DOI issue:
Nr. 44 (November 1896)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0156
Studio-Talk
Coming now to his more recent work, we find *v RUSSELS.—Some time ago The Studio
Henry showing his accomplishment and versatility 'm reproduced the decorative paintings
by painting portraits, in addition to subjects demand- I ordered by the municipality of Bir-
ing more than a superficial knowledge and insight M mingham from the ablest students at
into the interpretation of life and character. His the School of Art in that town,
portraits of children are veracious without being Following this example the Communal Council of
mere studies, and in the treatment of backgrounds Antwerp has just approved a scheme for the practi-
and accessories he is charmingly tasteful. In all his cal encouragement of the young prize-winners in the
work Henry has shown, as I have said, power and Academy of Fine Arts there. The painter, Frans
Van Kuick, who carried out
the reconstruction of " Old
Antwerp," which was the
success of the 1894 Exhi-
bition, has made the follow-
ing proposal, in his capacity
of echevin, or Sheriff of Fine
Arts in the town of Ant-
werp :—" That the com-
munal executive give in-
structions that the decora-
tion of one or two class-
rooms in the communal
schools be entrusted annu-
ally to several of the most
talented among the students
at the Institute of Fine Arts.
The most promising pupil
in the department of archi-
tectural decoration to be
selected to work in colla-
boration with the student
chosen for the figure paint-
ing, and the pair to work
out the ensemble of their
scheme together." By this
means painters and archi-
tects will be brought into
touch at the outset of their
careers, while still students.
" the straw hat " Bv george henry, a.r.s.a. Working together in this
way on the same task, the
versatility in his technique and colour arrangements, results will be of double value, inasmuch as they
and, within later years, an uncommon perception in will serve for the instruction of the school children,
the selection of subject, while interpreting his motif after having been a source of exercise and instruc-
with a fine feeling for decorative quality of line and tion to the students in the higher grades of the
colour masses. In many of his pictures, too, he Institute of Fine Arts.
has displayed ability to treat them in a purely -
naturalistic manner, but always with a thoroughly As a sort of compromise between the poster and
appropriate sentiment. He has never, properly the ex libris, both greatly in vogue at the present
speaking, had any scholastic or academic art moment, M. Crespin has introduced a little adver-
teaching, but has derived all his knowledge from an tisement-placard, less minute in point of execution
intuitive ability to perceive the fine things that nature than the book plate, and more subdued in style
and the work of other painters have revealed. than the poster. His inventiveness and his pre-
D. M. cision are valuable qualities in work of this kind.
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Coming now to his more recent work, we find *v RUSSELS.—Some time ago The Studio
Henry showing his accomplishment and versatility 'm reproduced the decorative paintings
by painting portraits, in addition to subjects demand- I ordered by the municipality of Bir-
ing more than a superficial knowledge and insight M mingham from the ablest students at
into the interpretation of life and character. His the School of Art in that town,
portraits of children are veracious without being Following this example the Communal Council of
mere studies, and in the treatment of backgrounds Antwerp has just approved a scheme for the practi-
and accessories he is charmingly tasteful. In all his cal encouragement of the young prize-winners in the
work Henry has shown, as I have said, power and Academy of Fine Arts there. The painter, Frans
Van Kuick, who carried out
the reconstruction of " Old
Antwerp," which was the
success of the 1894 Exhi-
bition, has made the follow-
ing proposal, in his capacity
of echevin, or Sheriff of Fine
Arts in the town of Ant-
werp :—" That the com-
munal executive give in-
structions that the decora-
tion of one or two class-
rooms in the communal
schools be entrusted annu-
ally to several of the most
talented among the students
at the Institute of Fine Arts.
The most promising pupil
in the department of archi-
tectural decoration to be
selected to work in colla-
boration with the student
chosen for the figure paint-
ing, and the pair to work
out the ensemble of their
scheme together." By this
means painters and archi-
tects will be brought into
touch at the outset of their
careers, while still students.
" the straw hat " Bv george henry, a.r.s.a. Working together in this
way on the same task, the
versatility in his technique and colour arrangements, results will be of double value, inasmuch as they
and, within later years, an uncommon perception in will serve for the instruction of the school children,
the selection of subject, while interpreting his motif after having been a source of exercise and instruc-
with a fine feeling for decorative quality of line and tion to the students in the higher grades of the
colour masses. In many of his pictures, too, he Institute of Fine Arts.
has displayed ability to treat them in a purely -
naturalistic manner, but always with a thoroughly As a sort of compromise between the poster and
appropriate sentiment. He has never, properly the ex libris, both greatly in vogue at the present
speaking, had any scholastic or academic art moment, M. Crespin has introduced a little adver-
teaching, but has derived all his knowledge from an tisement-placard, less minute in point of execution
intuitive ability to perceive the fine things that nature than the book plate, and more subdued in style
and the work of other painters have revealed. than the poster. His inventiveness and his pre-
D. M. cision are valuable qualities in work of this kind.
144