Studio: international art (37.1906)

Studio-Talk

has really become the head
of the German impressionist
movement.

M. Borchardt indeed
appears to have created a
style of open-air portrait,
boldly executed, in broad
daylight, and finished in
that same daylight, face to
face with the sitter; not
done in the studio, from
notes and sketches, as is
too often the case. Thus
it was that Borchardt
painted the portrait of the
German Emperor which
will be seen in the coming
Salon. Meanwhile he is
represented at the "Societe
Internationale " by a por-
trait of a lady in white
standing strongly out from
a background of green
leaves, and by some excel-
lent drawings which display
the suppleness of his art.

- which cannot be regarded as representative of his

Another painter, not " without honour in his own great gifts. One prefers him in the vast decorative
country," Sorolla y Bastida, exhibited two canvases compositions in which he excels. Still, Sorolla is

ever an interesting and
original artist, and even
when it happens that he
goes astray he is always
attractive by reason of his
colour and his richness of-
observation.

:A quiet corner (See Vienna Stndio-l'alk) by walter hampel

Having recorded the suc-
cess of two artists who have
" come into their own," let
me now draw attention to
the progress made by the
younger painters. M. Frie-
seke sent some portraits of
ladies; these pictures are
genuine " interiors," and
have a very special charm.
Hitherto M. Frieseke had
been somewhat Whistlerian
in his choice of greyish
tones, but each year he is
displaying increased indi-
: girl's bedroom" (See Vienna Studio-Talk) by Walter hampel viduality.

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