DOI Heft:
No. 313 (April 1919)
DOI Artikel:Wood, T. Martin: The Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21357#0110
The Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town
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MICHAELIS GALLERY, CAPE TOWN: MAIN STAIRCASE J. M. SOLOMON, ARCHITECT
gallery, the Hals Room, contains the great and a Dutch garden opened behind the
portrait of a woman by Hals which is the gem building, cloistered from the street by a colon-
of the collection. The walls of the room are nade and paved in stone, with a pergola and
covered with a specially woven tapestry, and fountain.
the parquet floor is such as we see in a painting Our illustrations show clearly the character of
by Vermeer. The frames of the pictures are the work and the ideals pursued by Mr. Solomon,
contemporary ones. They were chosen with A South African born and bred, he has travelled
great care by Sir Hugh Lane, who formed the much in Europe. Starting with a deep apprecia-
collection. tion of early South African architecture he has
The exterior facades of the Old Town House made himself the exponent of a purely South
have been restored to their original design, African style. T. Martin Wood.
94
V.'
MICHAELIS GALLERY, CAPE TOWN: MAIN STAIRCASE J. M. SOLOMON, ARCHITECT
gallery, the Hals Room, contains the great and a Dutch garden opened behind the
portrait of a woman by Hals which is the gem building, cloistered from the street by a colon-
of the collection. The walls of the room are nade and paved in stone, with a pergola and
covered with a specially woven tapestry, and fountain.
the parquet floor is such as we see in a painting Our illustrations show clearly the character of
by Vermeer. The frames of the pictures are the work and the ideals pursued by Mr. Solomon,
contemporary ones. They were chosen with A South African born and bred, he has travelled
great care by Sir Hugh Lane, who formed the much in Europe. Starting with a deep apprecia-
collection. tion of early South African architecture he has
The exterior facades of the Old Town House made himself the exponent of a purely South
have been restored to their original design, African style. T. Martin Wood.
94