DOI Heft:
No. 38 (May, 1896)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17296#0263
Studio-Talk
recently opened, in the Brussels Museum, an ex- classes for pupils. He has a large circle of acquaint-
hibition indicating a laudable attempt to turn the ances, and, moreover, possesses those social
attention of photographers, both amateur and pro- qualities which are the more precious inasmuch as
fessional, towards the artistic side of their work, they seem lacking in certain of his confreres. He
The names of Messrs. West, Latimer, Lodge, has fixed his studio at La Haye.
Thompson, and North are noticeable in the little K.
gallery devoted to English work, while MM. Ganz, _ . ■ _,, , ., . . - ,, .
°, y ,, _, %T , ..', . 1—"vARIS.— The exhibition of Maxime
Geruzet, Macs, Rutot, Vanderkindere, and Captain
Peltzer are most prominent among the Belgian
exhibitors.
P
Maufra's landscapes at Durand-Ruel's
must be considered as one of the
most interesting and noteworthy
features of the artistic year. In all
M. Ph. Zilcken, one of the best painter-engravers the simplicity and sincerity of these Scottish and
on the Continent, who has produced several famous Norman and Breton scenes one feels the presence
plates " after" the brothers Maris, has just started of a powerful individuality. Here we are far
removed from the childish
methods of some of the
n ^. impressionists ; for
I l^S t/^\ f\ II Maufra's manner is broad
--v-rm- j i*-*,^*-—^fr" " / rT^f\ viOtTr I ':\ an<i forceful, designed to
B ^*K3HH fl sS Mfl I > -. ' \pt reproduce truth and
I l?4s5l ytzJji P^H^|hb| rU^5£!is& Nature, not in their little-
nesses, but rather in their
grander aspects. And
thus he attains a very re-
markable degree of deco-
rative effect. This is
really art, pure art, bold
without obtrusiveness,
sincere with no suspicion
of exaggeration, and—
alas ! for its rarity—real,
yet in no way coarse.
The genuine success of
this exhibition proves that,
despite all the efforts
being made to bolster up
vulgarity in art in the
name of "realism," we
have among us people of
sufficient taste to be im-
pressed by works like
these, sane and generous
in thought and in execu-
tion. This is an artist to
be watched and remem-
bered, for he is one of the
men with a future.
M. Lucien Magne, the
talented architect and
professor at the School of
Fine Arts, is exhibiting at
Georges Petit's some draw-
BY M. MIONET D
(See Brussels Studio-Talk) ings and water-colours
246
recently opened, in the Brussels Museum, an ex- classes for pupils. He has a large circle of acquaint-
hibition indicating a laudable attempt to turn the ances, and, moreover, possesses those social
attention of photographers, both amateur and pro- qualities which are the more precious inasmuch as
fessional, towards the artistic side of their work, they seem lacking in certain of his confreres. He
The names of Messrs. West, Latimer, Lodge, has fixed his studio at La Haye.
Thompson, and North are noticeable in the little K.
gallery devoted to English work, while MM. Ganz, _ . ■ _,, , ., . . - ,, .
°, y ,, _, %T , ..', . 1—"vARIS.— The exhibition of Maxime
Geruzet, Macs, Rutot, Vanderkindere, and Captain
Peltzer are most prominent among the Belgian
exhibitors.
P
Maufra's landscapes at Durand-Ruel's
must be considered as one of the
most interesting and noteworthy
features of the artistic year. In all
M. Ph. Zilcken, one of the best painter-engravers the simplicity and sincerity of these Scottish and
on the Continent, who has produced several famous Norman and Breton scenes one feels the presence
plates " after" the brothers Maris, has just started of a powerful individuality. Here we are far
removed from the childish
methods of some of the
n ^. impressionists ; for
I l^S t/^\ f\ II Maufra's manner is broad
--v-rm- j i*-*,^*-—^fr" " / rT^f\ viOtTr I ':\ an<i forceful, designed to
B ^*K3HH fl sS Mfl I > -. ' \pt reproduce truth and
I l?4s5l ytzJji P^H^|hb| rU^5£!is& Nature, not in their little-
nesses, but rather in their
grander aspects. And
thus he attains a very re-
markable degree of deco-
rative effect. This is
really art, pure art, bold
without obtrusiveness,
sincere with no suspicion
of exaggeration, and—
alas ! for its rarity—real,
yet in no way coarse.
The genuine success of
this exhibition proves that,
despite all the efforts
being made to bolster up
vulgarity in art in the
name of "realism," we
have among us people of
sufficient taste to be im-
pressed by works like
these, sane and generous
in thought and in execu-
tion. This is an artist to
be watched and remem-
bered, for he is one of the
men with a future.
M. Lucien Magne, the
talented architect and
professor at the School of
Fine Arts, is exhibiting at
Georges Petit's some draw-
BY M. MIONET D
(See Brussels Studio-Talk) ings and water-colours
246