DOI Heft:
No. 380 (November 1924)
DOI Artikel:[Notes: one hundred and ninety-three illustrations]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21400#0310
VIENNA
in his native country, that part of Silesia
once forming part of the Austrian Empire.
Here there are ancient villages strewn
among high-lying forests remarkable for
their lich colouring, this varying naturally
with the different seasons and their inner
changes. It is exactly these colour changes
which arouse emotion and find response in
Jakob Glasner's artistic soul. He never
wearies in his observation, content to ex-
plore their vital elements, setting them
down in oils or water-colours for future
use, or painting them straight away on his
canvas, never ceasing until the finished
picture is ready. His colouring, whether
in masses or in outline, is always dis-
tinctive ; whatever his medium may be
it reveals freedom of execution combined
with a sureness of drawing, while it pos-
sesses a decorative value and a pure hand-
ling of his technique. He prints his wood-
cuts himself, taking every care that they
reach as near perfection as possible, dis-
carding and destroying such as do not
attain his standard. Therefore the num-
ber of his prints is very restricted. He
spends a large amount of time in producing
these few, which means that he works with
sincerity and a real devotion to his art.
His artistic intentions are high ; they in-
clude the attainment of those soft, alluring
tones, pattern, expression and variety
" WAITING FOR THE TRAIN." PEN
DRAWING BY MELA KOEHLER
(Copyright, Rejtan Mill, Vienna)
290
"OLD SPANISH." PEN DRAW-
ING BY MELA KOEHLER
(Copyright, Rejtan Mill, Vienna)
which one has learned to seek in his prints.
These may be drawn from oil pictures or
water-colour drawings, as his humour may
be, but even when using the former
medium he manages to obtain those trans-
parent tonic effects which likewise are
characteristic of his work. A. S. Levetus .
We give herewith two pen drawings by
the young Viennese, Mela Koehler, whose
art is alone in its kind. She is a specialist
in figures, always graceful, vivacious and
spirited, absolutely correctly drawn with
strong decorative feeling. Her technique
and composition sometimes remind one a
little of de Beyros, but, nevertheless, she
has an astonishing fertility in original ideas.
After finishing at the Academy for In-
dustrial Art of the Museum for Art and
Industry in Vienna (Painting branch), a
scholarship made it possible for her to
perfect her talent in Paris for a quarter of
a year. On returning home, partly by
publishing a great number of most wonder-
ful postcards, partly through her exhibi-
tions in Stuttgart (1915) and Vienna,
Secession (1918), she made her name
in his native country, that part of Silesia
once forming part of the Austrian Empire.
Here there are ancient villages strewn
among high-lying forests remarkable for
their lich colouring, this varying naturally
with the different seasons and their inner
changes. It is exactly these colour changes
which arouse emotion and find response in
Jakob Glasner's artistic soul. He never
wearies in his observation, content to ex-
plore their vital elements, setting them
down in oils or water-colours for future
use, or painting them straight away on his
canvas, never ceasing until the finished
picture is ready. His colouring, whether
in masses or in outline, is always dis-
tinctive ; whatever his medium may be
it reveals freedom of execution combined
with a sureness of drawing, while it pos-
sesses a decorative value and a pure hand-
ling of his technique. He prints his wood-
cuts himself, taking every care that they
reach as near perfection as possible, dis-
carding and destroying such as do not
attain his standard. Therefore the num-
ber of his prints is very restricted. He
spends a large amount of time in producing
these few, which means that he works with
sincerity and a real devotion to his art.
His artistic intentions are high ; they in-
clude the attainment of those soft, alluring
tones, pattern, expression and variety
" WAITING FOR THE TRAIN." PEN
DRAWING BY MELA KOEHLER
(Copyright, Rejtan Mill, Vienna)
290
"OLD SPANISH." PEN DRAW-
ING BY MELA KOEHLER
(Copyright, Rejtan Mill, Vienna)
which one has learned to seek in his prints.
These may be drawn from oil pictures or
water-colour drawings, as his humour may
be, but even when using the former
medium he manages to obtain those trans-
parent tonic effects which likewise are
characteristic of his work. A. S. Levetus .
We give herewith two pen drawings by
the young Viennese, Mela Koehler, whose
art is alone in its kind. She is a specialist
in figures, always graceful, vivacious and
spirited, absolutely correctly drawn with
strong decorative feeling. Her technique
and composition sometimes remind one a
little of de Beyros, but, nevertheless, she
has an astonishing fertility in original ideas.
After finishing at the Academy for In-
dustrial Art of the Museum for Art and
Industry in Vienna (Painting branch), a
scholarship made it possible for her to
perfect her talent in Paris for a quarter of
a year. On returning home, partly by
publishing a great number of most wonder-
ful postcards, partly through her exhibi-
tions in Stuttgart (1915) and Vienna,
Secession (1918), she made her name