Studio: international art (31.1904)

Studio-Talk

An interesting contrast to his style
are the pictures of Joza Uprka.
While the former treats his palette
with the greatest discretion, Uprka
almost revels in paint, and uses his
brush boldly. Himself a man of the
country, he is very successful in rendering
scenes from country life, giving full
justice in his paintings to the people's
love of colour, which is quite a charac-
teristic of the Slav nations. One of
the most admired pictures of the
exhibition was All Souls' Day, a
churchyard in the foreground, with a
group of peasants in their gay-coloured
costumes, lighting candles and lamps
on the graves. This picture was ad-
mirably handled, as well as bold and
harmonious in its colour arrangement.

Amongst sculptors I only mention
Professor Sucharda, whose work always
bears the mark of original thought,
and lends distinction to any exhibition
in which it occupies space. y_ p

THE ARTIST AND HIS WIFE

BV JOSEF KOWARZIK

The exhibition consisted of works by
modernBohemians,andinpickingout the
greatest contrasts—the work of S vabinsky
and Joza Uprka—I attempt to give some
idea of the interesting exhibition where
everyone of the 200 pictures in the
tastefully arranged rooms was well hung.

Svabinsky^ is well known as a master
in pen-and-ink technique. He is fond of
slightly colouring his drawings and the
effect is wonderful, as for instance, in the
picture Kamelie, which is full of poetical
charm. One has to see the effect with
one's own eyes before it is possible to
realise its simple and primitive execu-
tion. Quite a masterpiece in drawing
was the large rondo U stavu ("at
the loom "), which would find its equals
only in a large international exhibition.
An equally able artist Svabinsky shows
himself in his portraits.

PORTRAIT OF THE POET B. KAMINSKY

FROM THE DRAWING BY MAX SVABINSKY

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