DOI issue:
No. 172 (July, 1907)
DOI article:Notes on some Polish artists of to-day
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20775#0153
Some Polish Artists of To-day
Cracow, with copper beeches before it, is espe-
cially attractive by reason of its rhythm and capital
rendering of the contrast between the grey of the
architecture and the brown-reds of the trees. But
PORTRAIT STUDY BY J. MAKAREWICZ
even better than his landscapes is the picture of
his mother (p. 117), which shows great depth of
feeling. The breadth of treatment and the arrange-
ment of the light suggest the influence of Rem-
brandt, though he is no blind follower of the
master, for this portrait has its peculiar and national
vein. Pankiewicz is also excellent as a graphic artist.
Julius Makarewicz at the present time is doing but
little exhibition work, /or he is engaged in decorating
the old home of the Polish kings. Before the
residence was transferred to Warsaw, the "Wawel,"
as the palace is called, must have been truly mag-
nificent. It is now being restored as far as possible
on its original line?, and the Emperor is contribut-
ing a yearly sum out of his privy purse towards its
restoration. Makarewicz finds his chief delight in
painting national types such as form the subject
of his picture here reproduced, which is an excel-
lent example of his methods.
Professor Theodor Axentowicz has travelled in
many countries, including France and England. He
favours pastel drawing, but he seems to have two
distinct modes of expression, one Parisian, as shown
in the Portrait of a Lady, the other purely national,
as shown in his picture of a Ruthenian girl, of
which a coloured reproduction accompanies these
notes. In this Ruthenian Peasant Girl we have a
characteristic delineation of a Galician female—
one of those who once a year come from the moun-
WINDOW IN FRIBOURG CATHEDRAL
BY JOSEF VON MEHOFFER
I23
Cracow, with copper beeches before it, is espe-
cially attractive by reason of its rhythm and capital
rendering of the contrast between the grey of the
architecture and the brown-reds of the trees. But
PORTRAIT STUDY BY J. MAKAREWICZ
even better than his landscapes is the picture of
his mother (p. 117), which shows great depth of
feeling. The breadth of treatment and the arrange-
ment of the light suggest the influence of Rem-
brandt, though he is no blind follower of the
master, for this portrait has its peculiar and national
vein. Pankiewicz is also excellent as a graphic artist.
Julius Makarewicz at the present time is doing but
little exhibition work, /or he is engaged in decorating
the old home of the Polish kings. Before the
residence was transferred to Warsaw, the "Wawel,"
as the palace is called, must have been truly mag-
nificent. It is now being restored as far as possible
on its original line?, and the Emperor is contribut-
ing a yearly sum out of his privy purse towards its
restoration. Makarewicz finds his chief delight in
painting national types such as form the subject
of his picture here reproduced, which is an excel-
lent example of his methods.
Professor Theodor Axentowicz has travelled in
many countries, including France and England. He
favours pastel drawing, but he seems to have two
distinct modes of expression, one Parisian, as shown
in the Portrait of a Lady, the other purely national,
as shown in his picture of a Ruthenian girl, of
which a coloured reproduction accompanies these
notes. In this Ruthenian Peasant Girl we have a
characteristic delineation of a Galician female—
one of those who once a year come from the moun-
WINDOW IN FRIBOURG CATHEDRAL
BY JOSEF VON MEHOFFER
I23