DOI Heft:
Nr. 146 (May 1905)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20711#0380
Studio-Talk
M
OSCOW.—The progress of art in Russia of the little boy sitting on the grass, and yet how
continues to make rapid strides, and extremely simple and free from needless details is
at each successive exhibition the works the construction of the whole drawing. Did space
of Russian artists are more and more permit, many of Seroff's landscapes are worthy of
appreciated. extended notice, and among his long series of
■■ notable portraits there are The Grand Duke Paul
Foremost among the leaders and representatives Alexandrmvitch, Princess Jousoupoff, The Composer
of the realistic school of painting in Moscow is N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, Mme. Botki?ie, Mme.
Valentine Seroff, and he is a leader who stands Marmontoff, and the artist's wife in the garden of
out above the rest by virtue of his commanding her country residence. Valentine Seroff is still in
ability, and the freshness and spontaneity of his the prime of life, and great though his success has
methods. Seroff is, par excellence, a portrait painter, been so far, it may fairly be expected that in
but he has several times turned to historical sub- coming years he will far surpass what he has already
jects with great success, and his landscapes are accomplished,
always remarkable for the clear and vigorous style
of their drawing, and the harmonious tones of their ■ ~V ERLIN.—We give here reproductions or
colouring. Especially charming is his picture of I ^ furniture designed by Georg Honold.
October, the calm, grey, autumn day, with its golden ■ His work has all the elements of
and silvery tints, full of the unspeakable sentiment simplicity in style, but is decorated
of the Russian landscape. How accurate and true here and there with a hint of rococo. Many of
to nature are the positions of the horses and that the shapes are graceful without loss of strength.
ROOM
362
DESIGNED BY GEORG HONOLD
M
OSCOW.—The progress of art in Russia of the little boy sitting on the grass, and yet how
continues to make rapid strides, and extremely simple and free from needless details is
at each successive exhibition the works the construction of the whole drawing. Did space
of Russian artists are more and more permit, many of Seroff's landscapes are worthy of
appreciated. extended notice, and among his long series of
■■ notable portraits there are The Grand Duke Paul
Foremost among the leaders and representatives Alexandrmvitch, Princess Jousoupoff, The Composer
of the realistic school of painting in Moscow is N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, Mme. Botki?ie, Mme.
Valentine Seroff, and he is a leader who stands Marmontoff, and the artist's wife in the garden of
out above the rest by virtue of his commanding her country residence. Valentine Seroff is still in
ability, and the freshness and spontaneity of his the prime of life, and great though his success has
methods. Seroff is, par excellence, a portrait painter, been so far, it may fairly be expected that in
but he has several times turned to historical sub- coming years he will far surpass what he has already
jects with great success, and his landscapes are accomplished,
always remarkable for the clear and vigorous style
of their drawing, and the harmonious tones of their ■ ~V ERLIN.—We give here reproductions or
colouring. Especially charming is his picture of I ^ furniture designed by Georg Honold.
October, the calm, grey, autumn day, with its golden ■ His work has all the elements of
and silvery tints, full of the unspeakable sentiment simplicity in style, but is decorated
of the Russian landscape. How accurate and true here and there with a hint of rococo. Many of
to nature are the positions of the horses and that the shapes are graceful without loss of strength.
ROOM
362
DESIGNED BY GEORG HONOLD