DOI issue:
No. 182 (January 1925)
DOI article:[Studio-talk]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21402#0062
COPENHAGEN—STOCKHOLM
COPENHAGEN—The swan rivals the
peacock in its appeal to the artist; we
all know able renderings of this stately
bird—I mean the swan—placidly allowing
a restful lake to mirror its graceful form,
or leisurely drifting down a lazy stream a
picture of proud contentment. M. Chr.
Asmussen has chosen to show us the bird
in a less serene mood, and with much
skill and observant study expressed those
passions of love and jealousy to which a
swan, like most living beings, is heir. He
has been equally happy in his design and
in his single but effective colour scheme.
G. B.
STOCKHOLM.—M. Artur Sahlen is a
very talented and versatile artist who
has also to his credit several cleverly illus-
trated and hand-printed books, rich in
decorative and often spirited ornamenta-
tion in woodcut. Several of these are
endowed with that Swedish humour,
sometimes subtle, at other times drastic,
which at different ages has found such
able exponents amongst the country's
artists. 0 0 0 0 0 0
The two woodcuts, however, which we
reproduce to-day, are inspired by another
mood, none the less Swedish for that;
the poesy and romance, the lure of
Sweden's exquisite summer evenings and
nights when the waning day lingers as if
longing to greet the advent of dawn before
departing. 0000a
To those who have the privilege of
knowing this beautiful country, as has the
writer, the scene of the black and white
cows obediently responding to the call of
a comely moorland lass is a familiar and
very pleasing sight. 0000
And who can forget the transparent
glories of a summer's night in the environs
of delightful Stockholm^ Whilst famous
painters have resorted to large canvases
in attempting to depict it, Sahlen has
achieved his end in this small print, this
very charming print. G. B.
56
" SWAN." WOOD-BLOCK COLOUR-
PRINT BY CHR. ASMUSSEN
COPENHAGEN—The swan rivals the
peacock in its appeal to the artist; we
all know able renderings of this stately
bird—I mean the swan—placidly allowing
a restful lake to mirror its graceful form,
or leisurely drifting down a lazy stream a
picture of proud contentment. M. Chr.
Asmussen has chosen to show us the bird
in a less serene mood, and with much
skill and observant study expressed those
passions of love and jealousy to which a
swan, like most living beings, is heir. He
has been equally happy in his design and
in his single but effective colour scheme.
G. B.
STOCKHOLM.—M. Artur Sahlen is a
very talented and versatile artist who
has also to his credit several cleverly illus-
trated and hand-printed books, rich in
decorative and often spirited ornamenta-
tion in woodcut. Several of these are
endowed with that Swedish humour,
sometimes subtle, at other times drastic,
which at different ages has found such
able exponents amongst the country's
artists. 0 0 0 0 0 0
The two woodcuts, however, which we
reproduce to-day, are inspired by another
mood, none the less Swedish for that;
the poesy and romance, the lure of
Sweden's exquisite summer evenings and
nights when the waning day lingers as if
longing to greet the advent of dawn before
departing. 0000a
To those who have the privilege of
knowing this beautiful country, as has the
writer, the scene of the black and white
cows obediently responding to the call of
a comely moorland lass is a familiar and
very pleasing sight. 0000
And who can forget the transparent
glories of a summer's night in the environs
of delightful Stockholm^ Whilst famous
painters have resorted to large canvases
in attempting to depict it, Sahlen has
achieved his end in this small print, this
very charming print. G. B.
56
" SWAN." WOOD-BLOCK COLOUR-
PRINT BY CHR. ASMUSSEN