DOI Heft:
No. 158 (May, 1906)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20714#0376
Sttidio-Talk
examples of that period. A strange
theoretical trait marks these designs—an
error which has only been vanquished after
years of work in all the other branches of
decorative art. One misses the beautiful
application of colour which has given the
fan its greatest charm at all periods.
By far the greater number of the ex-
hibits were folded fans,£the rigid leaf on
a long handle being only represented by
a few examples. If a greater develop-
ment of the art of making fans should be
the result of this exhibition, the frame-
work ought to receive more attention
than it does at present. The highest
perfection of the antique fan always lay
in the closest connection of both parts :
both were designed and executed with
the same interest and feeling. From this
point of view, a good beginning has been
made by Oppenheim and Seeligmiiller,
who showed a simple yet delicate scheme
of decoration, but most of the frames
and handles were clumsy things of wood
or ivory. Neither of these materials
fountain by aug. gaul are made to show the fine effects of
which they are capable. Ere perfect
good effect of a fan—perfect lightness and grace- results can be achieved, the subtle techniques of
fulness. A lace fan by Frau Margarete Erler of ivory and shell carving, inlaying and enamelling
Berlin was perhaps the only one which could be have to be mastered. F. W.
compared with them. The
embroidered fans by Henry
van de Velde have the great
merit that their ornamenta-
tion delicately follows the
outline of the fan, with per-
fect understanding of the
effect of radiating lines;
but, like the embroidered
fans of Frau Erler and
other artists, they fall short
of the effect of the lace fan.
Though excellent in their
details and in their techni-
cal execution, they have
something of a pedantic
character — something too
clever and too conscious.
They lack the charm of the
brilliant examples of the
eighteenth century, and
hardly bear comparison
with even more modest " pelicans in sunshine " by paul neuenborn
356
examples of that period. A strange
theoretical trait marks these designs—an
error which has only been vanquished after
years of work in all the other branches of
decorative art. One misses the beautiful
application of colour which has given the
fan its greatest charm at all periods.
By far the greater number of the ex-
hibits were folded fans,£the rigid leaf on
a long handle being only represented by
a few examples. If a greater develop-
ment of the art of making fans should be
the result of this exhibition, the frame-
work ought to receive more attention
than it does at present. The highest
perfection of the antique fan always lay
in the closest connection of both parts :
both were designed and executed with
the same interest and feeling. From this
point of view, a good beginning has been
made by Oppenheim and Seeligmiiller,
who showed a simple yet delicate scheme
of decoration, but most of the frames
and handles were clumsy things of wood
or ivory. Neither of these materials
fountain by aug. gaul are made to show the fine effects of
which they are capable. Ere perfect
good effect of a fan—perfect lightness and grace- results can be achieved, the subtle techniques of
fulness. A lace fan by Frau Margarete Erler of ivory and shell carving, inlaying and enamelling
Berlin was perhaps the only one which could be have to be mastered. F. W.
compared with them. The
embroidered fans by Henry
van de Velde have the great
merit that their ornamenta-
tion delicately follows the
outline of the fan, with per-
fect understanding of the
effect of radiating lines;
but, like the embroidered
fans of Frau Erler and
other artists, they fall short
of the effect of the lace fan.
Though excellent in their
details and in their techni-
cal execution, they have
something of a pedantic
character — something too
clever and too conscious.
They lack the charm of the
brilliant examples of the
eighteenth century, and
hardly bear comparison
with even more modest " pelicans in sunshine " by paul neuenborn
356