DOI Heft:
Nr. 225 (November 1915)
DOI Artikel:Genthe, Arnold: The work of Mario Korbel and Walter D. Goldbeck
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43460#0100
The Work of Mario Korbel and Walter D. Goldbeck
EQUESTRIENNE BY MARIO KORBEL
That Korbel is able to seize the
right moment of energetic motion,
he demonstrates in The Dancer, a
youthful figure, shown in the fine
frenzy of a spirited dance, with
arms extended and one foot drawn
up high. Of curious interest are
the quite small figures, which,
though miniatures in size, were
handled with a broad simplicity
that too often is lacking in the
larger works of our sculptors.
The exhibition acquired a pecu-
liar interest through the fact that
two of Korbel’s sitters formed also
the subject of Goldbeck’s canvases.
And though this painter approaches
his subjects from quite a different
point of view, he proves just as able
a delineator of character as his
sculptor friend. His life-size por-
traits of Mr. and Mrs. John Mc-
Cormack, though they are in the
first place likenesses painted in a
free and decorative manner, show
at the same time a penetrative
analysis of character that lifts
them considerably above the mere-
ly cleverly done portrait, which
remember Farragut by his wrinkled trousers or
thick-soled boots. Korbel does not even in-
dicate a man’s costume but, in presenting the
head alone, he succeeds without difficulty in
suggesting the man’s stature, his manner of hold-
ing himself, his whole appearance. And when he
uses the costume, as he sometimes does in his
figurines of women, he manages to impart to it
a most pleasing decorative significance.
The four small nude figures, symbolic of the
seasons, are a quite admirable performance. It
is difficult to say what is more deserving of
praise, the rhythmic and harmonious manage-
ment of line, or the modelling of the flesh, based
on an astonishingly accurate knowledge of
anatomy, or the charming differentiation of the
spirit of these four figures. Though these
statuettes are only fourteen or fifteen inches high,
they show a breadth of treatment, a suggestion
of skin and flesh, that only the master-hand can
give.
MRS. HENRY BLOSSOM
BY MARIO KORBEL
EQUESTRIENNE BY MARIO KORBEL
That Korbel is able to seize the
right moment of energetic motion,
he demonstrates in The Dancer, a
youthful figure, shown in the fine
frenzy of a spirited dance, with
arms extended and one foot drawn
up high. Of curious interest are
the quite small figures, which,
though miniatures in size, were
handled with a broad simplicity
that too often is lacking in the
larger works of our sculptors.
The exhibition acquired a pecu-
liar interest through the fact that
two of Korbel’s sitters formed also
the subject of Goldbeck’s canvases.
And though this painter approaches
his subjects from quite a different
point of view, he proves just as able
a delineator of character as his
sculptor friend. His life-size por-
traits of Mr. and Mrs. John Mc-
Cormack, though they are in the
first place likenesses painted in a
free and decorative manner, show
at the same time a penetrative
analysis of character that lifts
them considerably above the mere-
ly cleverly done portrait, which
remember Farragut by his wrinkled trousers or
thick-soled boots. Korbel does not even in-
dicate a man’s costume but, in presenting the
head alone, he succeeds without difficulty in
suggesting the man’s stature, his manner of hold-
ing himself, his whole appearance. And when he
uses the costume, as he sometimes does in his
figurines of women, he manages to impart to it
a most pleasing decorative significance.
The four small nude figures, symbolic of the
seasons, are a quite admirable performance. It
is difficult to say what is more deserving of
praise, the rhythmic and harmonious manage-
ment of line, or the modelling of the flesh, based
on an astonishingly accurate knowledge of
anatomy, or the charming differentiation of the
spirit of these four figures. Though these
statuettes are only fourteen or fifteen inches high,
they show a breadth of treatment, a suggestion
of skin and flesh, that only the master-hand can
give.
MRS. HENRY BLOSSOM
BY MARIO KORBEL