DOI Heft:
No. 73 (April 1899)
DOI Artikel:Singer, Hans Wolfgang: Modern german lithography, [2]: Some Karlsruhe artists
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19231#0189
Modern German Lithography
"THE RISING MOON" ■ FROM A LITHOGRAPH BY G. KAMPMANN
This set likewise diners from almost all other
" artist post-cards" in that they were not litho-
graphed after designs by the artists, but are indeed
auto-lithographs. The artist post-card has been
especially fostered at Karlsruhe by Velten. He
has sent artists all over Germany, to Switzerland,
to the Riviera, and elsewhere to draw water-colour
views of picturesque nooks and landscapes, which
serve as originals for his post-cards. Some of the
Kiinstlerbund artists went on such expeditions for
him, notably F. Hein, H. Daur, and Biese. But
to return to Kallmorgen; there is one more litho-
graph that we must not pass over unnoticed, The
Ferry Station on the Meuse, in which peasants of
both sexes are seen standing on the windswept
pier, waiting for the little steamer. There is a
touch of Japan in it, but only a touch, and a very
delightful little picture it is.
No member of the club has evinced more poetic
feeling than Franz Hein. As a painter and
draughtsman of the Mdrchenwelt, of the German
fairy-tale and folk-lore, I consider him pre-eminent
amongst modern men. His work is sincere and
convincing, and with all its sensitive poesy it
possesses many genuine artistic qualities. In the
Wonderful Flowet we see a fairy-tale princess
standing amid' trees with a crown on her head,
holding the fantastic flower. The picture is
printed in gold and colours. The Lily shows us a
maiden whose nudity is almost hidden by long
black tresses; to the right and left there are
decorative drawings of lilies. Minne (Love),
printed in gold and dull violet on grey paper,
depicts a youth making love to the same fairy
princess, and in Beauty and tlie Beast we see her
again, enveloped in flowing golden hair, with the
bear at her feet. There is a pattern of fleur-de-lys
on the dark blue background, and the whole
makes an excellent decorative design.
Hans von Volkmann's best lithographs are land-
scapes. His conception is broad, and he success-
fully reduces the variety of colours as well as of
forms in Nature to a simple scheme that makes
essentials stand out and unimportant features dis-
appear. Among his most pleasing lithographs
there is the Chaussee, A Quiet Fond, and The
Lonely Light. Some Italian views are not quite
equal to these, while his New Year cards can
hardly be pronounced a success. Franz Hoch is
likewise a good landscape artist. He has drawn
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"THE RISING MOON" ■ FROM A LITHOGRAPH BY G. KAMPMANN
This set likewise diners from almost all other
" artist post-cards" in that they were not litho-
graphed after designs by the artists, but are indeed
auto-lithographs. The artist post-card has been
especially fostered at Karlsruhe by Velten. He
has sent artists all over Germany, to Switzerland,
to the Riviera, and elsewhere to draw water-colour
views of picturesque nooks and landscapes, which
serve as originals for his post-cards. Some of the
Kiinstlerbund artists went on such expeditions for
him, notably F. Hein, H. Daur, and Biese. But
to return to Kallmorgen; there is one more litho-
graph that we must not pass over unnoticed, The
Ferry Station on the Meuse, in which peasants of
both sexes are seen standing on the windswept
pier, waiting for the little steamer. There is a
touch of Japan in it, but only a touch, and a very
delightful little picture it is.
No member of the club has evinced more poetic
feeling than Franz Hein. As a painter and
draughtsman of the Mdrchenwelt, of the German
fairy-tale and folk-lore, I consider him pre-eminent
amongst modern men. His work is sincere and
convincing, and with all its sensitive poesy it
possesses many genuine artistic qualities. In the
Wonderful Flowet we see a fairy-tale princess
standing amid' trees with a crown on her head,
holding the fantastic flower. The picture is
printed in gold and colours. The Lily shows us a
maiden whose nudity is almost hidden by long
black tresses; to the right and left there are
decorative drawings of lilies. Minne (Love),
printed in gold and dull violet on grey paper,
depicts a youth making love to the same fairy
princess, and in Beauty and tlie Beast we see her
again, enveloped in flowing golden hair, with the
bear at her feet. There is a pattern of fleur-de-lys
on the dark blue background, and the whole
makes an excellent decorative design.
Hans von Volkmann's best lithographs are land-
scapes. His conception is broad, and he success-
fully reduces the variety of colours as well as of
forms in Nature to a simple scheme that makes
essentials stand out and unimportant features dis-
appear. Among his most pleasing lithographs
there is the Chaussee, A Quiet Fond, and The
Lonely Light. Some Italian views are not quite
equal to these, while his New Year cards can
hardly be pronounced a success. Franz Hoch is
likewise a good landscape artist. He has drawn
!73