International studio (53.1914)

Spring Exhibition at the Kiinstlerhaus, Vienna

'Fhe portraits, always an important feature of
the Kiinstlerhaus exhibition, seemed fewer than
usual this year, no doubt because they were better
distributed in the various rooms. Of two shown
by John Quincy Adams one was a portrait of the
venerable Emperor Francis Joseph, who graciously
granted the artist some sittings, and for the other
painting two of the Emperor’s descendants, Princess
Elizabeth Windischgratz and her little daughter,
were his sitters. Though painted in the artist’s
well-known manner, with verve and fine feeling and
a refined sense of colour, one could not help
feeling that in both of these works he had fallen
short of his highest standard. Paul Joanowitch
also exhibited a portrait of the Emperor which was
very pleasing. Rauchinger’s Portrait of a Lady has
deservedly won high praise; in it he has shown his
penchant for deep rich colour, and the whole is
handled with the directness and assurance charac-
teristic of this artist’s work. Schattenstein’s two
portraits of ladies revealed fine qualities. Wilhelm
Victor Krausz contributed three portraits. That of
Frau Paula S. is remarkable for its delightfully har-
monious colour and simple handling, and his Youth
in the person of Fraulein Helena Kramer-Glbckner
is also extremely charming in its colour-scheme

of white and pale violet. Among others whose
portrayal of the gentler sex should be named are
Theodor Carl, Ritter von Blaas, who showed an
excellent portrait of Countess Coudenhove, a
Japanese lady in Japanese dress, and Ludwig
Michalek. Victor Stauffer’s portrait of Leopold
von Lieben, Victor Scharf’s portrait of Herr Low-
Beer, Marie Rosenthal-Hatschek’s portrait of her
brother, the celebrated pianist, Herr Rosenthal,
and Rudolf von Mehoffer’s portrait of Herr Josephy
were prominent examples of male portraiture, and
of special interest among works of this kind was
Cottet’s portrait of the painter, Lucien Simon,
remarkable for the strength and vigour of treatment.
Both Leopold Horovitz and Brof. von Angeli,
were well represented.
In genre painting, always a great feature at the
Kiinstlerhaus, several works of distinctive merit
call for mention. Among them Jehudo Epstein’s
Thirsty Throats decidedly merits the first place,
for it is a work of remarkable vigour, excellent
alike in drawing and composition, and rich in
colouring. Hans Larwin presented the true
Viennese note in his Die Poldi von Prater,
Xaschniarht, and his Nach der Assentierung in
Erdberg, which breathes of the essence and joy of


“thirsty throats ”
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OIL PAINTING BY JEHUDO EPSTEIN