the
ing, furniture and woodwork, plaster, stucco and paintings of these artists in the United States and
clothing. Though this outline is brief the author elsewhere and in an appendix are given a catalogue
sets forth his facts graphically and in an entertain- of the paintings and pastels of Edouard Manet,
ing fashion, to the conclusion that "the powerful notes on his engravings and lithographs and a list of
technical skill of Egyptian art, its good sense of lim- the subscribers to the fund raised for the purchase
itation and its true feeling for harmony and expres- of the Olympia, presented to the Luxembourg in
sioh will always make it of the first importance to 1890.
the countries of the West, with which it was so early The late Russell Sturgis broke away from the
and so long connected." A word should be said in chronological and historical aspect of the arts in
praise of the numerous illustrations, which are just favor of a treatment which should classify them ac-
what is needed, distinct, clear and to the point. cording to process and technical basis in his book,
"Manet and the French Impressionists," by first issued in 1905, called "The Artist's Way of
Theodore Duret, who was the painter's executor, Working in the Various Handicrafts and Arts of
has just been issued in a translation by J. E. Craw- Design." This book, in two volumes with numer-
ford Flitch (J. B. Lippincott Company) in a well- ous illustrations, is now issued in a smaller edition
made volume illustrated with four etchings, four and will doubtless be welcome in its more conve-
wood engravings and a number of half-tone plates, nient size. (Dodd, Mead & Co.)
The etchings, which are printed from the original The flair for old mahogany is Walter A. Dyer's
plates, are the portrait of Berthe Morisot, by Manet, text for "The Lure of the Antique" (The Century
the Jeune Fille etendue, by Berthe Morisot, and two Company), under which title he has collected a score
by Renoir, Baigneuse and Jeunes Filles. Of the of magazine articles on the subject of furniture of
wood engravings, in addition to the one reproduced the Revolutionary period, glassware, Sheffield plate
herewith, two are engraved by Jacques Beltrand and other matters that concern the collector and
and one by Lucien Pissarro. The painters in- seeker of bargains.
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