DOI Heft:
No. 72 (March 1899)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19231#0145
Studio-Talk
Palace; a second, held in their old Galleries, in-
cludes pictures by the members of the Nagybanya
Society of Painters, whilst in the National Salon is
a little exhibition of pictures and sketches by
various native artists. The fourth exhibition, only
mentioned here for the sake of completeness, is
one of masterpieces of engraving and etching by
foreigners, affording us an excellent opportunity of
studying the modern methods employed in black
and white art, which is, as is well known, still quite
in its infancy in Hungary.
Amongst the most notable Hungarian artists
is the portrait painter Philipp Laszl6, who has so
far developed no special mannerism, but in every
case chooses the style and accessories most suitable
to his subject. How fresh and full of unconscious
naivete are his presentments of children, how full
of dignity and delicacy are those cf women, yet
with it all how inexorably faithful are the like-
nesses : for this gifted exponent of human nature
never tampers with the truth, there is no toning
down of character, no touching up of features, and
it is this absolute veracity which gives to his por-
traits their wonderfully life-like and striking effect.
This young painter is about to visit Windsor
Castle in order to paint the portrait of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria. During his stay in England an
exhibition of his work will be held in London.
In the next number I shall have some more to
say concerning the Nagybanya.
O. B.
PARIS. — I am
sorry that, from
their very sub-
ject, I cannot
fully describe
as they deserve the draw-
ings by M. Georges Bot-
tini, displayed at Klein-
mann's, in the Rue de la
Victoire, for the scenes he
has elected to depict,
characteristic as they are,
demand a certain degree of
reserve. Nevertheless it is
a pleasure to see how
artistically, how skilfully,
M. Bottini has treated these
night restaurants, these
bars and their frequenters,
to note these strange dishes
of colour, these vibrating
patches of golden yellows,
and blood-reds, and vivid
blues which sparkle like
jewels against their dull
backgrounds of sepia. His
draughtsmanship, while re-
calling Constantin Guys,
has a certain simplicity
akin to that of Forain, with
something of the deforma-
tion of Toulouse-Lautrec.
Yet it is quite original; for
everything has' been seen
and felt in a decorative
Palace; a second, held in their old Galleries, in-
cludes pictures by the members of the Nagybanya
Society of Painters, whilst in the National Salon is
a little exhibition of pictures and sketches by
various native artists. The fourth exhibition, only
mentioned here for the sake of completeness, is
one of masterpieces of engraving and etching by
foreigners, affording us an excellent opportunity of
studying the modern methods employed in black
and white art, which is, as is well known, still quite
in its infancy in Hungary.
Amongst the most notable Hungarian artists
is the portrait painter Philipp Laszl6, who has so
far developed no special mannerism, but in every
case chooses the style and accessories most suitable
to his subject. How fresh and full of unconscious
naivete are his presentments of children, how full
of dignity and delicacy are those cf women, yet
with it all how inexorably faithful are the like-
nesses : for this gifted exponent of human nature
never tampers with the truth, there is no toning
down of character, no touching up of features, and
it is this absolute veracity which gives to his por-
traits their wonderfully life-like and striking effect.
This young painter is about to visit Windsor
Castle in order to paint the portrait of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria. During his stay in England an
exhibition of his work will be held in London.
In the next number I shall have some more to
say concerning the Nagybanya.
O. B.
PARIS. — I am
sorry that, from
their very sub-
ject, I cannot
fully describe
as they deserve the draw-
ings by M. Georges Bot-
tini, displayed at Klein-
mann's, in the Rue de la
Victoire, for the scenes he
has elected to depict,
characteristic as they are,
demand a certain degree of
reserve. Nevertheless it is
a pleasure to see how
artistically, how skilfully,
M. Bottini has treated these
night restaurants, these
bars and their frequenters,
to note these strange dishes
of colour, these vibrating
patches of golden yellows,
and blood-reds, and vivid
blues which sparkle like
jewels against their dull
backgrounds of sepia. His
draughtsmanship, while re-
calling Constantin Guys,
has a certain simplicity
akin to that of Forain, with
something of the deforma-
tion of Toulouse-Lautrec.
Yet it is quite original; for
everything has' been seen
and felt in a decorative