DOI issue:
No. 218 (May, 1911)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20972#0349
Studio- Talk
PORTRAIT OF A CHILD BY GEORG SCHUSTER-WOLD AN
painter, was also to be seen at Schulte's, keeping
his ground in some paintings of prominent
members of society which testified to refined taste
and a particular talent for the psychological
discernment of male individuality.
Fritz Gurlitt's salon was much visited on account
of a Gauguin exhibition, but the full display of this
art could not yield unmixed pleasure. We felt
entirely in an exotic sphere mirrored by the hand
of a primitif. A talent for strong and not always
pleasant colour, a touching naivete and timidity
of expression or gesture, and occasional finesse in
line and tone were counterbalanced by arbitrari-
ness of tone and fumbling draughtsmanship.—
Friedrich Kallmorgen offered views of rivers,
harbours, trees, cornfields, streets and village work-
shops with their inhabitants. His work exemplified
the careful Diisseldorf and Karlsruhe methods or
the modern style. We experienced no exotic
fascinations, but derived pleasure from the attrac-
tiveness of our own unromantic surroundings.
J- J-
VIENNA.—Prof. Leo Diet, of whose work
some examples are reproduced on p. 328
—they were selected from an exhibition
at Pisco's Art Rooms a few months ago—
for many years served as an officer in the Austrian
army. He has travelled much in Italy, in Egypt
and the Orient, and in the North. Every-
where he has gathered experience, and as he is
a keen observer both of nature and architecture
he has achieved some good results in both
directions. Avoiding the beaten paths he
searches in unknown corners for his inspira-
tions. He has rendered bits of Venice, Breslau,
and other old cities with much charm and
poetic feeling, using coloured chalks as a
medium with much skill. Prof. Diet is also a
capable pen draughtsman and an adept with
the lead pencil. His drawings bear the test of
collocation. Prof. Diet is in a way a revolu-
tionist, for it was he who in 1889 founded the
" Salon der Zuriickgewiesenen," the first Salon
des Refuses. Its life was, however, but short,
spite of the fact that successful exhibitions were
held from time to time. The artist was called
to Gratz in Styria to become Professor of
Drawing and Perspective at the Gewerbeschule,
and in Gratz he has remained since that time.
In 1889 the "Verein der bildenden Kunstler
Steiermarks " came into existence as the result
of his endeavours.
PORTRAIT OF A CHILD BY GEORG SCHUSTER-WOLD AN
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PORTRAIT OF A CHILD BY GEORG SCHUSTER-WOLD AN
painter, was also to be seen at Schulte's, keeping
his ground in some paintings of prominent
members of society which testified to refined taste
and a particular talent for the psychological
discernment of male individuality.
Fritz Gurlitt's salon was much visited on account
of a Gauguin exhibition, but the full display of this
art could not yield unmixed pleasure. We felt
entirely in an exotic sphere mirrored by the hand
of a primitif. A talent for strong and not always
pleasant colour, a touching naivete and timidity
of expression or gesture, and occasional finesse in
line and tone were counterbalanced by arbitrari-
ness of tone and fumbling draughtsmanship.—
Friedrich Kallmorgen offered views of rivers,
harbours, trees, cornfields, streets and village work-
shops with their inhabitants. His work exemplified
the careful Diisseldorf and Karlsruhe methods or
the modern style. We experienced no exotic
fascinations, but derived pleasure from the attrac-
tiveness of our own unromantic surroundings.
J- J-
VIENNA.—Prof. Leo Diet, of whose work
some examples are reproduced on p. 328
—they were selected from an exhibition
at Pisco's Art Rooms a few months ago—
for many years served as an officer in the Austrian
army. He has travelled much in Italy, in Egypt
and the Orient, and in the North. Every-
where he has gathered experience, and as he is
a keen observer both of nature and architecture
he has achieved some good results in both
directions. Avoiding the beaten paths he
searches in unknown corners for his inspira-
tions. He has rendered bits of Venice, Breslau,
and other old cities with much charm and
poetic feeling, using coloured chalks as a
medium with much skill. Prof. Diet is also a
capable pen draughtsman and an adept with
the lead pencil. His drawings bear the test of
collocation. Prof. Diet is in a way a revolu-
tionist, for it was he who in 1889 founded the
" Salon der Zuriickgewiesenen," the first Salon
des Refuses. Its life was, however, but short,
spite of the fact that successful exhibitions were
held from time to time. The artist was called
to Gratz in Styria to become Professor of
Drawing and Perspective at the Gewerbeschule,
and in Gratz he has remained since that time.
In 1889 the "Verein der bildenden Kunstler
Steiermarks " came into existence as the result
of his endeavours.
PORTRAIT OF A CHILD BY GEORG SCHUSTER-WOLD AN
327