DOI Heft:
Nr. 222 (September 1911)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20973#0344
Studio-Talk
sphere of practice in which the rhythm of the of unity and cohesion among the outside groups,
beautiful line, the nobility of form, yields place to who along with some good work have also
the problem of the conquest of colour. In the sent much that is incoherent and capricious,
pictures of Leo Putz the endeavour to lure all The most disappointing among them are the
possible light, air, and movement on to the canvas Frankfort Group, in which Steinhausen's Brother
has resulted in some masterly creations, in which and Sister alone leaves an enduring impression, and
the juxtaposition of contrasted patches of colour, the Weimar artists, among whom Mackensen easily
seemingly arbitrary yet determined by the nature predominates with his sincere and convincing
of the problem in hand, affords a means of rendering of an old moorland woman. Nor is the
expression which can hardly be surpassed. His contribution of the Berlin Association of Artists
life-sized figure of a lady in a shimmering white quite so satisfying as one might have expected,
satin dress ; his lady in grey on the bank of a while among the Diisseldorfers, in whose rooms
meadow brook with slender birch-trees reflected in Gebhardt's Expulsion from the Temple is the most
the water, and the back view of a girl rowing in notable achievement, a picture of the little town
glistening, mirror-like water, are all of them of of Emden, by H. Liesegang, renders the peculiar
delightful freshness and vitality. Erich Erler- aspect of Low German landscape in all its austerity,
Samaden's high mountain landscapes reveal an and the Golden Autumn Day of Hermann bespeaks
almost magical power of rendering sunlight by a vigorous execution and a wholesome pleasure in
pigment; but Eichler's recent
works, which have a good
deal of the experimental
about them and lack the
assurance which marked his
earlier achievements, are not
wholly satisfying, even though
one may still find pleasure in
the fine colour treatment of
his pastures and woods.
The broadly executed land-
scapes of Gustav Bechler,
decorative in the best sense,
seemed in danger of becom-
ing mannered by the constant
repetition of identical or
similar motives, but happily
the works here shown avoid
this fault and have lost
nothing in sentiment and
power of conviction.
The collective exhibition
of the " Bavaria " Association
also contains many a good
picture, such as Ernst Lieber-
mann's monumental Nym-
phenburg Castle in the pale
blue light of the moon, or
Schuster-Woldan's portrait of
a boy; and the rooms of the
" Luitpold Gruppe" show that
here too a number of capable
artists have united in success-
ful achievement. One looks
in vain for the same aspect (tthe monk" by prof, anion lauphkimer
sphere of practice in which the rhythm of the of unity and cohesion among the outside groups,
beautiful line, the nobility of form, yields place to who along with some good work have also
the problem of the conquest of colour. In the sent much that is incoherent and capricious,
pictures of Leo Putz the endeavour to lure all The most disappointing among them are the
possible light, air, and movement on to the canvas Frankfort Group, in which Steinhausen's Brother
has resulted in some masterly creations, in which and Sister alone leaves an enduring impression, and
the juxtaposition of contrasted patches of colour, the Weimar artists, among whom Mackensen easily
seemingly arbitrary yet determined by the nature predominates with his sincere and convincing
of the problem in hand, affords a means of rendering of an old moorland woman. Nor is the
expression which can hardly be surpassed. His contribution of the Berlin Association of Artists
life-sized figure of a lady in a shimmering white quite so satisfying as one might have expected,
satin dress ; his lady in grey on the bank of a while among the Diisseldorfers, in whose rooms
meadow brook with slender birch-trees reflected in Gebhardt's Expulsion from the Temple is the most
the water, and the back view of a girl rowing in notable achievement, a picture of the little town
glistening, mirror-like water, are all of them of of Emden, by H. Liesegang, renders the peculiar
delightful freshness and vitality. Erich Erler- aspect of Low German landscape in all its austerity,
Samaden's high mountain landscapes reveal an and the Golden Autumn Day of Hermann bespeaks
almost magical power of rendering sunlight by a vigorous execution and a wholesome pleasure in
pigment; but Eichler's recent
works, which have a good
deal of the experimental
about them and lack the
assurance which marked his
earlier achievements, are not
wholly satisfying, even though
one may still find pleasure in
the fine colour treatment of
his pastures and woods.
The broadly executed land-
scapes of Gustav Bechler,
decorative in the best sense,
seemed in danger of becom-
ing mannered by the constant
repetition of identical or
similar motives, but happily
the works here shown avoid
this fault and have lost
nothing in sentiment and
power of conviction.
The collective exhibition
of the " Bavaria " Association
also contains many a good
picture, such as Ernst Lieber-
mann's monumental Nym-
phenburg Castle in the pale
blue light of the moon, or
Schuster-Woldan's portrait of
a boy; and the rooms of the
" Luitpold Gruppe" show that
here too a number of capable
artists have united in success-
ful achievement. One looks
in vain for the same aspect (tthe monk" by prof, anion lauphkimer