DOI Heft:
No. 37 (April, 1896)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17296#0193
Studio-Talk
)F STUDENTSH
LEATHER BOOK-COVER
DESIGNED BY A. J. GASKIN AND EXECUTED BY MRS. GASKIN
by the students, and the case itself has a fine
medallion portrait of Mr. Bunce by Mr. Creswick.
Mr. H. F. Newey drew the illuminated address;
Miss Newill worked the cover, and the leather
binding of the signature-book was designed by Mr.
A. J. Gaskin and executed by his wife.
VIENNA.—At last Vienna has aban-
doned the obsolete way of viewing
things artistic which has for too long
a time impeded free progress here.
The anecdotal genre picture is now
considered tedious, the minutely worked out and
painstakingly detailed landscape is pronounced to
be without light and air. An exhibition, containing
many English paintings, which took place two
years ago at the " Kunstlerhaus," was one of the
elements that brought about this revolution. For
the first time it was then shown to our public that
the present century has matured an art founded
upon quite new lines—that the spirit of Turner
has opened new tracks.
Count Milewsky has lent to the " Kunstlerhaus "
his rich collection of pictures, consisting entirely
178
of works by Polish artists. In these paintings
distinctly national characteristics are discernible
—a masterly treatment of technicalities, a perfect
knowledge of all modern movements allied with
the melancholy and yet passionate sentiment which
pervades Slavic art.
It was Count Milewsky's object when starting
his collection to benefit as many striving talents
as possible. He saw that first of all it was neces-
sary to assist the young men who were struggling
for existence. He knew that when an artist has to
paint to please his public and cannot follow what
his soul dreams of, he is unlikely to develop his
own individuality. He therefore bought the pic-
tures of beginners at prices which they might
fetch twenty years later. He anticipated their rise
to celebrity, and was very rarely mistaken. Artists
like Alexander Grimusky and Josef Chelmonsky
prove how right he was.
The works of Grimusky, now on view at the
" Kunstlerhaus," are especially striking owing to
their versatility. The mellow rich tones of his
Tirolese pictures, and his perfect perspective mark
him out as a landscape painter of a high order.
EMBROIDERED BOOK-COVER
DESIGNED AND WORKED BY MARY NEWILL
)F STUDENTSH
LEATHER BOOK-COVER
DESIGNED BY A. J. GASKIN AND EXECUTED BY MRS. GASKIN
by the students, and the case itself has a fine
medallion portrait of Mr. Bunce by Mr. Creswick.
Mr. H. F. Newey drew the illuminated address;
Miss Newill worked the cover, and the leather
binding of the signature-book was designed by Mr.
A. J. Gaskin and executed by his wife.
VIENNA.—At last Vienna has aban-
doned the obsolete way of viewing
things artistic which has for too long
a time impeded free progress here.
The anecdotal genre picture is now
considered tedious, the minutely worked out and
painstakingly detailed landscape is pronounced to
be without light and air. An exhibition, containing
many English paintings, which took place two
years ago at the " Kunstlerhaus," was one of the
elements that brought about this revolution. For
the first time it was then shown to our public that
the present century has matured an art founded
upon quite new lines—that the spirit of Turner
has opened new tracks.
Count Milewsky has lent to the " Kunstlerhaus "
his rich collection of pictures, consisting entirely
178
of works by Polish artists. In these paintings
distinctly national characteristics are discernible
—a masterly treatment of technicalities, a perfect
knowledge of all modern movements allied with
the melancholy and yet passionate sentiment which
pervades Slavic art.
It was Count Milewsky's object when starting
his collection to benefit as many striving talents
as possible. He saw that first of all it was neces-
sary to assist the young men who were struggling
for existence. He knew that when an artist has to
paint to please his public and cannot follow what
his soul dreams of, he is unlikely to develop his
own individuality. He therefore bought the pic-
tures of beginners at prices which they might
fetch twenty years later. He anticipated their rise
to celebrity, and was very rarely mistaken. Artists
like Alexander Grimusky and Josef Chelmonsky
prove how right he was.
The works of Grimusky, now on view at the
" Kunstlerhaus," are especially striking owing to
their versatility. The mellow rich tones of his
Tirolese pictures, and his perfect perspective mark
him out as a landscape painter of a high order.
EMBROIDERED BOOK-COVER
DESIGNED AND WORKED BY MARY NEWILL