DOI Heft:
No. 165 (December, 1906)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20716#0286
Studio- Talk
The same may be said of that striking picture of and lowland scenery of Switzerland and certain
the higher mountain ranges called La Montagne parts of France has touched him profoundly,
apres la Bourrasque de Neige (p. 269), while such a and there is a breadth, calmness, [sometimes a
picture as Soir d'Automne sur le Lac reveals the pathetic power, in his expression of it. A
artist's feeling for another aspect andmood ofNature. mountain plateau, some smiling secluded corner
It is a beautiful work, full of peace and harmony. of the Valais he knows so well, the far-stretching
- sumptuous plain with the hills closing in the
If M. Rehfous has not M. Perrier's classic horizon, the open secret of these is with him.
temperament he is no less a master of his metier, The scent of the new-ploughed upland field, the
and has given us, for our perpetual delight, land- glory of the field of waving, ripe corn in the plain,
scapes full of a sober, quiet, abiding charm. The the rugged and desolate aspect of some poor
longer one lives with such pictures as his La Alpine village, the pathos of the humble chalets
Colline de Saint-Livres, Le Plateau cFOrmond and clustered together on the mountain slope; all these
La Sarva, the more one must be impressed by have had their appeal for him. The contributions
their quiet power and intrinsic beauty. Work that of such artists as M. Rehfous and M. Perrier are a
repays study is not common in our day, but M. decided gain to the art of a country. R. M.
Rehfous' achievements certainly and rightfully
belong to this category. They are not loud, but T 7" ARLSRUHE.—This has been a jubilee
they are full of sterling quality. His is an art that, IS year in Baden, for the Grand Duke has
if I may so say, wears well. The pictures to which I celebrated both his golden wedding and
I have referred above are the productions of a his eightieth birthday. In honour of the
mature and thoughtful artist, who has a vision and double event two exhibitions have been held, one
is as sure in his interpretation of it as in his for arts and crafts, and the other retrospective, con-
perception of it. The poetry of the quiet upland fined to works produced between 1780 and 1880, at
'LA MONTAGNE" BY ALEXANDRE PERRIER
266
The same may be said of that striking picture of and lowland scenery of Switzerland and certain
the higher mountain ranges called La Montagne parts of France has touched him profoundly,
apres la Bourrasque de Neige (p. 269), while such a and there is a breadth, calmness, [sometimes a
picture as Soir d'Automne sur le Lac reveals the pathetic power, in his expression of it. A
artist's feeling for another aspect andmood ofNature. mountain plateau, some smiling secluded corner
It is a beautiful work, full of peace and harmony. of the Valais he knows so well, the far-stretching
- sumptuous plain with the hills closing in the
If M. Rehfous has not M. Perrier's classic horizon, the open secret of these is with him.
temperament he is no less a master of his metier, The scent of the new-ploughed upland field, the
and has given us, for our perpetual delight, land- glory of the field of waving, ripe corn in the plain,
scapes full of a sober, quiet, abiding charm. The the rugged and desolate aspect of some poor
longer one lives with such pictures as his La Alpine village, the pathos of the humble chalets
Colline de Saint-Livres, Le Plateau cFOrmond and clustered together on the mountain slope; all these
La Sarva, the more one must be impressed by have had their appeal for him. The contributions
their quiet power and intrinsic beauty. Work that of such artists as M. Rehfous and M. Perrier are a
repays study is not common in our day, but M. decided gain to the art of a country. R. M.
Rehfous' achievements certainly and rightfully
belong to this category. They are not loud, but T 7" ARLSRUHE.—This has been a jubilee
they are full of sterling quality. His is an art that, IS year in Baden, for the Grand Duke has
if I may so say, wears well. The pictures to which I celebrated both his golden wedding and
I have referred above are the productions of a his eightieth birthday. In honour of the
mature and thoughtful artist, who has a vision and double event two exhibitions have been held, one
is as sure in his interpretation of it as in his for arts and crafts, and the other retrospective, con-
perception of it. The poetry of the quiet upland fined to works produced between 1780 and 1880, at
'LA MONTAGNE" BY ALEXANDRE PERRIER
266