Studio: international art (37.1906)

Studio- Talk

was the knowledge of this
which induced Alexander
Wilke to leave his sober
native city, Leipzig, for
Vienna. In Leipzig the
artist studied under Herr
Nieper, and at Karlsruhe
he was fortunate in having
Professor Schurth, the
well-known portraitist, as
his teacher. Herr Wilke
always speaks in the
warmest tones of this
master who taught him so
much.

' THE NIGHT ASYLUM BY ALEXANDER WILKE

The illustrations here
reproduced show the
variety of Wilke's talents,
and reveal considerable
power of characterisation
and form. They are ex-
pressive of the artist's
thoughts, and the carica-
tures give exact pictures

G. Canape Fils, Miss E. Scarborough (diplomas); of life in two different circles. The Betrothal is
MM. Blanchetiere, Aumaitre, David, Rene Kieffer, typical of German life in towns, where marriages are
Miss S P. Kristiansen and Mme. A. Vallgren attended with certain formal preliminaries. Here
(honourable mention). In the German and the negotiations are over, the girl who has been
Austrian section?, two ex-
hibitors were placed in
the first division—Herren
Schultze and Osterrieth ;
seven in the second, in-
cluding the Wiener Werk-
statte, and six in the third;
and one or two Italian
craftsmen appear in the
list of awards.

VIENNA.—Vienna
has immense at-
tractions for the
artist; unique
opportunities are offered
to students in every species
of art. The variety of
races comprising her popu-
lation, their ways in life,
manners, gestures and
peculiarities, can nowhere
be better studied than
here in the great metro-
polis on the Danube. It " THE BETROTHAL " BY ALEXANDER WILKE

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