DOI Heft:
Nr. 45 (December 1896)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0223
Studio- Talk
very large iron bracket, of florid floral decoration who had failed to find appreciation for his previous
and scroll work, which was formerly used for work, unless with a qualification, had nothing but
carrying the signs of an inn in Augsburg ; some unstinted praise to bestow on what he brought
very decorative door-knockers in chiselled iron, and home after a stay of some eighteen months in the
a large bronze waterspout, in the shape of a land of flowers. The trip to Japan was taken in
dolphin, with the tap for turning on the water in companionship with Mr. George Henry, and be-
the form of a mermaid. This was once in the tween the two artists there was a sympathy which
Bishop's Palace in Augsburg. Mr. Wallis also at one time found vent in their working together
secured some very interesting and beautiful on the same pictures, and of these collaborations
examples of modern German enamelled jewellery, the best known is the large Druids, which was ex-
They are made by a small Berlin jeweller, and dis- hibited at the last exhibition held at the Grosvenor.
play fine taste both in design and colour. -
The two artists when in Japan did not confine
GLASGOW.—It was with a feeling of themselves to one centre, but visited and painted
expectation of something new ar- in various districts, so that their subjects and
tistically that picture lovers who material were not of one class only, but showed a
had already seen and admired the pleasing variety. At first they were somewhat
work of E. A. Hornel looked for- hampered by the restrictions put upon foreigners,
ward to the result of his sojourn in Japan, and they but after a time they were able to settle down to
were no: by any means disappointed ; even those hard work and to the close study of the surround-
ing people, their style of
life, and the many pic-
turesque incidents of
which they are character-
istic. The outcome of
Mr. Hornel's sojourn in
Japan was seen in the
collection of pictures
which were exhibited in
the galleries of the
Societe des Beaux Arts at
Glasgow some months
since. The paintings
commanded attention
both from artists and
public, and though, as
I have already said, his
previous work was of ex-
ceptional artistic value,
the present is much
finer, and reaches a
higher level alike in
qualities of colour, de-
sign, technique, and
selection. It is evident
from his pictures that of
the many artists who
have visited the land of
the cherry, none have
returned with a more
comprehensive pictorial
record of Japanese life.
" THE GEISHA."
208
FROM A PAINTING BY E. A. HORNEL
In all Mr. Hornel's
very large iron bracket, of florid floral decoration who had failed to find appreciation for his previous
and scroll work, which was formerly used for work, unless with a qualification, had nothing but
carrying the signs of an inn in Augsburg ; some unstinted praise to bestow on what he brought
very decorative door-knockers in chiselled iron, and home after a stay of some eighteen months in the
a large bronze waterspout, in the shape of a land of flowers. The trip to Japan was taken in
dolphin, with the tap for turning on the water in companionship with Mr. George Henry, and be-
the form of a mermaid. This was once in the tween the two artists there was a sympathy which
Bishop's Palace in Augsburg. Mr. Wallis also at one time found vent in their working together
secured some very interesting and beautiful on the same pictures, and of these collaborations
examples of modern German enamelled jewellery, the best known is the large Druids, which was ex-
They are made by a small Berlin jeweller, and dis- hibited at the last exhibition held at the Grosvenor.
play fine taste both in design and colour. -
The two artists when in Japan did not confine
GLASGOW.—It was with a feeling of themselves to one centre, but visited and painted
expectation of something new ar- in various districts, so that their subjects and
tistically that picture lovers who material were not of one class only, but showed a
had already seen and admired the pleasing variety. At first they were somewhat
work of E. A. Hornel looked for- hampered by the restrictions put upon foreigners,
ward to the result of his sojourn in Japan, and they but after a time they were able to settle down to
were no: by any means disappointed ; even those hard work and to the close study of the surround-
ing people, their style of
life, and the many pic-
turesque incidents of
which they are character-
istic. The outcome of
Mr. Hornel's sojourn in
Japan was seen in the
collection of pictures
which were exhibited in
the galleries of the
Societe des Beaux Arts at
Glasgow some months
since. The paintings
commanded attention
both from artists and
public, and though, as
I have already said, his
previous work was of ex-
ceptional artistic value,
the present is much
finer, and reaches a
higher level alike in
qualities of colour, de-
sign, technique, and
selection. It is evident
from his pictures that of
the many artists who
have visited the land of
the cherry, none have
returned with a more
comprehensive pictorial
record of Japanese life.
" THE GEISHA."
208
FROM A PAINTING BY E. A. HORNEL
In all Mr. Hornel's