DOI Heft:
Nr. 45 (December 1896)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0226
Studio- Talk
work there has been an influence of the best sumptuous colour, full in tone, quaint in design,
Japanese art, not a slavish imitation in con- and presenting to the eye a theme uncommon to
junction with his own individuality, but an a degree, and distinguished as the result of a
influence in the direction of good design both romantic mind revelling in the charm of colour
as regards colour and form or rather in the for colour's sake alone. D. M,
effective placing on the canvas, in his own par-
ticular phase, the charm of colour and decoration.
His work also shows how keenly sensitive his <|—^ ARIS.—In consequence of the approach-
sympathies must have been to the adaptability of 1 ing demolition of the Palais de
his surroundings, how the quaint costumes of the l'lndustrie, the Art Society known as
people, the many little incidents of children at "L'UnionCentraledesArtsDecoratifs,"
play, or the grown folk at amusement, lent them- which was located in a corner of this
selves to the individuality of his artistic expression, enormous building, is obliged to move its quarters;
In these pictures he has given us impressions and the spot chosen is the Pavilion de Marsan in
which, apart from displaying his gifts as a colourist the Louvre. But no matter where it may be
and designer, and showing his sympathy with the situated, whether here or in the Champs-Elysees,
art of the country, renew
our interest in and appre-
ciation of the art of the
Japanese. For years the
individual quality of Mr.
HornePs work has been
most pronounced, not in a
mannered sense, but prac-
tically unparalleled by any
other painter's work ; and
for years it has been the
despair both of the critics
and the public, for apart
from those who have the
intuitive feeling for the fine
things in art in a catholic
sense, it seemed difficult to
understand his motif ox the
presentment of his subject.
All along he has striven,
and that very successfully,
to treat his subject, be it
figure or landscape com-
position, in the most
luscious colour schemes,
meaning his canvas as a
space to be filled in a
purely decorative manner
with well-balanced colour
and artistically arranged
forms. In looking for Mr.
Hornel's work in the exhi-
bitions one need not expect
to come on a plein air pic-
ture as his, with lights and
shadows, and aerial per-
spective, but'rather to look
r___„____ ru .., . , POSTER BY GEORGES DE FEURE
for a square of beautiful and {s„ Paris studio-Talk)
2 I I
work there has been an influence of the best sumptuous colour, full in tone, quaint in design,
Japanese art, not a slavish imitation in con- and presenting to the eye a theme uncommon to
junction with his own individuality, but an a degree, and distinguished as the result of a
influence in the direction of good design both romantic mind revelling in the charm of colour
as regards colour and form or rather in the for colour's sake alone. D. M,
effective placing on the canvas, in his own par-
ticular phase, the charm of colour and decoration.
His work also shows how keenly sensitive his <|—^ ARIS.—In consequence of the approach-
sympathies must have been to the adaptability of 1 ing demolition of the Palais de
his surroundings, how the quaint costumes of the l'lndustrie, the Art Society known as
people, the many little incidents of children at "L'UnionCentraledesArtsDecoratifs,"
play, or the grown folk at amusement, lent them- which was located in a corner of this
selves to the individuality of his artistic expression, enormous building, is obliged to move its quarters;
In these pictures he has given us impressions and the spot chosen is the Pavilion de Marsan in
which, apart from displaying his gifts as a colourist the Louvre. But no matter where it may be
and designer, and showing his sympathy with the situated, whether here or in the Champs-Elysees,
art of the country, renew
our interest in and appre-
ciation of the art of the
Japanese. For years the
individual quality of Mr.
HornePs work has been
most pronounced, not in a
mannered sense, but prac-
tically unparalleled by any
other painter's work ; and
for years it has been the
despair both of the critics
and the public, for apart
from those who have the
intuitive feeling for the fine
things in art in a catholic
sense, it seemed difficult to
understand his motif ox the
presentment of his subject.
All along he has striven,
and that very successfully,
to treat his subject, be it
figure or landscape com-
position, in the most
luscious colour schemes,
meaning his canvas as a
space to be filled in a
purely decorative manner
with well-balanced colour
and artistically arranged
forms. In looking for Mr.
Hornel's work in the exhi-
bitions one need not expect
to come on a plein air pic-
ture as his, with lights and
shadows, and aerial per-
spective, but'rather to look
r___„____ ru .., . , POSTER BY GEORGES DE FEURE
for a square of beautiful and {s„ Paris studio-Talk)
2 I I