DOI Heft:
No. 91 (Oct., 1900)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19786#0083
Studio- Talk
who once was a mighty master of mental
"imperialism." The heavy moustache and
chin, black hair and very high forehead, the
sunken eyes darting fire from beneath their
sharp shaggy brows, the imposing outlines of
the skull, are indicative of the intense and
noble personality of the man. The artist has
at the same time avoided all inducement to
overdo or exaggerate this countenance, which
is yet actually teeming with life. As an
earnest human document this etching may
rank among Olde's finest efforts.
Theodor Johannsen is an artist who has
lately come to the front. A native of
Gaarden, near Kiel, he has struggled hard
and pluckily to adhere to his convictions,
regardless of the public taste. There is a
manly vigour in his manner of looking at
Nature and cutting out pieces, as it were
;J:r*'.- -r. -'-.■;$>■ V,^i^^&J^-*^"-*-i£'' for his personal expression. We give an
• *' :*lJ¥$i-» •'frf'' ' illustration of a landscape on page 64, after
• '.■'=ii-r " "r ** .. a drawing in pencil. He has also been
. • : occupied in designs for applied art, for
which his tendency to see things largely
seems particularly to befit him. There is
ETCHING BY BARON MAX FICHARD & lofty gtyle jn hig methods that] under
favourable circumstances, should develop
is an early dry-point study in profile, showing the into something strong in the way of design. His
poet sitting in a chair, with his hand and fingers colour is as yet not on a level with his design,
turned characteristically inwards. With the pro- but we may look forward to his future with
minent nose, the upturned eyebrows, and the head interest. W. S.
leaning slightly backwards, it
would seem to those who
knew him that those parted
lips were uttering one of
the well-known phrases in
his favourite "Plattdeutsch"
(the Low German dialect),
which it was the aim of the
writer's life to fructify for
the literature of his country.
Olde's most recent etch-
ing is the portrait of the
philosopher Friedrich
Nietzsche (page 63), whose
sad fate claims sympathy
as well as respect. He is
shown reclining on his bed
of suffering, incurable, and
yet heroic, with the deep
lines of expression of a man
66
Southampton
me NewWK.
BY H. CASSIERS
who once was a mighty master of mental
"imperialism." The heavy moustache and
chin, black hair and very high forehead, the
sunken eyes darting fire from beneath their
sharp shaggy brows, the imposing outlines of
the skull, are indicative of the intense and
noble personality of the man. The artist has
at the same time avoided all inducement to
overdo or exaggerate this countenance, which
is yet actually teeming with life. As an
earnest human document this etching may
rank among Olde's finest efforts.
Theodor Johannsen is an artist who has
lately come to the front. A native of
Gaarden, near Kiel, he has struggled hard
and pluckily to adhere to his convictions,
regardless of the public taste. There is a
manly vigour in his manner of looking at
Nature and cutting out pieces, as it were
;J:r*'.- -r. -'-.■;$>■ V,^i^^&J^-*^"-*-i£'' for his personal expression. We give an
• *' :*lJ¥$i-» •'frf'' ' illustration of a landscape on page 64, after
• '.■'=ii-r " "r ** .. a drawing in pencil. He has also been
. • : occupied in designs for applied art, for
which his tendency to see things largely
seems particularly to befit him. There is
ETCHING BY BARON MAX FICHARD & lofty gtyle jn hig methods that] under
favourable circumstances, should develop
is an early dry-point study in profile, showing the into something strong in the way of design. His
poet sitting in a chair, with his hand and fingers colour is as yet not on a level with his design,
turned characteristically inwards. With the pro- but we may look forward to his future with
minent nose, the upturned eyebrows, and the head interest. W. S.
leaning slightly backwards, it
would seem to those who
knew him that those parted
lips were uttering one of
the well-known phrases in
his favourite "Plattdeutsch"
(the Low German dialect),
which it was the aim of the
writer's life to fructify for
the literature of his country.
Olde's most recent etch-
ing is the portrait of the
philosopher Friedrich
Nietzsche (page 63), whose
sad fate claims sympathy
as well as respect. He is
shown reclining on his bed
of suffering, incurable, and
yet heroic, with the deep
lines of expression of a man
66
Southampton
me NewWK.
BY H. CASSIERS