Studio: international art (39.1907)

Drawings and Sketches by Modern Masters

Kunstgewerbe- T~->y RAWINGS AND SKETCHES

schule will under- I 1 BY MODERN MASTERS. BY

go still greater ■_ I T MARTIN WOOD.

developments is

as certain as the In a preceding article dealing with the drawings

success it has of older masters we attributed our pleasure in

already achieved, studying them to the sensitiveness of the vision

Copyists and shown and the nervous responsiveness of the

" patchers" have pencil; and we regretted the modern tendency

arisen; that is only to lose the more sympathetic qualities of drawing

natural, and is in a system almost mechanical in its aim, which

a sign of flattery, is, unfortunately, fostered in the schools. In this

as is all imitation, article we have brought together examples of the

This is exactly work of modern draughtsmen with whom the secret

where the evil lies: of good drawing remains, who show that they share

the ignorant are with the old masters indifference to everything but

apt to accept the personal vision and interpretation. And by the

dross for real gold; word personal we do not mean that self-conscious

they neither know work which effectually marks where originality

nor wish to know leaves off and eccentricity begins. For this self-

the difference, and consciousness surely shows that an artist has

it is only given to allowed other people's work to obsess his mind,

the few to distin- since he is so painfully anxious to show in his

guish the real from art an extraordinary difference between himself

the false. Thus and them. Compared with the contrasts after

the imitators which the modern artists strain that their work

tapestry designed by „ . , ,., , , , f , ,

margarethe gullmann- reap much of the may be unlike each other's, the work of the old

theller and woven in benefit that should

frau guttmann s class

fall to the original

artist. Still there
is every prospect of a bright future for these young
artists, who are made of good mettle and capable
of long endurance; and, after all, it is only by
steady perseverance that success can be reached.

A. S. Levetus.

In celebration of the three hundredth anniversary

of the foundation of the city of Mannheim steps

are being taken to organise an International Art

Exhibition, to be held there during the coming

summer. It is stated in the circular sent to us

that the "traditions of the 'Seceders' of the

Munich and Vienna schools in the nineties will be

revived and carried cn," and also that " especial

stress will be laid on the introduction of lately

executed and distinguished works." It is also stated

that a sum of ^15,000 has already been guaranteed

as purchase money. Prof. Ludwig Dill is the

chairman of the exhibition, and Prof. Rudolph

Hellwag, who was one of the organisers of the

German Art Exhibition held at Knightsbridge

last summer, has been entrusted with the selection

of British works. Prof. Hellwag's address is Alma plaster model by nora von exner

_ ,. „, , , _ , t^ . „. (prof, metzner's class)

Studios, Stratford Road, Kensington, W. (See previous article)

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