DOI Heft:
No. 47 (February, 1897)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18388#0072
Studio-Talk
table (not shown in the reproduction) has a chang- and Jarnefelt, whose works were, absent from last
ing reddish hue. Thus the eye of the spectator is year's Exhibition, are showing this year several very
not diverted by accessories, but returns always to interesting canvases, which are worthy of careful
the vigorously executed physiognomy. A. W. attention. The former is remarkable by reason of
his fertile and fantastic imagination. He does not
HELSINGFORS.—At the Annual Exhi- appear to be hindered by any constraint, by any
bition now open in this city, Albert rule; his genius wanders in dreamland and delights
Edelfelt is, perhaps, attracting the in the interpretation of nebulous legends filled with
largest share of public attention the magic of the ancient Finns. In addition to
with his fine full-length portrait of several landscapes, he is represented by a decora-
the Emperor Nicholas. The portrait is beautiful, tive painting, Sampos fdrsvarare, the subject of
simple, dignified, and discreet in colouring, and it w hich is drawn from the Finnish national epic, the
may justly be said that the artist has succeeded in Kalevala.
creating a work of art out of an official order, two
things which, as a rule, are very difficult to recon- With Jarnefelt we enter into the domain of truth
cile. Two of our younger men of talent, Gallen and thought. He is an attentive observer who
"sampos forsvarare"
from a decorative fainting by axel gallen
table (not shown in the reproduction) has a chang- and Jarnefelt, whose works were, absent from last
ing reddish hue. Thus the eye of the spectator is year's Exhibition, are showing this year several very
not diverted by accessories, but returns always to interesting canvases, which are worthy of careful
the vigorously executed physiognomy. A. W. attention. The former is remarkable by reason of
his fertile and fantastic imagination. He does not
HELSINGFORS.—At the Annual Exhi- appear to be hindered by any constraint, by any
bition now open in this city, Albert rule; his genius wanders in dreamland and delights
Edelfelt is, perhaps, attracting the in the interpretation of nebulous legends filled with
largest share of public attention the magic of the ancient Finns. In addition to
with his fine full-length portrait of several landscapes, he is represented by a decora-
the Emperor Nicholas. The portrait is beautiful, tive painting, Sampos fdrsvarare, the subject of
simple, dignified, and discreet in colouring, and it w hich is drawn from the Finnish national epic, the
may justly be said that the artist has succeeded in Kalevala.
creating a work of art out of an official order, two
things which, as a rule, are very difficult to recon- With Jarnefelt we enter into the domain of truth
cile. Two of our younger men of talent, Gallen and thought. He is an attentive observer who
"sampos forsvarare"
from a decorative fainting by axel gallen