DOI issue:
No. 95 (February, 1901)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19787#0074
Studio-Talk
The small winter displays of the Cercle Artistique are especially worthy of remark, by reason of their
de Bruxelles continue to attract many visitors, ingenious appropriateness.
They succeed one another every ten days, and F. K.
are often interesting. M. Hermanus lately showed
a series of Dutch views very prettily handled. "| UDAPEST.—Despite the apathy of the
public, which year by year becomes
B
more apparent, our artists made a
MM. G. and L. van Strydonck had a joint * *'*" truly brave show both in quality and
exhibition, composed of paintings by the first and in quantity at the principal show held last year,
jewellery by the last-named. The paintings— Especially conspicuous were the numerous figure
portraits, landscapes and seapieces—show a keen paintings, many of which were of remarkable
sense of clearness and exactitude; but one's interest. The Begrdbnis Christi, by Alex. Biharis,
attention was chiefly drawn to a pastel portrait, is imbued with a lofty and an earnest spirit; that
simply and feelingly interpreted. The jewels, talented artist Louis Mark sent a brilliant work in
consisting of brooches, buckles, combs, pins, his Sirenen-nest, and Imre Revesz contributed a
chains, etc., are most skilfully worked and display large canvas entitled Pattern—a group of Hun-
real appreciation of the possibilities of the gold- garian peasants demanding bread and work. The
smith's work. The delicate colours in the Ratines artist has treated the subject somewhat in the
Socialist vein, but the picture is full
of character and feeling. Charles
Ferenczy is what the French call a
" cherchetir" always working out
some new problem, even choosing
the most difficult tasks in order to
secure originality. Frequently the
result is admirable, sometimes it is
bad ; but uninteresting never. On
this occasion he exhibited several
canvases of various degrees of merit.
I would give the preference to his
Heimkekrenden Hohfdllern, which
is characteristic of all that is best in
his work. Filip Laszld, in accord-
ance with his almost invariable
custom, exhibited a collection of
twelve portraits, including the famous
picture of Prince Hohenlohe which
gained a medal at the Paris
Salon. Bertalen Karlovszky occu-
pies a unique place among portrait-
painters. His pictures are always
small — generally one-half or one-
third life-size—and remarkable for
their rare finish, which, however,
goes hand-in-hand with a broad and
free technique.
Among the landscapists repre-
sented were J. Ujvary, Louis
Szlanyi, D. Mihalik, and Laszlo
Mednyanszky. The latter, a most
sensitive painter, affects dim and
hazy scenes, with the light pierc-
poster by f. smeers ing rising mists, and the sun or
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The small winter displays of the Cercle Artistique are especially worthy of remark, by reason of their
de Bruxelles continue to attract many visitors, ingenious appropriateness.
They succeed one another every ten days, and F. K.
are often interesting. M. Hermanus lately showed
a series of Dutch views very prettily handled. "| UDAPEST.—Despite the apathy of the
public, which year by year becomes
B
more apparent, our artists made a
MM. G. and L. van Strydonck had a joint * *'*" truly brave show both in quality and
exhibition, composed of paintings by the first and in quantity at the principal show held last year,
jewellery by the last-named. The paintings— Especially conspicuous were the numerous figure
portraits, landscapes and seapieces—show a keen paintings, many of which were of remarkable
sense of clearness and exactitude; but one's interest. The Begrdbnis Christi, by Alex. Biharis,
attention was chiefly drawn to a pastel portrait, is imbued with a lofty and an earnest spirit; that
simply and feelingly interpreted. The jewels, talented artist Louis Mark sent a brilliant work in
consisting of brooches, buckles, combs, pins, his Sirenen-nest, and Imre Revesz contributed a
chains, etc., are most skilfully worked and display large canvas entitled Pattern—a group of Hun-
real appreciation of the possibilities of the gold- garian peasants demanding bread and work. The
smith's work. The delicate colours in the Ratines artist has treated the subject somewhat in the
Socialist vein, but the picture is full
of character and feeling. Charles
Ferenczy is what the French call a
" cherchetir" always working out
some new problem, even choosing
the most difficult tasks in order to
secure originality. Frequently the
result is admirable, sometimes it is
bad ; but uninteresting never. On
this occasion he exhibited several
canvases of various degrees of merit.
I would give the preference to his
Heimkekrenden Hohfdllern, which
is characteristic of all that is best in
his work. Filip Laszld, in accord-
ance with his almost invariable
custom, exhibited a collection of
twelve portraits, including the famous
picture of Prince Hohenlohe which
gained a medal at the Paris
Salon. Bertalen Karlovszky occu-
pies a unique place among portrait-
painters. His pictures are always
small — generally one-half or one-
third life-size—and remarkable for
their rare finish, which, however,
goes hand-in-hand with a broad and
free technique.
Among the landscapists repre-
sented were J. Ujvary, Louis
Szlanyi, D. Mihalik, and Laszlo
Mednyanszky. The latter, a most
sensitive painter, affects dim and
hazy scenes, with the light pierc-
poster by f. smeers ing rising mists, and the sun or
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