DOI Heft:
No. 226 (January 1912)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21155#0354
Studio- Talk
years, he has become a great man in Russia (and
recently in France) to all who look up to Art and
its teachers.
Joukofl gently unveils the beauty of sorrow and
death and makes one think intensely of problems
of sociology from the point of view of a psycho-
' FOLK WHO ARE GOING TO FLY." BY I. JOUKOFF
"DESPAIR" BY INNOKENTI JOUKOFF
Petersburg and has had absolutely no other time
to devote to his art than the summer vacations,
which in Russia last for about three months.
" In May I take with me to the country a ton
and a half of clay—and am blissfully happy ! " he
tells the writer. He never thought of using his
talent professionally and his extraordinary work
would have remained merely a hobby if his
intimate friends had not persuaded him to exhibit logist. The old division between the tonic and
it. And since then, in the course of the last two plastic arts does not exist for the Russian artist.
He links up reality with all the invisible
that can be felt or imagined. He sees the
inner struggle of philosophic thought with
the commonplace atmosphere of daily
life. As for his sense of humour, he is
unsurpassable in his talent of observa-
tion and interpretation; he never fails
to notice a happy face, and his " lumps
of clay let loose," as he calls the amusing
creations himself, seem to be real por-
traits—they are so lifelike. Full of
humane ideas and philosophic thought,
expressed in great variety of form,
Joukoffs work will surely appeal to all
who appreciate daring originality united
with so much power and insight.
'SWEETHEARTS'' BY INNOKENTI JOUKOFF E. HOFFMANN.
332
years, he has become a great man in Russia (and
recently in France) to all who look up to Art and
its teachers.
Joukofl gently unveils the beauty of sorrow and
death and makes one think intensely of problems
of sociology from the point of view of a psycho-
' FOLK WHO ARE GOING TO FLY." BY I. JOUKOFF
"DESPAIR" BY INNOKENTI JOUKOFF
Petersburg and has had absolutely no other time
to devote to his art than the summer vacations,
which in Russia last for about three months.
" In May I take with me to the country a ton
and a half of clay—and am blissfully happy ! " he
tells the writer. He never thought of using his
talent professionally and his extraordinary work
would have remained merely a hobby if his
intimate friends had not persuaded him to exhibit logist. The old division between the tonic and
it. And since then, in the course of the last two plastic arts does not exist for the Russian artist.
He links up reality with all the invisible
that can be felt or imagined. He sees the
inner struggle of philosophic thought with
the commonplace atmosphere of daily
life. As for his sense of humour, he is
unsurpassable in his talent of observa-
tion and interpretation; he never fails
to notice a happy face, and his " lumps
of clay let loose," as he calls the amusing
creations himself, seem to be real por-
traits—they are so lifelike. Full of
humane ideas and philosophic thought,
expressed in great variety of form,
Joukoffs work will surely appeal to all
who appreciate daring originality united
with so much power and insight.
'SWEETHEARTS'' BY INNOKENTI JOUKOFF E. HOFFMANN.
332