DOI issue:
No. 203 (February, 1910)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20969#0092
Studio- Talk
AN OLD SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN INTERIOR SHOWN AT REINER AND LEWINSKY’S GALLERIES, BERLIN
sculptor, infuses life into the hard wood. Alex-
ander Wilke has made an excellent drawing of this
scene. Earwig has shown that he can also express
himself in bronze and in marble, some good examples
of his work in these materials being on view. Jan
Stursa exhibited some talented work, and quite a
number of ladies contributed to the exhibition. A
special room was set apart for the exhibits of the
Bund zeichnender Kunstler of Munich.
A. S. L.
BERLIN.—The elegant showrooms of
Messrs. Reiner and Lewinsky were
recently filled with a unique collection
of old Schleswig-Holstein relics, and a
welcome opportunity was thus offered of taking
note of the venerable and highly developed culture
of this most artistic of all the German provinces.
The best productions of five centuries in furniture,
jewellery, metal-work, ceramics and weaving, as
well as old books, pictures and maps which were
gathered together reflected much credit on the
taste and skill of that Low-German tribe. The
best object-lesson of the excellence of the old local
culture was to be seen in the complete interiors in
which rich wainscotings, massive chests and
graceful spoon-boards, heavy tapestries and woven
cushions bore testimony to accomplishments in
craftsmanship which we are striving to regain.
An exhibition of stained glass has drawn the
attention of a wider public to the workshops
of Mr. Gottfried Heinersdorff, a glass painter of
scholarly attainments and a thorough craftsman.
He is a connoisseur and lover of historical treasures,
but his supreme aim is modern development. In
him our best designers and painters have found
the ideal translator. He has an equal regard
for the old methods and processes while experi-
menting with new methods of achieving pictorial
beauties. He does not despise underlaying,
underpainting, and etching, and he executes nar-
row leadings in the old style or large ones ac-
cording to modern demands, but his foremost
principles are solidity and simplicity. The con-
sideration that only owners of houses can enjoy
the possession of good stained windows, and his
contempt for common imitations, have led Mr.
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AN OLD SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN INTERIOR SHOWN AT REINER AND LEWINSKY’S GALLERIES, BERLIN
sculptor, infuses life into the hard wood. Alex-
ander Wilke has made an excellent drawing of this
scene. Earwig has shown that he can also express
himself in bronze and in marble, some good examples
of his work in these materials being on view. Jan
Stursa exhibited some talented work, and quite a
number of ladies contributed to the exhibition. A
special room was set apart for the exhibits of the
Bund zeichnender Kunstler of Munich.
A. S. L.
BERLIN.—The elegant showrooms of
Messrs. Reiner and Lewinsky were
recently filled with a unique collection
of old Schleswig-Holstein relics, and a
welcome opportunity was thus offered of taking
note of the venerable and highly developed culture
of this most artistic of all the German provinces.
The best productions of five centuries in furniture,
jewellery, metal-work, ceramics and weaving, as
well as old books, pictures and maps which were
gathered together reflected much credit on the
taste and skill of that Low-German tribe. The
best object-lesson of the excellence of the old local
culture was to be seen in the complete interiors in
which rich wainscotings, massive chests and
graceful spoon-boards, heavy tapestries and woven
cushions bore testimony to accomplishments in
craftsmanship which we are striving to regain.
An exhibition of stained glass has drawn the
attention of a wider public to the workshops
of Mr. Gottfried Heinersdorff, a glass painter of
scholarly attainments and a thorough craftsman.
He is a connoisseur and lover of historical treasures,
but his supreme aim is modern development. In
him our best designers and painters have found
the ideal translator. He has an equal regard
for the old methods and processes while experi-
menting with new methods of achieving pictorial
beauties. He does not despise underlaying,
underpainting, and etching, and he executes nar-
row leadings in the old style or large ones ac-
cording to modern demands, but his foremost
principles are solidity and simplicity. The con-
sideration that only owners of houses can enjoy
the possession of good stained windows, and his
contempt for common imitations, have led Mr.
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