International studio (42.1910)

Studio- Talk

testify to a firm draughts-
man's hand, but suffer
from an unpleasant rud-
diness of tone and a too
close observance of
Lenbach and Stuck pre-
scriptions. Hans Heider
goes directly to nature,
to winterly mountains
and early spring tumults,
but we become more
aware of temperament
and skill than of the
emotional soul. Some
portraits of Walton are
exquisite colour - harmo-
nies and distinguished in
pose, but rather uninter-

esting as comments on
" the chauffeur": motor race trophy bv paul oesten female individuality.

captured the very pulse of modern travelling Berlin is quite entitled now to claim recognition

life. Oesten was born in Berlin, and a pupil of as a centre of clever draughtsmen and illustrators.

Reinhold Begas and Menzel. He won the Rome The artists on the staff of "Jugend" and "Simplicissi-

prize during his studentship, and has carried mus" in Munich have initiated a renaissance in this
home deep impressions
from classical art.

Several one-man shows

at Schulte's have to be

noted. Karl Leipold is

a strange delineator of

waves and ships, harbour-
pieces, old mills, light-
; houses and village nooks,
.; which he seems to see

through a magnifying
! glass. He envelops such
j subjects in a sphere of
; colouristic beauty and
: mystery until they are
i transformed into phan-
\ tasmagorias. Turner is

evoked and so is Ziem,
I but closer inspection re-
: veals a neglect of the real

and causes dissatisfaction

by the recognition of

mannerism. Some of the

male and female portraits

of Egon Kossuth of Wies-
baden, impress one by

their originality and

psychologic insight. They danai'd fountain by paul oesten

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