DOI Heft:
No. 171 (June, 1907)
DOI Artikel:The coloured stencil drawings of Ludwig Jungnickel
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20775#0047
L. Jungnickel's Coloured Stencil Drawings
which he subjected their work, he
has been instramental in leading
many a young student along the
rugged path by which more or less
complete self-reliance is attained.
Jungnickel is among a considerable
number of others who have reached
1 ' ;t ;, , , j ^ this goal. Experience has taught
him that complicated methods
are not always essential to a good
final result, but that simple methods
I * F ~"Sy AWjj^Jf^fijii'^ may, with due discrimination, give
w ^*s>5> ^4.-%^" far better results. For the stencil
4 |r>j*. "j^ (1 » ""^Yj't" work in which he has specialised all
the material required is cardboard,
paper, a sharp knife, a stock of
colours, a syringe, and a wire screen,
^f"^' \ The process he employs, however,
is one demanding a considerable
concentration of thought; and un-
limited patience is necessary as well
coloured stencil drawing by ludwig jungnickel as artistic ability. Only by continual
practice, and after many failures,
merits (he is no longer a professor at these schools, can the requisite deftness of manipulation be
having been appointed to an important post at the acquired.
Imperial Opera House) that he was able to infuse These coloured stencil drawings of JungnickePs
a spirit of enthusiasm for work into his students, and have been taken at first sight for lithographic
to rouse them to independent thought. From him prints. This is due to the peculiar nature of the
Jungnickel learnt the value of a trained memory, technique, which is an invention of his own. A
and the importance of cultivating habits of observa- brief explanation of this may be of interest. Part
tion. Nor was he slow to profit by the professor's of the process is that which is pursued in stencil
teaching. Directed to nature as the true source of work generally. Using cardboard for his plates,
inspiration, he applied himself assiduously to the the design is cut out with a sharp knife. The next
study of animals both in motion and at rest, and step is to prepare the paper on which the complete
thus familiarised himself with all their ways and design is to be painted by giving it the desired
aspects, and in this way laid
a sure foundation for that
technical ability which has
contributed so much to his
success. Prof. Roller,
moreover, discouraged mere
passive receptivity on the
part of his students; on
the contrary, he always
encouraged them to ex-
press themselves in their
own way, to find out and
put in practice new methods
irrespective of what they
had been taught—in short,
to stimulate their indivi-
duality. By this means,
and by the candid and
convincing criticism to coloured stencil drawing by ludwig jungnickel
25
which he subjected their work, he
has been instramental in leading
many a young student along the
rugged path by which more or less
complete self-reliance is attained.
Jungnickel is among a considerable
number of others who have reached
1 ' ;t ;, , , j ^ this goal. Experience has taught
him that complicated methods
are not always essential to a good
final result, but that simple methods
I * F ~"Sy AWjj^Jf^fijii'^ may, with due discrimination, give
w ^*s>5> ^4.-%^" far better results. For the stencil
4 |r>j*. "j^ (1 » ""^Yj't" work in which he has specialised all
the material required is cardboard,
paper, a sharp knife, a stock of
colours, a syringe, and a wire screen,
^f"^' \ The process he employs, however,
is one demanding a considerable
concentration of thought; and un-
limited patience is necessary as well
coloured stencil drawing by ludwig jungnickel as artistic ability. Only by continual
practice, and after many failures,
merits (he is no longer a professor at these schools, can the requisite deftness of manipulation be
having been appointed to an important post at the acquired.
Imperial Opera House) that he was able to infuse These coloured stencil drawings of JungnickePs
a spirit of enthusiasm for work into his students, and have been taken at first sight for lithographic
to rouse them to independent thought. From him prints. This is due to the peculiar nature of the
Jungnickel learnt the value of a trained memory, technique, which is an invention of his own. A
and the importance of cultivating habits of observa- brief explanation of this may be of interest. Part
tion. Nor was he slow to profit by the professor's of the process is that which is pursued in stencil
teaching. Directed to nature as the true source of work generally. Using cardboard for his plates,
inspiration, he applied himself assiduously to the the design is cut out with a sharp knife. The next
study of animals both in motion and at rest, and step is to prepare the paper on which the complete
thus familiarised himself with all their ways and design is to be painted by giving it the desired
aspects, and in this way laid
a sure foundation for that
technical ability which has
contributed so much to his
success. Prof. Roller,
moreover, discouraged mere
passive receptivity on the
part of his students; on
the contrary, he always
encouraged them to ex-
press themselves in their
own way, to find out and
put in practice new methods
irrespective of what they
had been taught—in short,
to stimulate their indivi-
duality. By this means,
and by the candid and
convincing criticism to coloured stencil drawing by ludwig jungnickel
25