DOI Heft:
Nr. 233 (July, 1916)
DOI Artikel:Studio-Talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43462#0176
Studio-Talk
fact roamed all over Europe intent on perfecting his
talent, visiting Madrid, Rome, Paris and London,
and even Russia ; and many a souvenir of his travels
ornaments his spacious studio at The Hague, where
he has just settled. It was in Switzerland that I
first learned to know the artist, by his vigorous and
at times very daring drawings published in the
Dutch pro-Ally newspaper “Nieuwe Amsterdam-
mer,” and I was curious to make his acquaintance.
It was night when I called upon him, and when the
electric light was switched on, the studio suddenly
became alive with a number of figures which had
been sleeping in frames; their eyes seemed to
follow us, and the vibrant colours spoke of youth
and joy. In his latest efforts the artist’s personality
asserts itself more and more and all traces of
“ influences ” are on the point of disappearing.
Sound judgment, a bold and vigorous technique,
and a fine sense of composition—these are the
qualities that have ensured for Piet van der Hem a
prominent position among the Dutch artists of the
present day. F. G.
MILAN.—Carlo Casanova, whose work
as an etcher is exemplified by the
accompanying reproductions of four
of his plates, has in the course of the
few years he has devoted to this branch of art
gained for himself a position of note among
Italian acquafortisti. It was not until he had
embarked on the career of engineer that art
claimed his allegiance, and though from that time
onwards he has practised painting with ardour,
it is through his etchings that he is best known.
His success in this field of work he attributes in
large measure to the encouragement he received
when some of his earliest efforts were recognised
by being acquired for the Galleria Ambrosiana of
Milan. In the meantime his prints have found
their way to important collections, such as the
Modern Gallery in Rome and the Regio Gabinetto
delle Stampe, and are to be seen at all the
principal exhibitions where black-and-white work
is shown. As one of the leading members of the
Associazione Italiana Acquafortisti e Incisori he
“THE SOUL OF THE CATHEDRAL (MILAN)”
66
ETCHING BY CARLO CASANOVA
fact roamed all over Europe intent on perfecting his
talent, visiting Madrid, Rome, Paris and London,
and even Russia ; and many a souvenir of his travels
ornaments his spacious studio at The Hague, where
he has just settled. It was in Switzerland that I
first learned to know the artist, by his vigorous and
at times very daring drawings published in the
Dutch pro-Ally newspaper “Nieuwe Amsterdam-
mer,” and I was curious to make his acquaintance.
It was night when I called upon him, and when the
electric light was switched on, the studio suddenly
became alive with a number of figures which had
been sleeping in frames; their eyes seemed to
follow us, and the vibrant colours spoke of youth
and joy. In his latest efforts the artist’s personality
asserts itself more and more and all traces of
“ influences ” are on the point of disappearing.
Sound judgment, a bold and vigorous technique,
and a fine sense of composition—these are the
qualities that have ensured for Piet van der Hem a
prominent position among the Dutch artists of the
present day. F. G.
MILAN.—Carlo Casanova, whose work
as an etcher is exemplified by the
accompanying reproductions of four
of his plates, has in the course of the
few years he has devoted to this branch of art
gained for himself a position of note among
Italian acquafortisti. It was not until he had
embarked on the career of engineer that art
claimed his allegiance, and though from that time
onwards he has practised painting with ardour,
it is through his etchings that he is best known.
His success in this field of work he attributes in
large measure to the encouragement he received
when some of his earliest efforts were recognised
by being acquired for the Galleria Ambrosiana of
Milan. In the meantime his prints have found
their way to important collections, such as the
Modern Gallery in Rome and the Regio Gabinetto
delle Stampe, and are to be seen at all the
principal exhibitions where black-and-white work
is shown. As one of the leading members of the
Associazione Italiana Acquafortisti e Incisori he
“THE SOUL OF THE CATHEDRAL (MILAN)”
66
ETCHING BY CARLO CASANOVA