DOI Heft:
No. 159 (June, 1906)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Artikel:Reviews and notices
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20715#0108
Reviews and Notices
Australian capitals by order of the owner, Mr. Booth,
and is afterwards to be permanently exhibited in a
London gallery.
A plebiscite was recently inaugurated by a
WICKER BASKET
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY JULIUS MOSLER
Melbourne newspaper on the “twelve best pic-
tures ” in the Melbourne National Gallery, and
among a certain class caused some little discussion.
The title was, of course, a misnomer, inasmuch as
the pictures selected as being the best were merely
the most popular. It was claimed that the result
of the plebiscite would induce the public to take an
interest in their possessions ; but, as in all these
discussions, the trashiest work generally secured
the largest percentage of votes, it is difficult to see
how the public most in need of instruction have
benefitted.
A word of appreciation is due to Mr. Bernard
Hall for his able series of letters to the press
during the controversy which ensued on the
“ twelve best pictures.” Mr. Hall has in the past
shown himself a capable teacher and painter, and
his defence of the progressive movement—shown
by the trustees purchasing some really fine works
by some of the finest European painters—was
greatly appreciated by those capable of really
judging in the matter, and was probably the
happiest outcome of the whole proceedings.
The death of Mr. Hugh Ramsay, a young Vic-
torian painter, removes one of the most promising
°f the students of the National Gallery. The son
of a local doctor, he enjoyed the advantages of a
course of training in Paris and London, where he
exhibited in the Salon and Royal Academy. His
strongest work was in figure and portraiture.
J. s.
REVIEWS AND NOTICES
Bunte Hafnerkeramik der Renaissance in den
Oesterreichischen Landern Oesterreich ob der Enns
und Salzburg. By Alfred Walcher, Ritter von
Moltheim. (Vienna: Gilhofer & Ranschburg.)
Limited edition. 150 Kronen.—In Austria there
are many unexplored fields of art, and none more
interesting than that of the potter. The author
deserves the thanks of all connoisseurs for the able
way in which he has .performed a difficult task.
The researches, of which he here gives us the
result, occupied him many years, and in the course
of them he personally examined all documents
relating to the subject, and all the ancient pieces
which have been unearthed from time to time,
ILLUSTRATION TO WALCHER’s “BUNTE
HAFNERKERAMIK DER RENAISSANCE1’
87
Australian capitals by order of the owner, Mr. Booth,
and is afterwards to be permanently exhibited in a
London gallery.
A plebiscite was recently inaugurated by a
WICKER BASKET
DESIGNED AND EXECUTED
BY JULIUS MOSLER
Melbourne newspaper on the “twelve best pic-
tures ” in the Melbourne National Gallery, and
among a certain class caused some little discussion.
The title was, of course, a misnomer, inasmuch as
the pictures selected as being the best were merely
the most popular. It was claimed that the result
of the plebiscite would induce the public to take an
interest in their possessions ; but, as in all these
discussions, the trashiest work generally secured
the largest percentage of votes, it is difficult to see
how the public most in need of instruction have
benefitted.
A word of appreciation is due to Mr. Bernard
Hall for his able series of letters to the press
during the controversy which ensued on the
“ twelve best pictures.” Mr. Hall has in the past
shown himself a capable teacher and painter, and
his defence of the progressive movement—shown
by the trustees purchasing some really fine works
by some of the finest European painters—was
greatly appreciated by those capable of really
judging in the matter, and was probably the
happiest outcome of the whole proceedings.
The death of Mr. Hugh Ramsay, a young Vic-
torian painter, removes one of the most promising
°f the students of the National Gallery. The son
of a local doctor, he enjoyed the advantages of a
course of training in Paris and London, where he
exhibited in the Salon and Royal Academy. His
strongest work was in figure and portraiture.
J. s.
REVIEWS AND NOTICES
Bunte Hafnerkeramik der Renaissance in den
Oesterreichischen Landern Oesterreich ob der Enns
und Salzburg. By Alfred Walcher, Ritter von
Moltheim. (Vienna: Gilhofer & Ranschburg.)
Limited edition. 150 Kronen.—In Austria there
are many unexplored fields of art, and none more
interesting than that of the potter. The author
deserves the thanks of all connoisseurs for the able
way in which he has .performed a difficult task.
The researches, of which he here gives us the
result, occupied him many years, and in the course
of them he personally examined all documents
relating to the subject, and all the ancient pieces
which have been unearthed from time to time,
ILLUSTRATION TO WALCHER’s “BUNTE
HAFNERKERAMIK DER RENAISSANCE1’
87