DOI Heft:
No. 83 (February, 1900)
DOI Artikel:Tomson, Arthur: A Dutch etcher: M. Bauer
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19784#0055
A Dutch Etcher
IN STAMBOUI. FROM AN ETCHING BY M. BAUER
us feel the presence of elaboration, the eye
is never led away by it from a contempla-
tion of the whole. Bauer's ornamentation no
more belittles his designs than do the stars
interfere in any way with the vast appearance
of the heavens.
As in Rembrandt's work, a fine disposal of
light and shade plays no small part in giving
poetry to Bauer's pictures. Where would be
half the dramatic suggestions of those thronged
streets if the people were not emerging from
some huge shadow, or were not somewhere or
other half-concealed by one ? What gives to
his pictures of covered bazaars so much of
their dignity is that, by reason of a multiplicity
of archways, the artist has been able to enter-
tain our eyes here with a glittering contrast
of light and shade, there with the repose of
a great breadth wrapt in the profoundest gloom, as passing thoughts than as anything wrought by
Other pictures by Bauer are arranged entirely in pencil, chalk, or etching-needle,
a minor key. No sort of accentuation interferes Bauer's rendering of a form, human or other-
with their perfect serenity. Out of these silvery wise, is not primitive drawing ; hence it cannot be
mysteries loom fitfully bits of old-world architec- expected to appeal to popular taste—to people
ture, or strange figures that affect the brain more who, whether they know it or not, find in the
crude drawing of the savage
their ideal in art. To
follow his meaning, a little
culture—a disagreeable
word — is occasionally
needed Even though they
may have the power of com-
prehending his technique,
I can understand that his
view of things may be dis-
tasteful to some people.
There are those who prefer
to see set down a record of
what they themselves have
seen rather than any state-
ment of an artist's dream.
Such folk have enough
painters and to spare, to
tend to their requirements.
People who prefer a fanciful
treatment of external things
are by no means so well
provided with artists after
their own hearts — artists
capable of stimulating the
mind with really thoughtful
compositions. To them
Bauer will bring an added
pleasure in life.
FROM AN ETCHING BY M. BAUER ARTHUR TOMSON.
'THE DEALER
IN STAMBOUI. FROM AN ETCHING BY M. BAUER
us feel the presence of elaboration, the eye
is never led away by it from a contempla-
tion of the whole. Bauer's ornamentation no
more belittles his designs than do the stars
interfere in any way with the vast appearance
of the heavens.
As in Rembrandt's work, a fine disposal of
light and shade plays no small part in giving
poetry to Bauer's pictures. Where would be
half the dramatic suggestions of those thronged
streets if the people were not emerging from
some huge shadow, or were not somewhere or
other half-concealed by one ? What gives to
his pictures of covered bazaars so much of
their dignity is that, by reason of a multiplicity
of archways, the artist has been able to enter-
tain our eyes here with a glittering contrast
of light and shade, there with the repose of
a great breadth wrapt in the profoundest gloom, as passing thoughts than as anything wrought by
Other pictures by Bauer are arranged entirely in pencil, chalk, or etching-needle,
a minor key. No sort of accentuation interferes Bauer's rendering of a form, human or other-
with their perfect serenity. Out of these silvery wise, is not primitive drawing ; hence it cannot be
mysteries loom fitfully bits of old-world architec- expected to appeal to popular taste—to people
ture, or strange figures that affect the brain more who, whether they know it or not, find in the
crude drawing of the savage
their ideal in art. To
follow his meaning, a little
culture—a disagreeable
word — is occasionally
needed Even though they
may have the power of com-
prehending his technique,
I can understand that his
view of things may be dis-
tasteful to some people.
There are those who prefer
to see set down a record of
what they themselves have
seen rather than any state-
ment of an artist's dream.
Such folk have enough
painters and to spare, to
tend to their requirements.
People who prefer a fanciful
treatment of external things
are by no means so well
provided with artists after
their own hearts — artists
capable of stimulating the
mind with really thoughtful
compositions. To them
Bauer will bring an added
pleasure in life.
FROM AN ETCHING BY M. BAUER ARTHUR TOMSON.
'THE DEALER