DOI Heft:
No. 255 (July 1914)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21210#0185
Studio-Talk
whose position in the front rank has been severely Habermann, Weiss, Meid, Kardorf, Boudy, Rosier,
contested, also evidences the happy union of the Beckmann, Grimm, Baluschek, C. Richter, Thieme
German and Italian element, but does not look and Klein-Diepold. The sculptors Barlach, Kolbe,
here quite the equal of such Olympians. The Engelmann, Kruas, Gerstel, Minne and Kruckeberg
realistic side of German art is represented with also added their quota of meritorious works,
distinction by collective shows of the works of The rest of the exhibits gave evidence of the
Menzel, Leibl, Liebermann, Triibner and Schuch, excesses to which expressionism, cubism, and
and it was a happy idea to arrange a kind of futurism have misled ourartists. A visit to the "Neue
tribune on the first floor where some pictures by Secession " which has rallied the ultra-radicals from
select masters vie with each other. the " Storm" group only meant a loss of time
- owing to the lack of artistic capacity which marked
The confusion which prevails in the Berlin Seces- their exhibition as a whole. Some independent
sion seems to be entirely alienating the lingering sym- Secessionists, among them Lovis Corinth, the
pathies of the public. Two different groups have just brothers Appier, and Pottner, are about to open
been holding exhibitions. The " Freie Secession," another exhibition. _
under the Honorary Presidency of Max Liebermann,
exhibited in the old Secession building. It derived At Amslerand Ruthardt's an exhibition of Wilhelm
importance from the Julius Hern collection, mostly Giese's etchings argued well for the progress of this
composed of the works of distinguished impres- able artist. He has abandoned his careful side-
sionists, a delightful Hans Thoma room, and a large light and chiaroscuro method and has spread his
equestrian subject by Renoir. Other notable wings wide under modern influences. We see
contributions came from Oberlander, Ulrich and him now sketching rapidly in the open air, in the
H. Hiibner, Rhein, Klemm, Hagen, Rappaport, focus of city-life, and he has suceeded in capturing
many fascinating vistas
from Berlin and his native
town Magdeburg. His
surely working needle can
grasp large dimensions and
busy crowds. He is always
convincing and although
his eagerness to suggest
movement is occasionally
overborne by a certain
Teutonic heaviness of
form, his innate qualities
give assurance of further
development.
At some of the Art Salons
here the work of artists who
follow the latest fashions
has been in evidence this
season. Thus at Cassirer's
there were some mural
paintings by Heinrich
Nauen showing an attempt
to depict human and
animal figures and flowers
by a large and " expres-
sionistic" patchwork of
colour but also disclosing
an insufficient knowledge
of the living form. Karl
IN' THE POND" BY RUDOLF KAF.S11ACII b
(Photo, Neue Photogr, Gcscllschaft, Berlin) Hofer's synthetic outline
165
whose position in the front rank has been severely Habermann, Weiss, Meid, Kardorf, Boudy, Rosier,
contested, also evidences the happy union of the Beckmann, Grimm, Baluschek, C. Richter, Thieme
German and Italian element, but does not look and Klein-Diepold. The sculptors Barlach, Kolbe,
here quite the equal of such Olympians. The Engelmann, Kruas, Gerstel, Minne and Kruckeberg
realistic side of German art is represented with also added their quota of meritorious works,
distinction by collective shows of the works of The rest of the exhibits gave evidence of the
Menzel, Leibl, Liebermann, Triibner and Schuch, excesses to which expressionism, cubism, and
and it was a happy idea to arrange a kind of futurism have misled ourartists. A visit to the "Neue
tribune on the first floor where some pictures by Secession " which has rallied the ultra-radicals from
select masters vie with each other. the " Storm" group only meant a loss of time
- owing to the lack of artistic capacity which marked
The confusion which prevails in the Berlin Seces- their exhibition as a whole. Some independent
sion seems to be entirely alienating the lingering sym- Secessionists, among them Lovis Corinth, the
pathies of the public. Two different groups have just brothers Appier, and Pottner, are about to open
been holding exhibitions. The " Freie Secession," another exhibition. _
under the Honorary Presidency of Max Liebermann,
exhibited in the old Secession building. It derived At Amslerand Ruthardt's an exhibition of Wilhelm
importance from the Julius Hern collection, mostly Giese's etchings argued well for the progress of this
composed of the works of distinguished impres- able artist. He has abandoned his careful side-
sionists, a delightful Hans Thoma room, and a large light and chiaroscuro method and has spread his
equestrian subject by Renoir. Other notable wings wide under modern influences. We see
contributions came from Oberlander, Ulrich and him now sketching rapidly in the open air, in the
H. Hiibner, Rhein, Klemm, Hagen, Rappaport, focus of city-life, and he has suceeded in capturing
many fascinating vistas
from Berlin and his native
town Magdeburg. His
surely working needle can
grasp large dimensions and
busy crowds. He is always
convincing and although
his eagerness to suggest
movement is occasionally
overborne by a certain
Teutonic heaviness of
form, his innate qualities
give assurance of further
development.
At some of the Art Salons
here the work of artists who
follow the latest fashions
has been in evidence this
season. Thus at Cassirer's
there were some mural
paintings by Heinrich
Nauen showing an attempt
to depict human and
animal figures and flowers
by a large and " expres-
sionistic" patchwork of
colour but also disclosing
an insufficient knowledge
of the living form. Karl
IN' THE POND" BY RUDOLF KAF.S11ACII b
(Photo, Neue Photogr, Gcscllschaft, Berlin) Hofer's synthetic outline
165