DOI Heft:
Nr. 336 (May 1925)
DOI Heft:Nr. 337 (June 1925)
DOI Artikel:Price, F. Newlin: Diederich's adventure in art
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0172
mceRnACionAL
Berlin and Paris. Ten years of
'horse lamp" / ipr^^^€c' - ■ ■ travel to study and practice his
*unt diederich JRfff Kl , profession.
In 1913 he received many
commissions of importance fol-
lowing the attention his "Grey-
hounds" received at the Au-
tumn Salon. These were the
same greyhounds that appeared
in Central Park one morning
before an amazed and startled
public that had long since been
accustomed to standardized art.
Most people agree that the grey-
hounds should have remained.
They are truly fine, and express
to a marked degree the great-
ness of their creator's hand.
The art of Diederich has in-
terested because it lives. The
egocentric activity of the child
persists more strongly in the
man today. He will be creating
back threefold from childhood's experience. Deep always, drawing, cutting with scissors, modeling
in the desert of a lonely night or high on monu- in the wax he is always provided with little figures
ments of rock, he thrilled again in art. The free- that are not so much a thing as an emotion. So
dom was delightful, and lie en- ^^^^^ w'"wor^' navmgnear
ioved the exhilarating outdoor "the percheron" Wm him many emotions, half
W HI NT DII'DI'KICil .^jj^^^EJVHI^^^^^H
life. His restive spirit and love complete, that as the
of art, however, soon carried spirit moves him he fm-
him back to the east, and en- *' ishes. It is not idle potter-
rolled him in the Pennsylvania V|kv ing but definite things
Academy of Fine Arts. -k that engage his mind,
Here Hunt Diederich met ■§ for he finds pleasure in
Paul Manship as they both making necessary things
studied the elementary tech- M beautifully. Thus a
nique of their craft, and to- ^^^Hr i-mdlcstickora table or a
gether the two young enthusi- ^ statue. The old idea of
asts made a trip to Spain. After
the summer of tramping through
Spain, Granada—Madrid to Gi-
braltar—Manship returned and
Diederich went to Africa. The
wanderlust was dominant—he
came back through Spain with
horse and wagon, the one, from
a bony nag grown plump, and
the other gorgeous with his little
painted panels. Of value today,
horse, wagon and all sold for 200
francs and passage taken for
Rome—dwelling with princes—
making portraits—doing impor-
tant commissions—friend of no-
bility, intimate with laborers.
Restless again he journeyed to
one seventy-two
JUNE 1925
Berlin and Paris. Ten years of
'horse lamp" / ipr^^^€c' - ■ ■ travel to study and practice his
*unt diederich JRfff Kl , profession.
In 1913 he received many
commissions of importance fol-
lowing the attention his "Grey-
hounds" received at the Au-
tumn Salon. These were the
same greyhounds that appeared
in Central Park one morning
before an amazed and startled
public that had long since been
accustomed to standardized art.
Most people agree that the grey-
hounds should have remained.
They are truly fine, and express
to a marked degree the great-
ness of their creator's hand.
The art of Diederich has in-
terested because it lives. The
egocentric activity of the child
persists more strongly in the
man today. He will be creating
back threefold from childhood's experience. Deep always, drawing, cutting with scissors, modeling
in the desert of a lonely night or high on monu- in the wax he is always provided with little figures
ments of rock, he thrilled again in art. The free- that are not so much a thing as an emotion. So
dom was delightful, and lie en- ^^^^^ w'"wor^' navmgnear
ioved the exhilarating outdoor "the percheron" Wm him many emotions, half
W HI NT DII'DI'KICil .^jj^^^EJVHI^^^^^H
life. His restive spirit and love complete, that as the
of art, however, soon carried spirit moves him he fm-
him back to the east, and en- *' ishes. It is not idle potter-
rolled him in the Pennsylvania V|kv ing but definite things
Academy of Fine Arts. -k that engage his mind,
Here Hunt Diederich met ■§ for he finds pleasure in
Paul Manship as they both making necessary things
studied the elementary tech- M beautifully. Thus a
nique of their craft, and to- ^^^Hr i-mdlcstickora table or a
gether the two young enthusi- ^ statue. The old idea of
asts made a trip to Spain. After
the summer of tramping through
Spain, Granada—Madrid to Gi-
braltar—Manship returned and
Diederich went to Africa. The
wanderlust was dominant—he
came back through Spain with
horse and wagon, the one, from
a bony nag grown plump, and
the other gorgeous with his little
painted panels. Of value today,
horse, wagon and all sold for 200
francs and passage taken for
Rome—dwelling with princes—
making portraits—doing impor-
tant commissions—friend of no-
bility, intimate with laborers.
Restless again he journeyed to
one seventy-two
JUNE 1925