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Nr. 117 (December 1902)
DOI Artikel:Mourey, Gabriel: Manuel Robbe: an etcher in colours
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19877#0171
Manuel Robbe
Mi
ANUEL ROBBE. AN ETCHER the work of M. Manuel Robbe are evidence of my
IN COLOURS. BY GABRIEL meaning. It is a real pleasure to note the dexterity
MOUREY with wn'°h 'le makes use of this process, the new
and unexpected effects he gets out of it; very few
On various occasions, either in current artists could achieve so great a variety of expres-
numbers of The Studio, or in the special number sion by one single method with such certainty of
devoted to a study of modern etching, we have touch. This is very modern and very attractive,
sung the praises of the charm, refinement, and M. Robbe especially excels, in my opinion,
peculiar quality of coloured etching as practised in depicting the modern woman—a somewhat
now in France. The favour it finds with engravers special type of the modern woman, it must be said,
of original work is fully accounted for by the See the series of plates in which he depicts her—
endless and peculiar resources of the process, the the lady, the artist's wife, or the model—seated or
scope it offers, and the readiness with which it can reclining or standing, in a studio or a drawing-
be applied to an infinite variety of expression. It room, or studying some work of art; the woman
is a really fascinating method of work, adaptable to he shows us is of a quite peculiar stamp. There
the purposes of the most dissimilar temperaments, is a wide gap between her and the women of
The productions to which it has been applied Helleu or Chahine. But indeed, M. Robbe
during the last few years amply prove this. It is cares more for mass and outline than for character,
obedient to the hand of each artist, a pliant instru- or, rather, for blots of colour than for expression—
ment lending itself equally well to graceful and in short, for silhouettes, yes, and blots; and his
to powerful themes, to hints of mystery, and to coloured etchings are carried out on this principle,
subjects that demand sharpness and decision. Consequently they are decorative ; they are in-
The plates—already numerous—which constitute tended to hang on the wall rather than to
Mi
ANUEL ROBBE. AN ETCHER the work of M. Manuel Robbe are evidence of my
IN COLOURS. BY GABRIEL meaning. It is a real pleasure to note the dexterity
MOUREY with wn'°h 'le makes use of this process, the new
and unexpected effects he gets out of it; very few
On various occasions, either in current artists could achieve so great a variety of expres-
numbers of The Studio, or in the special number sion by one single method with such certainty of
devoted to a study of modern etching, we have touch. This is very modern and very attractive,
sung the praises of the charm, refinement, and M. Robbe especially excels, in my opinion,
peculiar quality of coloured etching as practised in depicting the modern woman—a somewhat
now in France. The favour it finds with engravers special type of the modern woman, it must be said,
of original work is fully accounted for by the See the series of plates in which he depicts her—
endless and peculiar resources of the process, the the lady, the artist's wife, or the model—seated or
scope it offers, and the readiness with which it can reclining or standing, in a studio or a drawing-
be applied to an infinite variety of expression. It room, or studying some work of art; the woman
is a really fascinating method of work, adaptable to he shows us is of a quite peculiar stamp. There
the purposes of the most dissimilar temperaments, is a wide gap between her and the women of
The productions to which it has been applied Helleu or Chahine. But indeed, M. Robbe
during the last few years amply prove this. It is cares more for mass and outline than for character,
obedient to the hand of each artist, a pliant instru- or, rather, for blots of colour than for expression—
ment lending itself equally well to graceful and in short, for silhouettes, yes, and blots; and his
to powerful themes, to hints of mystery, and to coloured etchings are carried out on this principle,
subjects that demand sharpness and decision. Consequently they are decorative ; they are in-
The plates—already numerous—which constitute tended to hang on the wall rather than to