Vienna Secession Exhibition
former by small pieces and
the Head of the Wanderer,
and the latter by the Mino-
taurus.
Great interest was centred
in the water-colours by
Rudolph von Alt, who died
a few weeks ago at the age
of ninety-four. These
works show the last touch
of the master’s hand, and
how he sympathised with
modern thought. Indeed,
the mere fact of his having
been vice-president of the
“Secession” since its found-
ation was proof enough of
that. They represent
scenes from Goisern, in the
Salzkammergut, where the
artist always passed the
summer — fine, delicate
landscapes, full of the breeze of nature and the ex-
quisite foliage which lay before him, for he painted
BY S. WYSPIANSKI
from his balcony. In My Studio we have in
broad, powerful lines (he was ninety-four when
KIND MIT DEM BLUMENTOPF
“LA RIVIERE DE ST. JEAN” BY MAX KURZWEIL
57
former by small pieces and
the Head of the Wanderer,
and the latter by the Mino-
taurus.
Great interest was centred
in the water-colours by
Rudolph von Alt, who died
a few weeks ago at the age
of ninety-four. These
works show the last touch
of the master’s hand, and
how he sympathised with
modern thought. Indeed,
the mere fact of his having
been vice-president of the
“Secession” since its found-
ation was proof enough of
that. They represent
scenes from Goisern, in the
Salzkammergut, where the
artist always passed the
summer — fine, delicate
landscapes, full of the breeze of nature and the ex-
quisite foliage which lay before him, for he painted
BY S. WYSPIANSKI
from his balcony. In My Studio we have in
broad, powerful lines (he was ninety-four when
KIND MIT DEM BLUMENTOPF
“LA RIVIERE DE ST. JEAN” BY MAX KURZWEIL
57