DOI issue:
No. 241 (April 1913)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21160#0263
Studio- Talk
HI
THIS GARDEN CITY OF FROHNAU : BUSINESS BUILDINGS (see p. 2jSJ
psychological drama, visual impressions of an un- The drawing here reproduced, The Broken String
daunting explorer of actual life, testified to the Oj Beads, was executed on grey Japanese paper,
almost grim pursuit of high aims. His colour with and is one of a series of six, all showing the same
its passionate or gloomy notes and its Cezanne-like romantic imagination and harmonious blending of
tonalities also created an atmosphere of seriousness, colour. A fine feeling for colour is indeed one of
The artist is only thirty years old and appears to be the distinctive traits of her work. She is always
still a wrestler with his visions and materials. seeking new methods of expression and relies solely
J. J. on her natural imaginative instincts, which are un-
hemmed by conventionalities. Indeed except for
IENNA.—In Hede von Trapp, Austria a few lessons lasting altogether some four months
can claim an artist of distinction and Hede von Trapp has been her own teacher,
decided talent. This was revealed at --
V
an exhibition of her works held some- The Winter Exhibition at the Secession was
time ago at the Miethke Gallery, which dis- devoted to the works of young artists who from
played a remarkable variety of methods and media, some cause or other have been shut out of the
They comprised water-colour drawings on highly usual run of exhibitions—at least so it was put
sensitive grey Japanese silver paper, on parchment, down in the circular. But several of the artists
and on silk, pencil and pen drawings and etchings, had already exhibited previously at the Secession,
They showed, too, what a lively fantasy she the Kunstlerhaus, or with the Hagenbund, though
possesses; she explores the realms of fairy-land not members of these institutions. Among them
whence ensue dream-like pictures interpreted in mention should be made of F. A. Harta, who was
verse, in prose, or with the brush, pencil, or pen. represented by several pieces, each in a different
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HI
THIS GARDEN CITY OF FROHNAU : BUSINESS BUILDINGS (see p. 2jSJ
psychological drama, visual impressions of an un- The drawing here reproduced, The Broken String
daunting explorer of actual life, testified to the Oj Beads, was executed on grey Japanese paper,
almost grim pursuit of high aims. His colour with and is one of a series of six, all showing the same
its passionate or gloomy notes and its Cezanne-like romantic imagination and harmonious blending of
tonalities also created an atmosphere of seriousness, colour. A fine feeling for colour is indeed one of
The artist is only thirty years old and appears to be the distinctive traits of her work. She is always
still a wrestler with his visions and materials. seeking new methods of expression and relies solely
J. J. on her natural imaginative instincts, which are un-
hemmed by conventionalities. Indeed except for
IENNA.—In Hede von Trapp, Austria a few lessons lasting altogether some four months
can claim an artist of distinction and Hede von Trapp has been her own teacher,
decided talent. This was revealed at --
V
an exhibition of her works held some- The Winter Exhibition at the Secession was
time ago at the Miethke Gallery, which dis- devoted to the works of young artists who from
played a remarkable variety of methods and media, some cause or other have been shut out of the
They comprised water-colour drawings on highly usual run of exhibitions—at least so it was put
sensitive grey Japanese silver paper, on parchment, down in the circular. But several of the artists
and on silk, pencil and pen drawings and etchings, had already exhibited previously at the Secession,
They showed, too, what a lively fantasy she the Kunstlerhaus, or with the Hagenbund, though
possesses; she explores the realms of fairy-land not members of these institutions. Among them
whence ensue dream-like pictures interpreted in mention should be made of F. A. Harta, who was
verse, in prose, or with the brush, pencil, or pen. represented by several pieces, each in a different
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