Studio-Talk

The scarcity of good portraiture again becomes
evident. If we mention Theodor Bohnenberger,
Hugo Vogel, Walter Thor, Meyn, Emil W.
Herz, Kiesel, Alfred Hamacher, Hellhof, Toepper,
Coschell, Fenner-Behmer, and Hela Peters we have
culled the ripest fruits from this harvest. Land-
scape has again exercised strong fascination, and
animal-painters are not scarce. Frenzel and
Kappstein have been occupied with ruminants in a
landscape setting. Still-life and flowers, too, have
found some distinguished interpreters in Carl
Albrecht, Tienhaus, Maria Preussner, H. Iversen,
E. Hedinger, and H. Lehnert, and the interior in
August von Brandis and Elsa von Corswandt.

Fertilising influences of the Secession become
evident by the importance attached to graphic arts.
Fine examples of some English masters such as
Brangwyn, Dodd, Ian and W. Strang, and Legros
prove interesting objects of study, and space has been
granted to the clever technician and temperamental
portrayer Prof. Heinrich Wolff and his school,

and to the refined and fantastic Paul Herrmann.
The liberal attitude of the jury is also manifest
in a large and entertaining section dedicated to the
illustrators. The Berlin poster section attests the
talent of Julius Klinger, Lucian Bernhard, Deutsch,
and Gipkins. Sculpture maintains throughout a
good level. Realism governed by the classic ideal of
harmony has helped Constantin Starck, Heinemann,
Lewin-Funcke, Wandschneider, Enke, and Cauer to
good productions. An original Salome by Hans
Dammann brings to fruition a modern mode of treat-
ing the figure. Attempts to revive the old German
art of wood-sculpture have been encouraged, but not
with much success until now. Architecture shows
progress in country houses, and the influence of
Messel is visible in numerous warehouse designs.

The Berlin Secession this year continues its
liberalism towards all sorts of expression, but the
general impression is not favourable, as a slavish
following of foreign methods has produced much
harshness of surface and uncleanness of tone, and