DOI Heft:
No. 32 (November, 1895)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17295#0137
Studio- Talk
and remarkable work may confidently be expected the remaining members of the committee, among
from him. them being such men as W. Bode and W. von
Seidlitz. The art department of the paper is now
Specimens of embroidery by Frau Mankiewicz, edited by Dr. Richard Graul, deservedly renowned
of Dresden, were on view for a week recently in as the publisher for many years of the Vienna
the Exhibition of Art Industries. Certainly they series of Graphischen Kilnste or Graphic Arts. It
justify to the fullest extent the extraordinary re- is universally hoped that with the valuable material
nown which had preceded the display of this lady's at its disposal Pan may develop into a high-class
work, especially two large decorative pieces pro- artistic organ, which will show other countries
duced by a combination of embroidery and something of the artistic productions of Germany,
painting. The one, the ice-bound Winter of the and the spirit which animates our artists. That there
North, is a composition in white; the other, the is ample material of the right quality from which to
burning Southern Summer, representing a gate draw there can be no question. G. G.
richly ornamented
with gold, through J RUSSELS.
which can be seen a i-1 —Follow-
glowing landscape, I *^ ingtheex-
beneath a sky of J ample of
deepest blue, with £kgp the " So-
palms and bananas *W ciete des XX" (or
entwined in tropical h \ Twenty Club), who
luxuriance. These g/t ; \ were the first to put
works far exceed any- "jm^Jl\ J ' *l' statuary and the ap-
thing I have ever %t^*^& ■vti0 pl*ed artS °n a plaCe
seen of the kind, \_ '^ai J^-'-%, °^ equality with pic-
not only from their \ J lEf tures in their exhibi-
tasteful combinations tions, the committee
of colour, but also of the Ghent salon
from their exquisite W^^- have set apart one en-
harmony of tone and WW^st tire room in a central
shade in every detail. Ifm rr position for the dis-
I hear they are des- ' m play of works of ap-
tined for an American Sr /t plied art. As this is
gallery. quite an innovation so
far as the Belgian
When, at the be- official salons are con-
ginning of the year, "Amazon on horseback" by l. tuaillon cerned, the fact is
the " Pan " Society worthy of mention. It
was formed, with the happens, unfortu-
object of providing for art as well as literature a nately, that many of the works exhibited at
high-class medium in which all branches of culture Ghent are already familiar, having been on view
might obtain a hearing, the undertaking was greeted either at Brussels or Liege, but some there are
with the warmest approval, both by artists and by which may well be seen again, and others, quite
the art-loving public. But the very first number of new, are not wanting. The furniture pieces by
Pan (April-May) caused a decided falling-off of M. Serrurier-Bovy, of Liege, always interesting,
enthusiasm, for one was forced to admit that only are not quite so successful as usual this year; they
one type of art—the extreme modern style—had strike one as angular in form and loud in colour-
any prominence, and that in such a way that for ing. The creations of M. Hobe, of Brussels, on
the most part it could no longer be taken seriously, the other hand, display a much quieter taste.
Although the second number showed a marked im- There is plenty of bronze work. MM. Alexandre
provement, the tone remained the same. Moreover, Charpentier and Carabain, of Paris, and M.Paul
the committee of management did not work har- Dubois, of Brussels, have sent specimens of much
moniously, which led to the original editors re- merit, in which their respective degrees of skill in
tiring, and the direction being left in the hands of invention and modelling are seen to full advantage.
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and remarkable work may confidently be expected the remaining members of the committee, among
from him. them being such men as W. Bode and W. von
Seidlitz. The art department of the paper is now
Specimens of embroidery by Frau Mankiewicz, edited by Dr. Richard Graul, deservedly renowned
of Dresden, were on view for a week recently in as the publisher for many years of the Vienna
the Exhibition of Art Industries. Certainly they series of Graphischen Kilnste or Graphic Arts. It
justify to the fullest extent the extraordinary re- is universally hoped that with the valuable material
nown which had preceded the display of this lady's at its disposal Pan may develop into a high-class
work, especially two large decorative pieces pro- artistic organ, which will show other countries
duced by a combination of embroidery and something of the artistic productions of Germany,
painting. The one, the ice-bound Winter of the and the spirit which animates our artists. That there
North, is a composition in white; the other, the is ample material of the right quality from which to
burning Southern Summer, representing a gate draw there can be no question. G. G.
richly ornamented
with gold, through J RUSSELS.
which can be seen a i-1 —Follow-
glowing landscape, I *^ ingtheex-
beneath a sky of J ample of
deepest blue, with £kgp the " So-
palms and bananas *W ciete des XX" (or
entwined in tropical h \ Twenty Club), who
luxuriance. These g/t ; \ were the first to put
works far exceed any- "jm^Jl\ J ' *l' statuary and the ap-
thing I have ever %t^*^& ■vti0 pl*ed artS °n a plaCe
seen of the kind, \_ '^ai J^-'-%, °^ equality with pic-
not only from their \ J lEf tures in their exhibi-
tasteful combinations tions, the committee
of colour, but also of the Ghent salon
from their exquisite W^^- have set apart one en-
harmony of tone and WW^st tire room in a central
shade in every detail. Ifm rr position for the dis-
I hear they are des- ' m play of works of ap-
tined for an American Sr /t plied art. As this is
gallery. quite an innovation so
far as the Belgian
When, at the be- official salons are con-
ginning of the year, "Amazon on horseback" by l. tuaillon cerned, the fact is
the " Pan " Society worthy of mention. It
was formed, with the happens, unfortu-
object of providing for art as well as literature a nately, that many of the works exhibited at
high-class medium in which all branches of culture Ghent are already familiar, having been on view
might obtain a hearing, the undertaking was greeted either at Brussels or Liege, but some there are
with the warmest approval, both by artists and by which may well be seen again, and others, quite
the art-loving public. But the very first number of new, are not wanting. The furniture pieces by
Pan (April-May) caused a decided falling-off of M. Serrurier-Bovy, of Liege, always interesting,
enthusiasm, for one was forced to admit that only are not quite so successful as usual this year; they
one type of art—the extreme modern style—had strike one as angular in form and loud in colour-
any prominence, and that in such a way that for ing. The creations of M. Hobe, of Brussels, on
the most part it could no longer be taken seriously, the other hand, display a much quieter taste.
Although the second number showed a marked im- There is plenty of bronze work. MM. Alexandre
provement, the tone remained the same. Moreover, Charpentier and Carabain, of Paris, and M.Paul
the committee of management did not work har- Dubois, of Brussels, have sent specimens of much
moniously, which led to the original editors re- merit, in which their respective degrees of skill in
tiring, and the direction being left in the hands of invention and modelling are seen to full advantage.
124