DOI issue:
No. 380 (November 1924)
DOI article:[Notes: one hundred and ninety-three illustrations]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21400#0314
BEURON—PRAGUE
CHAPEL OF ST.
MAURUS, BEURON
BEURON (Germany)—The Beuron
School of Painters and Sculptors is
represented by the bas-reliefs and mosaics
of the Crypt of the Abbey of Monte-
Cassino (Italy), by the great paintings of
the churches of St. Hildegard, near
Riidesheim, of Emmaiis (Prague), and of
the chapel of St. Maurus, near the Abbey
of Beuron. It is probable that no English
review has as yet mentioned the work
of these Benedictine artists, although it
is important from the points of view of
modern art. a a a a a
The masters of this school—to give
them their monastic names—are Fathers
Desiderius, Luke and Gabriel. The two
last are dead; Dom Desiderius, now
ninety-three years of age, is preparing
the polychromatic decoration for the
refectory of his Abbey of Beuron. a
Most of the paintings executed by these
monks are done on mortar (lime and sand).
They themselves mix their own paint,
with eggs, well beaten, linseed oil, tur-
pentine, vinegar and water. 0 a
The style of these architectural paint-
ings is in no wise copied from any of the
294
well-known styles. It is the fruit of
silence, study and meditation ; it is full
of dignity and nobility; it is based on an
exact anatomy, but displays little of the
human form ; it is inspired by a lofty
and deep religion, a a a a
The reproduction chosen to illustrate this
note is a chapel in the forest of Beuron. This
little building, at first rather characterless,
has been transformed by the addition of
the porch in front of the entrance, by the
decoration of the pillars, of the beams,
and of the large space above the doorway,
and by the frieze which runs round the
top of the side walls. E. Roulin.
PRAGUE.—The healthy condition of
the graphic arts in Czechoslovakia is a
happy augury for the artistic future of
that young country. We give on the two
following pages examples of work by two
accomplished designers from Prague.
Their qualities of design and execution
will commend them to our readers. Both
were shown at an exhibition held in
Paris by the Societe des Peintres-Graveurs
Tchecoslovaques " Hollar." a 0
CHAPEL OF ST.
MAURUS, BEURON
BEURON (Germany)—The Beuron
School of Painters and Sculptors is
represented by the bas-reliefs and mosaics
of the Crypt of the Abbey of Monte-
Cassino (Italy), by the great paintings of
the churches of St. Hildegard, near
Riidesheim, of Emmaiis (Prague), and of
the chapel of St. Maurus, near the Abbey
of Beuron. It is probable that no English
review has as yet mentioned the work
of these Benedictine artists, although it
is important from the points of view of
modern art. a a a a a
The masters of this school—to give
them their monastic names—are Fathers
Desiderius, Luke and Gabriel. The two
last are dead; Dom Desiderius, now
ninety-three years of age, is preparing
the polychromatic decoration for the
refectory of his Abbey of Beuron. a
Most of the paintings executed by these
monks are done on mortar (lime and sand).
They themselves mix their own paint,
with eggs, well beaten, linseed oil, tur-
pentine, vinegar and water. 0 a
The style of these architectural paint-
ings is in no wise copied from any of the
294
well-known styles. It is the fruit of
silence, study and meditation ; it is full
of dignity and nobility; it is based on an
exact anatomy, but displays little of the
human form ; it is inspired by a lofty
and deep religion, a a a a
The reproduction chosen to illustrate this
note is a chapel in the forest of Beuron. This
little building, at first rather characterless,
has been transformed by the addition of
the porch in front of the entrance, by the
decoration of the pillars, of the beams,
and of the large space above the doorway,
and by the frieze which runs round the
top of the side walls. E. Roulin.
PRAGUE.—The healthy condition of
the graphic arts in Czechoslovakia is a
happy augury for the artistic future of
that young country. We give on the two
following pages examples of work by two
accomplished designers from Prague.
Their qualities of design and execution
will commend them to our readers. Both
were shown at an exhibition held in
Paris by the Societe des Peintres-Graveurs
Tchecoslovaques " Hollar." a 0