DOI Heft:
No. 313 (April 1919)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21357#0122
Studio- Talk
"IHE__CANAL." FROM A COLOURED WOOD-PRINT
BY JOSEPH BUSKENS
have afforded themes for the exercise of the
artist's eminently individual talent. And then
in addition to his many paintings, he has
executed a considerable number of wood-
engravings, three of which are here reproduced.
In all these prints one observes that feeling ioi
decorative effect and that arrangement of tones
and colours productive of a harmonious and
rhythmic whole which are the hall-mark of
Buskens's work at large.
The artist himself would be the last to claim
perfection for his work; he is imbued with
that divine discontent which is the parent of
progress and fuller development. But there is
in all his work—alike in his paintings, his wood-
cuts, and his drawings—the impress of sincerity,
of conviction, and genuine inspiration. They
convey the impression of a man with an ardent
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and poetic spirit and insight, who has been
intensely moved by the scenes he has witnessed,
and with a remarkable selectiveness and
delicacy, yet vigour of feeling and craftsman-
ship has given'of his best to interpret them to
his fellows. F.
GHENT.—Foremost among the artistic
crafts of Belgium is that of lace-
making. For centuries it has flour-
ished amid all the vicissitudes
through which the land has passed, and though
the French Revolution seriously affected the
production at certain centres of the industry
adjacent to Flanders, the manufacture of lace
in the principal localities in Belgium itself,
which for generations have been associated with
the craft, has continued to be a national asset
of first-rate importance. It is hardly necessary,
of course, to say that the greatest war of all
time, which for four long, weary years has
placed the whole country except a tiny portion
under the heel of the invader, has greatly
disturbed this industry, as it has every other
phase of the national life. But the war has not
destroyed it, and now that the tyrant enemy
has been banished from the land, the craft will
assuredly revive and flourish.
In Flanders especially lace-making has for
ages been carried on with ardour; and it is
here that an important undertaking has, even
while the country has been subject to the
THE "ECCE HOMO" OF GUIDO REN I WORKED IN
I ACE BY GIRLS TRAINED AT THE LACE TRADE
INSTITUTION AT ZELE, EAST FLANDERS
"IHE__CANAL." FROM A COLOURED WOOD-PRINT
BY JOSEPH BUSKENS
have afforded themes for the exercise of the
artist's eminently individual talent. And then
in addition to his many paintings, he has
executed a considerable number of wood-
engravings, three of which are here reproduced.
In all these prints one observes that feeling ioi
decorative effect and that arrangement of tones
and colours productive of a harmonious and
rhythmic whole which are the hall-mark of
Buskens's work at large.
The artist himself would be the last to claim
perfection for his work; he is imbued with
that divine discontent which is the parent of
progress and fuller development. But there is
in all his work—alike in his paintings, his wood-
cuts, and his drawings—the impress of sincerity,
of conviction, and genuine inspiration. They
convey the impression of a man with an ardent
106
and poetic spirit and insight, who has been
intensely moved by the scenes he has witnessed,
and with a remarkable selectiveness and
delicacy, yet vigour of feeling and craftsman-
ship has given'of his best to interpret them to
his fellows. F.
GHENT.—Foremost among the artistic
crafts of Belgium is that of lace-
making. For centuries it has flour-
ished amid all the vicissitudes
through which the land has passed, and though
the French Revolution seriously affected the
production at certain centres of the industry
adjacent to Flanders, the manufacture of lace
in the principal localities in Belgium itself,
which for generations have been associated with
the craft, has continued to be a national asset
of first-rate importance. It is hardly necessary,
of course, to say that the greatest war of all
time, which for four long, weary years has
placed the whole country except a tiny portion
under the heel of the invader, has greatly
disturbed this industry, as it has every other
phase of the national life. But the war has not
destroyed it, and now that the tyrant enemy
has been banished from the land, the craft will
assuredly revive and flourish.
In Flanders especially lace-making has for
ages been carried on with ardour; and it is
here that an important undertaking has, even
while the country has been subject to the
THE "ECCE HOMO" OF GUIDO REN I WORKED IN
I ACE BY GIRLS TRAINED AT THE LACE TRADE
INSTITUTION AT ZELE, EAST FLANDERS