DOI Heft:
Nr. 222 (September 1911)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20973#0340
Studio- Talk
"THE AWAKENING" BY ANDOR DUDITS
The monument is hewn out of a kind of sandstone JT UNICH.—To signalise the ninetieth
procured from Haraszti, the pale buff tone of l\ /■ birthday of the Prince Regent Luitpold,
which harmonises well with the verdant hues of I \t I and as a mark of respect for this
the trees round about. The obelisk stands about i T JL sagacious and energetic patron of
twenty feet high, the figure being just about double every kind of artistic activity, who has faithfully
life-size. A dignified simplicity marks this tribute maintained the traditions of the House of Wittels-
to the memory of the painter who rests beneath it. bach, the Munich Artists' Association (Miinchener
A sculptor with a more conventional turn of mind Kiinstler Genossenschaft) has this year organised
might perhaps have made a point of introducing a at the Glaspalast here a Jubilee Exhibition, which
palette and pencil and possibly other insignia stands out well above the average of the exhibitions
associated with the calling of the deceased, but held in this building from year to year—not through
such devices savour somewhat of theatricality, and any display of ostentation but solely through the
on the whole it must be admitted that in designing quality of the works of art gathered together. Other
the monument on the almost severely simple lines societies of Munich artists have also participated,
we here see the sculptor has achieved a result such as the "Luitpold Gruppe," the "Scbolle,"
which better befits the life and work of Munkacsy " Der Bund," "Bayern," the "Bund zeichnender
than would a more ornate memorial. Kiinstler," the " Verein Miinchener Aquarellisten,"
Alexander Herzfeld. and the " Verein fiir Original Radierung," each with
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"THE AWAKENING" BY ANDOR DUDITS
The monument is hewn out of a kind of sandstone JT UNICH.—To signalise the ninetieth
procured from Haraszti, the pale buff tone of l\ /■ birthday of the Prince Regent Luitpold,
which harmonises well with the verdant hues of I \t I and as a mark of respect for this
the trees round about. The obelisk stands about i T JL sagacious and energetic patron of
twenty feet high, the figure being just about double every kind of artistic activity, who has faithfully
life-size. A dignified simplicity marks this tribute maintained the traditions of the House of Wittels-
to the memory of the painter who rests beneath it. bach, the Munich Artists' Association (Miinchener
A sculptor with a more conventional turn of mind Kiinstler Genossenschaft) has this year organised
might perhaps have made a point of introducing a at the Glaspalast here a Jubilee Exhibition, which
palette and pencil and possibly other insignia stands out well above the average of the exhibitions
associated with the calling of the deceased, but held in this building from year to year—not through
such devices savour somewhat of theatricality, and any display of ostentation but solely through the
on the whole it must be admitted that in designing quality of the works of art gathered together. Other
the monument on the almost severely simple lines societies of Munich artists have also participated,
we here see the sculptor has achieved a result such as the "Luitpold Gruppe," the "Scbolle,"
which better befits the life and work of Munkacsy " Der Bund," "Bayern," the "Bund zeichnender
than would a more ornate memorial. Kiinstler," the " Verein Miinchener Aquarellisten,"
Alexander Herzfeld. and the " Verein fiir Original Radierung," each with
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