DOI issue:
Nr. 175 (September, 1911)
DOI article:Levetus, A. S.: The jubilee exhibition of the Künstler-Genossenschaft, Vienna
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43447#0262
Kunstler-Genossenschaft, Vienna
“A MARKET IN THE WERD DISTRICT (VIENNA)”
their earthly toil: Ferstel, who built the Votive
Church and the University; Semper and Hasenhauer,
the builders of the Imperial Theatre and Imperial
Museums; Van der Null and Sicardsburg, the
builders of the Imperial Opera House; Friedrich von
Schmidt, the builder of the Rathhaus; and Hansen,
the builder of the Reichsrat. These first members
of the Kiinstlerhaus were fine artists, working for
a good cause, men whose lives were filled with
noble aims, men who have left their mark on the
history of their country. Here, however, we must
leave the past, for the present calls us.
In spite of its being a Jubilee year, there was
nothing to distinguish the recent exhibition from
the usual run of such yearly shows, yet the event
has made history. To begin, the Emperor showed
his sympathy by giving a hundred thousand Kronen
to the fund for the widows and orphans of poor
artists. Further, the City of Vienna has founded
BY JOHANN NEP GELLER
a yearly prize of the value of a thousand Kronen,
and a society has been formed to raise funds for a
national prize of great value to be awarded annually
in rotation to a painter, graphic artist, sculptor,
and architect, irrespective of his art creed, though
he must be an Austrian. Among the members of
the committee are representatives of the Secession,
the Hagenbund, and other Vienna art societies,
including the newly formed Society of Women
Artists. The inclusion of women is indeed a sign
of the times. On the first day the sum subscribed
was so large that success is assured.
With regard to the exhibition itself there were some
few non-members represented—just enough to make
one want more. Mr. Lavery contributed a portrait
group called Girls in the Sunshine, Sir Alfred East
two beautiful landscapes, J. F. Raffaelli a fine sea-
piece, Hans von Bartels The Blessing of the Sea in
Brittany, a work of fine sentiment and harmonious
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“A MARKET IN THE WERD DISTRICT (VIENNA)”
their earthly toil: Ferstel, who built the Votive
Church and the University; Semper and Hasenhauer,
the builders of the Imperial Theatre and Imperial
Museums; Van der Null and Sicardsburg, the
builders of the Imperial Opera House; Friedrich von
Schmidt, the builder of the Rathhaus; and Hansen,
the builder of the Reichsrat. These first members
of the Kiinstlerhaus were fine artists, working for
a good cause, men whose lives were filled with
noble aims, men who have left their mark on the
history of their country. Here, however, we must
leave the past, for the present calls us.
In spite of its being a Jubilee year, there was
nothing to distinguish the recent exhibition from
the usual run of such yearly shows, yet the event
has made history. To begin, the Emperor showed
his sympathy by giving a hundred thousand Kronen
to the fund for the widows and orphans of poor
artists. Further, the City of Vienna has founded
BY JOHANN NEP GELLER
a yearly prize of the value of a thousand Kronen,
and a society has been formed to raise funds for a
national prize of great value to be awarded annually
in rotation to a painter, graphic artist, sculptor,
and architect, irrespective of his art creed, though
he must be an Austrian. Among the members of
the committee are representatives of the Secession,
the Hagenbund, and other Vienna art societies,
including the newly formed Society of Women
Artists. The inclusion of women is indeed a sign
of the times. On the first day the sum subscribed
was so large that success is assured.
With regard to the exhibition itself there were some
few non-members represented—just enough to make
one want more. Mr. Lavery contributed a portrait
group called Girls in the Sunshine, Sir Alfred East
two beautiful landscapes, J. F. Raffaelli a fine sea-
piece, Hans von Bartels The Blessing of the Sea in
Brittany, a work of fine sentiment and harmonious
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