DOI Heft:
No. 231 (June 1912)
DOI Artikel:Levetus, A. S.: The spring exhibition in Vienna
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21157#0059
Spring Exhibitions in Vienna
contribute characteristic landscapes. Karl O’Lynch
of Town, whose pictures are always welcome, is
well represented by Sunday Afternoon among the
Dunes, a strong and virile achievement. J. Nep
Geller’s market scenes in Cracow, vivid in colour,
are full of that, bustle and life characteristic of
the Galician peasants, and Tina Blau sends three
pictures of high mark.
Among other works of note are some studies from
the city park in Franzensbad and Swans among
the Ice by Fritz Pontini, all painted in the open
air at a temperature of twelve degrees Reaumur.
The artist has obtained charming colour-effects by
the contrasts of the translucent greens and the ice
masses. Leo B. Eichhorn, who seeks his inspiration
in unknown Ruthenian villages in Galicia, where
there is ample variety offered to the true artist, has
caught the tones of the timeand weatherworn wooden
buildings of these parts. Oswald Grill’s work wit-
nesses to his rapid advance. Karlinsky shows some
good studies of Viennese architecture, well observed
and faithfully rendered, Leo Delitz some capital land-
scapes, Karl Fahringer a Head of a Tiger of fine tex-
ture, Isidor Kaufmann and Krestin sympathetically
rendered studies of Jewish types, and Otto Herschel
a picture called Friedenszeiten (“Times of Peace ”)
notable for its refined and delicate colouring.
In the graphic section excellent work is shown
by Luigi Kasimir and his talented wife Tanna
Hoernes-Kasimir, Emma Hrnczyrz, Oscar Stossl,
and a young girl artist, Anna Walt, who exhibits
for the first time.
Among the many works of sculpture exhibited
the first place is due to Hugo Kiihnelt for his
plaster model of the monument of Willy Hesch of
the Imperial Opera House. Friedrich Gornik
shows a vigorous Study, and Zelezny’s Head of a
Girl, cut direct out of sandstone, must be accounted
among this sculptor’s best efforts. Josef Breitner,
Hans Scherpe, Franz Seifert, I. Breitner, Karl
Wollek, and A. Canciani send characteristic work,
and a highly praiseworthy achievement is Arthur I.
Loewenthal’s portrait of a man in bronze and
marble. Some copper reliefs by Emil Meier are
of rare beauty, and among the medallists L. Hujer,
Prof. Schwartz, A. Hartig, and Karl Perl are worthy
contributors to the exhibition. *
The work exhibited at the Secession is of a far
different calibre from that of the other art societies.
On the whole it is much stronger and the personal
note is more pronounced. The catalogue contains
but some two hundred numbers, but many of the
exhibits are of a high order. There are compara-
tively few portraits, but Rudolf Bacher’s picture of
a girl clad in a black mediaeval costume and
standing against a gold background is a work of great
strength and beauty. Zerlacher’s portrait of an old
peasant woman is another work of singular strength
and refinement. It is expressive of true religious
sentiment. The artist has probed the character of
BY OSWALD ROUX
37
“two horsemen” (tempera)
(Secession, Vienna)
contribute characteristic landscapes. Karl O’Lynch
of Town, whose pictures are always welcome, is
well represented by Sunday Afternoon among the
Dunes, a strong and virile achievement. J. Nep
Geller’s market scenes in Cracow, vivid in colour,
are full of that, bustle and life characteristic of
the Galician peasants, and Tina Blau sends three
pictures of high mark.
Among other works of note are some studies from
the city park in Franzensbad and Swans among
the Ice by Fritz Pontini, all painted in the open
air at a temperature of twelve degrees Reaumur.
The artist has obtained charming colour-effects by
the contrasts of the translucent greens and the ice
masses. Leo B. Eichhorn, who seeks his inspiration
in unknown Ruthenian villages in Galicia, where
there is ample variety offered to the true artist, has
caught the tones of the timeand weatherworn wooden
buildings of these parts. Oswald Grill’s work wit-
nesses to his rapid advance. Karlinsky shows some
good studies of Viennese architecture, well observed
and faithfully rendered, Leo Delitz some capital land-
scapes, Karl Fahringer a Head of a Tiger of fine tex-
ture, Isidor Kaufmann and Krestin sympathetically
rendered studies of Jewish types, and Otto Herschel
a picture called Friedenszeiten (“Times of Peace ”)
notable for its refined and delicate colouring.
In the graphic section excellent work is shown
by Luigi Kasimir and his talented wife Tanna
Hoernes-Kasimir, Emma Hrnczyrz, Oscar Stossl,
and a young girl artist, Anna Walt, who exhibits
for the first time.
Among the many works of sculpture exhibited
the first place is due to Hugo Kiihnelt for his
plaster model of the monument of Willy Hesch of
the Imperial Opera House. Friedrich Gornik
shows a vigorous Study, and Zelezny’s Head of a
Girl, cut direct out of sandstone, must be accounted
among this sculptor’s best efforts. Josef Breitner,
Hans Scherpe, Franz Seifert, I. Breitner, Karl
Wollek, and A. Canciani send characteristic work,
and a highly praiseworthy achievement is Arthur I.
Loewenthal’s portrait of a man in bronze and
marble. Some copper reliefs by Emil Meier are
of rare beauty, and among the medallists L. Hujer,
Prof. Schwartz, A. Hartig, and Karl Perl are worthy
contributors to the exhibition. *
The work exhibited at the Secession is of a far
different calibre from that of the other art societies.
On the whole it is much stronger and the personal
note is more pronounced. The catalogue contains
but some two hundred numbers, but many of the
exhibits are of a high order. There are compara-
tively few portraits, but Rudolf Bacher’s picture of
a girl clad in a black mediaeval costume and
standing against a gold background is a work of great
strength and beauty. Zerlacher’s portrait of an old
peasant woman is another work of singular strength
and refinement. It is expressive of true religious
sentiment. The artist has probed the character of
BY OSWALD ROUX
37
“two horsemen” (tempera)
(Secession, Vienna)