DOI Heft:
No. 241 (April 1913)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21160#0255
Studio-Talk
marvellous flowers painted with all the richness of He has succeeded in realising the perfect artistic
his palette. At this moment the finishing touches equilibrium of the painter and portraitist, and in
are being put to the various details of the new this latter branch he is particularly successful,
theatre, which will rank as one of the most important -
achievements of the year from the point of view of The pictures and portraits of Honore Umbricht,
decorative painting. H. F. have nothing to fear from the flight of time, for
- his palette is never dull or monochromatic, but on
A'proud independence of character and spirit, the contrary is flooded with light and all sparkling
a very ardent temperament dedicated to the service with harmonious colouring. Among the portraits,
of a noble ideal, such are the distinguishing traits that of Mile. Marie-TMrise Umbricht, a work
of the Alsacian painter Honore Umbricht. He of exquisite technique and great charm, caused
was born at Obernai in Alsace, and his childhood's quite a sensation in the Salon of 1912. In
days were passed in this little town picturesquely all of them, however, we find ever present his
nestling at the foot of the chain of the Vosges, not brilliant qualities as artist; his works are dis-
far from the mountain of Saint-Odile, one of the tinguished by their powerful execution and by their
most interesting spots in the environs of Strasbourg, beauty of appearance. They have nothing super-
Strasbourg it was that saw his first joys as artist; ficial, but are on the contrary solidly built up,
the spire of its old cathedral typified his dreams of closely observed and comprehended, and by virtue
adolescence, which he
later followed in Paris with
so much perseverance and
success, so that to-day we
find Honore Umbricht
hors-concours and member
of the Committee of the
Salon des Artistes Fran-
gais. On his arrival in
Paris Umbricht entered
the studio of Bonnat, a
master who will stand in
the history of contem-
porary art as the head of a
school, and a school of
which Honore Umbricht
is one of the most brilliant
disciples.
Umbricht was born an
artist; he became a painter
through unflagging study
of drawing and colour.
He is always severely
critical of his own work
and admits of no com-
promise when he comes to
depict what is for him the
truth, whether he is paint-
ing the scenes and land-
scapes of his own Alsace,
or still-life pieces, or when
he sets himself the task of
transferring to his canvas
, , j " les symphonies." one of a series of paintings by maurice denis
an tne cnaracter ana ex- surrounding the cupola of the new palace theatre, paris
pression of the human face. (Photo frocidi E. Druet)
232
marvellous flowers painted with all the richness of He has succeeded in realising the perfect artistic
his palette. At this moment the finishing touches equilibrium of the painter and portraitist, and in
are being put to the various details of the new this latter branch he is particularly successful,
theatre, which will rank as one of the most important -
achievements of the year from the point of view of The pictures and portraits of Honore Umbricht,
decorative painting. H. F. have nothing to fear from the flight of time, for
- his palette is never dull or monochromatic, but on
A'proud independence of character and spirit, the contrary is flooded with light and all sparkling
a very ardent temperament dedicated to the service with harmonious colouring. Among the portraits,
of a noble ideal, such are the distinguishing traits that of Mile. Marie-TMrise Umbricht, a work
of the Alsacian painter Honore Umbricht. He of exquisite technique and great charm, caused
was born at Obernai in Alsace, and his childhood's quite a sensation in the Salon of 1912. In
days were passed in this little town picturesquely all of them, however, we find ever present his
nestling at the foot of the chain of the Vosges, not brilliant qualities as artist; his works are dis-
far from the mountain of Saint-Odile, one of the tinguished by their powerful execution and by their
most interesting spots in the environs of Strasbourg, beauty of appearance. They have nothing super-
Strasbourg it was that saw his first joys as artist; ficial, but are on the contrary solidly built up,
the spire of its old cathedral typified his dreams of closely observed and comprehended, and by virtue
adolescence, which he
later followed in Paris with
so much perseverance and
success, so that to-day we
find Honore Umbricht
hors-concours and member
of the Committee of the
Salon des Artistes Fran-
gais. On his arrival in
Paris Umbricht entered
the studio of Bonnat, a
master who will stand in
the history of contem-
porary art as the head of a
school, and a school of
which Honore Umbricht
is one of the most brilliant
disciples.
Umbricht was born an
artist; he became a painter
through unflagging study
of drawing and colour.
He is always severely
critical of his own work
and admits of no com-
promise when he comes to
depict what is for him the
truth, whether he is paint-
ing the scenes and land-
scapes of his own Alsace,
or still-life pieces, or when
he sets himself the task of
transferring to his canvas
, , j " les symphonies." one of a series of paintings by maurice denis
an tne cnaracter ana ex- surrounding the cupola of the new palace theatre, paris
pression of the human face. (Photo frocidi E. Druet)
232