DOI issue:
No. 202 (January, 1910)
DOI article:Segard, Achille: The sculpture of Prince Paul Troubetzkoi
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20968#0292
Prince Paul Troubetzkoi
Galilzine, a colossal and powerful vine-
grower, his right hand on his knee,
wearing spectacles, giving us the im-
pression of an aristocratic labourerT
unashamed of his farmer ancestors.
And lastly, we have a work which at
present is hardly more than a rough
sketch but which bids fair to become
the masterpiece of this series of por-
traits. I refer to the portrait of
his wife, a charming figure, with
pensive eyes that tenderly watch her
husband as he works; she is holding
her little daughter pressed to her bosom,
a symbol of maternal love and of
conjugal affection, an expression of re-
fined sensibility and the most delicate
harmony.
Little girls and animals are often
found together as the subjects of Paul
Troubetzkoi's groups. Is this because
of the innate affection and respect which
unite children and the dumb creatures,
or is it perchance because the woman
soul in infancy is in closer and more
"friends" by prince paul troubetzkoi
Here are some family portraits, full
of revelation; see this man seated hold-
ing his little daughter, a long-legged
child in a short frock, who stands beside
him; here is another little girl at her
mother's side, submitting to a little
maternal chiding. Look at the bust
of the artist's sister, so marvellously
wrought out of the clay, infinitely pure,
supple, with an almost emaciated face
which serves but to add to the effect
of fineness and spirituality. Here again
are other female portraits, one, a girl
standing, young, graceful, with a swans-
down boa hanging from her shoulders
to her left wrist; another, seated, wear-
ing a low-necked dress, looking straight
in front of her, a dog crouching at the
back with slender muzzle and open
jaws, as if on guard. Look, again, at
this powerful and romantic bust of
Segantini, or this of Joseph Reinach,
a big man in the world of politics and
finance, but here transformed by the
art of the sculptor into a man of re-
flection. Again, look at this Prince portrait bust by prince paul troubetzkoi
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Galilzine, a colossal and powerful vine-
grower, his right hand on his knee,
wearing spectacles, giving us the im-
pression of an aristocratic labourerT
unashamed of his farmer ancestors.
And lastly, we have a work which at
present is hardly more than a rough
sketch but which bids fair to become
the masterpiece of this series of por-
traits. I refer to the portrait of
his wife, a charming figure, with
pensive eyes that tenderly watch her
husband as he works; she is holding
her little daughter pressed to her bosom,
a symbol of maternal love and of
conjugal affection, an expression of re-
fined sensibility and the most delicate
harmony.
Little girls and animals are often
found together as the subjects of Paul
Troubetzkoi's groups. Is this because
of the innate affection and respect which
unite children and the dumb creatures,
or is it perchance because the woman
soul in infancy is in closer and more
"friends" by prince paul troubetzkoi
Here are some family portraits, full
of revelation; see this man seated hold-
ing his little daughter, a long-legged
child in a short frock, who stands beside
him; here is another little girl at her
mother's side, submitting to a little
maternal chiding. Look at the bust
of the artist's sister, so marvellously
wrought out of the clay, infinitely pure,
supple, with an almost emaciated face
which serves but to add to the effect
of fineness and spirituality. Here again
are other female portraits, one, a girl
standing, young, graceful, with a swans-
down boa hanging from her shoulders
to her left wrist; another, seated, wear-
ing a low-necked dress, looking straight
in front of her, a dog crouching at the
back with slender muzzle and open
jaws, as if on guard. Look, again, at
this powerful and romantic bust of
Segantini, or this of Joseph Reinach,
a big man in the world of politics and
finance, but here transformed by the
art of the sculptor into a man of re-
flection. Again, look at this Prince portrait bust by prince paul troubetzkoi
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