DOI issue:
No. 174 (September, 1907)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20775#0364
Studio-Talk
Arti et Amicitiae and St. Lucas, both organised an as Boninger, whose large drawing of three crab-
exhibition of original etchings, engravings and catchers on the coast of Brittany, standing in a
lithographs by their members, and (in the former) boat in the waning twilight, is one of the most
by their immediate predecessors. Thus, at the Art able performances. There are also some fine
Society's we found a nearly complete set of Mauve's clear drawings in pastel and pencil by Walter
etchings. An important selection was also exhi- Georgi Hambiichen and Max Clarenbach ; also by
bited from the work by Witsen Dupont, de Zwart, Lissmann (of Hamburg), Bergmann in gouache,
and especially by Bauer, one of whose recent and Richter and Hengeler (Miinden). Schonleber
works was reproduced in the June number of this (of Carlsruhe) contributes some very select examples
magazine. Willem de Zwart's work is not yet of landscape, of a serenity rarely equalled. Pro-
esteemed outside Holland as much as it deserves ; fessor Claus Meyer is represented by Alt Diissel-
but his original etchings now already surpass the dorf, a reminiscence of the old Rhenish town in
number of one hundred. Another promising young the middle ages, with its quaint roofs, turrets, and
engraver and lithographic artist made his first trading craft of the Columbus type, with high fore-
appearance in Amsterdam at St. Lucas. I must castle and quarter-deck, anchored on the river,
note also the names of some other young artists W. S.
whose graphic productions are worth attention and
who exhibited in both collections. They are I RUSSELS.—To Victor Gilsoul, whose
Haverkamp, Veldheer, Jan Boon, Graadt van I—^ picture, Old Embankment at Bruges,
Roggen and Derkzen van Angeren. Nor must I ■ is given as a supplement in this number,
omit to mention the twelve relatively small plates ^ an article was devoted in The Studio
exhibited by Mr. Tholen, an artist
whose work is appreciated by the
Americans still more than by his
own countrymen. De Wm.
DUSSELDORF.—The
Deutsch Nationale
Kunstausstellung
which is being held
here, is, as its title implies, a na-
tional display, being restricted to
modern German art. It is a com-
prehensive collection of works by
artists of many schools, from Menzel
to Liebermann, from Klimt to the
old Viennese master, Rudolf Alt.
The space at the disposal of the
authorities did not impose upon
them the necessity of picking and
choosing, hence the indiscriminate
quality of the show as a whole.
The chief note, the clou, so to
speak, of the entire display is a
really meritorious collection of
water-colours—a medium in which
English and French artists have
made a greater mark of late than
German artists. There are good
efforts and fair results attained,
however, among the Dusseldorf
painters themselves in this depart-
ment. I may mention such men
326
BY GUSTAV SCHONLEBER
Arti et Amicitiae and St. Lucas, both organised an as Boninger, whose large drawing of three crab-
exhibition of original etchings, engravings and catchers on the coast of Brittany, standing in a
lithographs by their members, and (in the former) boat in the waning twilight, is one of the most
by their immediate predecessors. Thus, at the Art able performances. There are also some fine
Society's we found a nearly complete set of Mauve's clear drawings in pastel and pencil by Walter
etchings. An important selection was also exhi- Georgi Hambiichen and Max Clarenbach ; also by
bited from the work by Witsen Dupont, de Zwart, Lissmann (of Hamburg), Bergmann in gouache,
and especially by Bauer, one of whose recent and Richter and Hengeler (Miinden). Schonleber
works was reproduced in the June number of this (of Carlsruhe) contributes some very select examples
magazine. Willem de Zwart's work is not yet of landscape, of a serenity rarely equalled. Pro-
esteemed outside Holland as much as it deserves ; fessor Claus Meyer is represented by Alt Diissel-
but his original etchings now already surpass the dorf, a reminiscence of the old Rhenish town in
number of one hundred. Another promising young the middle ages, with its quaint roofs, turrets, and
engraver and lithographic artist made his first trading craft of the Columbus type, with high fore-
appearance in Amsterdam at St. Lucas. I must castle and quarter-deck, anchored on the river,
note also the names of some other young artists W. S.
whose graphic productions are worth attention and
who exhibited in both collections. They are I RUSSELS.—To Victor Gilsoul, whose
Haverkamp, Veldheer, Jan Boon, Graadt van I—^ picture, Old Embankment at Bruges,
Roggen and Derkzen van Angeren. Nor must I ■ is given as a supplement in this number,
omit to mention the twelve relatively small plates ^ an article was devoted in The Studio
exhibited by Mr. Tholen, an artist
whose work is appreciated by the
Americans still more than by his
own countrymen. De Wm.
DUSSELDORF.—The
Deutsch Nationale
Kunstausstellung
which is being held
here, is, as its title implies, a na-
tional display, being restricted to
modern German art. It is a com-
prehensive collection of works by
artists of many schools, from Menzel
to Liebermann, from Klimt to the
old Viennese master, Rudolf Alt.
The space at the disposal of the
authorities did not impose upon
them the necessity of picking and
choosing, hence the indiscriminate
quality of the show as a whole.
The chief note, the clou, so to
speak, of the entire display is a
really meritorious collection of
water-colours—a medium in which
English and French artists have
made a greater mark of late than
German artists. There are good
efforts and fair results attained,
however, among the Dusseldorf
painters themselves in this depart-
ment. I may mention such men
326
BY GUSTAV SCHONLEBER