DOI Heft:
No. 255 (July 1914)
DOI Artikel:Levetus, A. S.: The spring exhibition at the Künstlerhaus, Vienna
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21210#0124
Spring Exhibition at the Kiinstlerhaus, Vienna
The portraits, always an important feature of of while and pale violet. Among others whose
the Kiinstlerhaus exhibition, seemed fewer than portrayal of the gentler sex should be named are
usual this year, no doubt because they were better Theodor Carl, Ritter von Blaas, who showed an
distributed in the various rooms. Of two shown excellent portrait of Countess Coudenhove, a
by John Quincy Adams one was a portrait of the Japanese lady in Japanese dress, and Ludwig
venerable Emperor Francis Joseph, who graciously Michalek. Victor Stauffer's portrait of Leopold
granted the artist some sittings, and for the other von Lieben, Victor Scharf's portrait of Herr Low-
painting two of the Emperor's descendants, Princess Beer, Marie Rosenthal-Hatschek's portrait of her
Elizabeth Windischgratz and her little daughter, brother, the celebrated pianist, Herr Rosenthal,
were his sitters. Though painted in the artist's and Rudolf von Mehoffer's portrait of Herr Josephy
well-known manner, with verve and fine feeling and were prominent examples of male portraiture, and
a refined sense of colour, one could not help of special interest among works of this kind was-
feeling that in both of these works he had fallen Cotter's portrait of the painter, Lucien Simon,
short of his highest standard. Paul Joanowitch remarkable for the strength and vigour of treatment,
also exhibited a portrait of the Emperor which was Both Leopold Horovitz and Prof, von Angeli,
very pleasing. Rauchinger's Portrait of a Lady has were well represented.
deservedly won high praise; in it he has shown his In genre painting, always a great feature at the
penchant for deep rich colour, and the whole is Kiinstlerhaus, several works of distinctive merit
handled with the directness and assurance charac- call for mention. Among them Jehudo Epstein's
teristic of this artist's work. Schattenstein's two Thirsty Throats decidedly merits the first place,
portraits of ladies revealed fine qualities. Wilhelm for it is a work of remarkable vigour, excellent
Victor Krausz contributed three portraits. That of alike in drawing and composition, and rich in
Trau Paula S. is remarkable for its delightfully har- colouring. Hans Larwin presented the true
monious colour and simple handling, and his Youth Viennese note in his Die Poldi von Prater,
in the person of Fraulein Helena Kramer-Glockner Naschmarkt, and his Naeh der Assentierung in
is also extremely charming in its colour-scheme Erdberg, which breathes of the essence and joy of
"thirsty throats"
104
oil painting by jehudo epstein
The portraits, always an important feature of of while and pale violet. Among others whose
the Kiinstlerhaus exhibition, seemed fewer than portrayal of the gentler sex should be named are
usual this year, no doubt because they were better Theodor Carl, Ritter von Blaas, who showed an
distributed in the various rooms. Of two shown excellent portrait of Countess Coudenhove, a
by John Quincy Adams one was a portrait of the Japanese lady in Japanese dress, and Ludwig
venerable Emperor Francis Joseph, who graciously Michalek. Victor Stauffer's portrait of Leopold
granted the artist some sittings, and for the other von Lieben, Victor Scharf's portrait of Herr Low-
painting two of the Emperor's descendants, Princess Beer, Marie Rosenthal-Hatschek's portrait of her
Elizabeth Windischgratz and her little daughter, brother, the celebrated pianist, Herr Rosenthal,
were his sitters. Though painted in the artist's and Rudolf von Mehoffer's portrait of Herr Josephy
well-known manner, with verve and fine feeling and were prominent examples of male portraiture, and
a refined sense of colour, one could not help of special interest among works of this kind was-
feeling that in both of these works he had fallen Cotter's portrait of the painter, Lucien Simon,
short of his highest standard. Paul Joanowitch remarkable for the strength and vigour of treatment,
also exhibited a portrait of the Emperor which was Both Leopold Horovitz and Prof, von Angeli,
very pleasing. Rauchinger's Portrait of a Lady has were well represented.
deservedly won high praise; in it he has shown his In genre painting, always a great feature at the
penchant for deep rich colour, and the whole is Kiinstlerhaus, several works of distinctive merit
handled with the directness and assurance charac- call for mention. Among them Jehudo Epstein's
teristic of this artist's work. Schattenstein's two Thirsty Throats decidedly merits the first place,
portraits of ladies revealed fine qualities. Wilhelm for it is a work of remarkable vigour, excellent
Victor Krausz contributed three portraits. That of alike in drawing and composition, and rich in
Trau Paula S. is remarkable for its delightfully har- colouring. Hans Larwin presented the true
monious colour and simple handling, and his Youth Viennese note in his Die Poldi von Prater,
in the person of Fraulein Helena Kramer-Glockner Naschmarkt, and his Naeh der Assentierung in
is also extremely charming in its colour-scheme Erdberg, which breathes of the essence and joy of
"thirsty throats"
104
oil painting by jehudo epstein