DOI Heft:
Nr. 46 (January 1897)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0312
Studio- Talk
Melchior Lechter is his name, and it is one which his pictures which especially appeals to me. The
will have to be remembered. hills are melting away into the valley, and their
- tops stand out in noble, billowy curves, against the
To comprehend an individuality bordering on evening sky. Night is falling on the green meadow-
the exotic is always difficult, and when it is marked land around, and the eye can no longer distinguish
with so thoroughly personal a stamp as Lechter's clearly in the growing dusk. Alone shines out the
the difficulty is still greater. Too often our taste clear surface of a lake, with the last weak glow
is unduly inspired by criticism; and the difficulty of daylight flickering upon it. By the water-side
of forming a right judgment in these matters is lies a woman sleeping; while afar her companions
increased when the strength of an artist's per- rest in contemplation beneath the trees. Down
sonality lies in its very fancifulness. Either one the hill-side comes a little maiden clad in a dark
can understand it, and follow it and feel its in- red cloak. Full of charm and grace, this little
fluence—or one can do nothing of the sort; and figure, speeding'lightly over the meadows !
this accounts for the widely opposing opinions ex-
pressed as to an artist's work—the creations of his Such are the dream-pictures Lechter mostly
fancy. What one critic
will consider outrageous
another will pronounce to
be poetical in the highest
degree. One fact remains,
however, and all sound
criticism of art is based
thereon. The artist may
let his fancy run riot, may
amplify and idealise nature
and her phenomena, but a
mastery of natural form, a
deep-seated knowledge of
his art, must always form
the groundwork on which
his work is to be based.
As for Lechter, even his
opponents must admit that
he has observed nature truly
and studied her deeply;
and however dream-like
and fanciful may be the
creations of his brush at
least they are not impos-
sible. We look upon fairy-
land scenes, where the.
deep-blue flowers bloom,
and the wavelets break
lightly on the banks of the
lake, and the sky shows
darkest violet over the
stately trees. It is all like
Wonderland seen through
a waking dream.
Vorwerk: Rosentha
System Prof.Dr.Backhaus.Cottingen
Schweizermuhle
I should like to attempt
a description of one of poster by Hermann behrens
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Melchior Lechter is his name, and it is one which his pictures which especially appeals to me. The
will have to be remembered. hills are melting away into the valley, and their
- tops stand out in noble, billowy curves, against the
To comprehend an individuality bordering on evening sky. Night is falling on the green meadow-
the exotic is always difficult, and when it is marked land around, and the eye can no longer distinguish
with so thoroughly personal a stamp as Lechter's clearly in the growing dusk. Alone shines out the
the difficulty is still greater. Too often our taste clear surface of a lake, with the last weak glow
is unduly inspired by criticism; and the difficulty of daylight flickering upon it. By the water-side
of forming a right judgment in these matters is lies a woman sleeping; while afar her companions
increased when the strength of an artist's per- rest in contemplation beneath the trees. Down
sonality lies in its very fancifulness. Either one the hill-side comes a little maiden clad in a dark
can understand it, and follow it and feel its in- red cloak. Full of charm and grace, this little
fluence—or one can do nothing of the sort; and figure, speeding'lightly over the meadows !
this accounts for the widely opposing opinions ex-
pressed as to an artist's work—the creations of his Such are the dream-pictures Lechter mostly
fancy. What one critic
will consider outrageous
another will pronounce to
be poetical in the highest
degree. One fact remains,
however, and all sound
criticism of art is based
thereon. The artist may
let his fancy run riot, may
amplify and idealise nature
and her phenomena, but a
mastery of natural form, a
deep-seated knowledge of
his art, must always form
the groundwork on which
his work is to be based.
As for Lechter, even his
opponents must admit that
he has observed nature truly
and studied her deeply;
and however dream-like
and fanciful may be the
creations of his brush at
least they are not impos-
sible. We look upon fairy-
land scenes, where the.
deep-blue flowers bloom,
and the wavelets break
lightly on the banks of the
lake, and the sky shows
darkest violet over the
stately trees. It is all like
Wonderland seen through
a waking dream.
Vorwerk: Rosentha
System Prof.Dr.Backhaus.Cottingen
Schweizermuhle
I should like to attempt
a description of one of poster by Hermann behrens
■95