DOI issue:
No. 162 (September, 1906)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20715#0379
Studio-Talk
hibits, and itself contributed a collection of statuary.
Colour - photography occupies a large space in
the exhibition. After years of patient effort and
numerous failures, the problem seems to have
reached a solution. The main difficulty in the
way all along has been the enormous expense of
the experiments. Professor Miethe, of the Tech-
nical High School, Charlottenburg, whose re-
searches have been conducted at the cost of the
Government, has at last learnt to photograph in
all colours, and several prints of his are exhibited.
Photographs taken in three and four colours are
numerous, and we have such scenes as seascapes
with foam-tipped waves, high hills red in the sun-
set, snow scenes, a ruined monastery overrun with
flowers, women’s faces, the flesh tints of nude limbs,
Notre Dame and other cathedrals standing out clear
against the sky, all portrayed with remarkable fidelity.
The section of Pictorial Photo-
graphy comprises a large collec-
tion sent by the Royal Photo-
graphic Society of London, in-
cluding, among other noticeable
exhibits, Tempest Anderson’s
Outbreak of Mont Pelee, Vaughan
Cornish’s Pyramid of Sand blown
by the Wind, F. Martin Duncan’s
Head of a Boa Constrictor,
Francis Ward’s Young Pike. Mrs.
G. A. Barton, of Birmingham,
heads the list of English exhibi-
tors in point of the number of
works exhibited, and her variety
of subjects is amazing. One room
is devoted entirely to photographs
by princely and Royal amateurs,
among others the Crown Prince
and Princess, Duke Adolphus
Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince
Henry of the Netherlands, the
Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, the
Princess of Hohenzollern. The
third floor contains a comprehen-
sive display of scientific photo-
graphy. J. F. R.
Munich, juiius Diez
is probably no stran-
ger to a great many
readers of The
Studio, to whom his contribu-
tions to “Jugend,” our humorous
weekly, must surely be familiar.
Not only does he stand in the
358
very first rank of German illustrators, but he is
also a highly gifted painter—one whose art is
part and parcel of his very life. Though his
achievements as a painter deserve the highest
commendation, I do not think the sterling qualities
of his work are so much appreciated as they
should be. His versatility, however, does not rest
here, for in the sphere of applied art his accom-
plishments have been of no mean order, not only
as a designer of interiors, but as a decorator of
books, and in various other directions. Worthy or
more than passing reference, for instance, is the
window he designed for the Rathaus at Leipzig, as
also are his mosaics. If I am not mistaken, he is
also responsible for some creditable productions in
the way of posters; and he has further given us
evidence of his ability as a creator of picture-
books.
hibits, and itself contributed a collection of statuary.
Colour - photography occupies a large space in
the exhibition. After years of patient effort and
numerous failures, the problem seems to have
reached a solution. The main difficulty in the
way all along has been the enormous expense of
the experiments. Professor Miethe, of the Tech-
nical High School, Charlottenburg, whose re-
searches have been conducted at the cost of the
Government, has at last learnt to photograph in
all colours, and several prints of his are exhibited.
Photographs taken in three and four colours are
numerous, and we have such scenes as seascapes
with foam-tipped waves, high hills red in the sun-
set, snow scenes, a ruined monastery overrun with
flowers, women’s faces, the flesh tints of nude limbs,
Notre Dame and other cathedrals standing out clear
against the sky, all portrayed with remarkable fidelity.
The section of Pictorial Photo-
graphy comprises a large collec-
tion sent by the Royal Photo-
graphic Society of London, in-
cluding, among other noticeable
exhibits, Tempest Anderson’s
Outbreak of Mont Pelee, Vaughan
Cornish’s Pyramid of Sand blown
by the Wind, F. Martin Duncan’s
Head of a Boa Constrictor,
Francis Ward’s Young Pike. Mrs.
G. A. Barton, of Birmingham,
heads the list of English exhibi-
tors in point of the number of
works exhibited, and her variety
of subjects is amazing. One room
is devoted entirely to photographs
by princely and Royal amateurs,
among others the Crown Prince
and Princess, Duke Adolphus
Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince
Henry of the Netherlands, the
Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, the
Princess of Hohenzollern. The
third floor contains a comprehen-
sive display of scientific photo-
graphy. J. F. R.
Munich, juiius Diez
is probably no stran-
ger to a great many
readers of The
Studio, to whom his contribu-
tions to “Jugend,” our humorous
weekly, must surely be familiar.
Not only does he stand in the
358
very first rank of German illustrators, but he is
also a highly gifted painter—one whose art is
part and parcel of his very life. Though his
achievements as a painter deserve the highest
commendation, I do not think the sterling qualities
of his work are so much appreciated as they
should be. His versatility, however, does not rest
here, for in the sphere of applied art his accom-
plishments have been of no mean order, not only
as a designer of interiors, but as a decorator of
books, and in various other directions. Worthy or
more than passing reference, for instance, is the
window he designed for the Rathaus at Leipzig, as
also are his mosaics. If I am not mistaken, he is
also responsible for some creditable productions in
the way of posters; and he has further given us
evidence of his ability as a creator of picture-
books.