DOI Heft:
No. 390 (September 1925)
DOI Artikel:[Studio-talk]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0196
BERLIN
POSTER DESIGN
BY J. GIPKENS
We breathe something of bracing home-
country air in this Bavarian's art, and can
trace in it the heritage of some old classics
from the Danube region. The firm
hand of the master is coupled with an
eye which sharply discerns intricacies
of form and shades of colour. This and
the ability to grasp picturesque views of
territory with fine architecture makes
him also a landscape-painter of distinc-
tion. It is natural that as portraitist he
prefers the male model, the will-individu-
ality, and that his female sitters must
be endowed with a somewhat sharp and
angular grace. 0000
The State Academy of Arts has
secured this excellent teacher for its
schools, and a group of promising artists,
among them Albert Birkle, owe much
to his leadership. a 0 0 &
In the preparation of the picture-
ground, in the study of anatomy he
uses an exacting rigour. It is interesting
to hear how unobtrusively he teaches,
and so, instead of explanations and
demonstrations he quickly puts on
the student's easel some hands picked
out from Grunewald's ceuvre, or some
heads from Durer. Professor Spiegel
carries out commissions for decorative
works with enthusiasm. Our Love-Song
was executed for a wedding present, and
has beautifully adorned a salon wall with
190
the simplicity and richness of its design
and its charming colouring. The fishes
and birds are worked out in relief, touched
with gold and silver. The Scherzo is
part of a series for a restaurant, where
its muscular weight and grotesque humour
are perfectly appropriate. The artist, a
descendant of a craftsman family, is now
forty-five years old. He studied in
Munich under Diez, and after returning
from the war, was nominated professor
and called to the Berlin State Academy of
Arts by Arthur Kampf. Long travels
always help him to satisfy the cravings
of his artistic nature, 0000
Jarno Jessen.
The poster designs we reproduce on this
and the preceding page are striking ex-
amples of the accomplishment of German
artists in this field. Herr Pohl's symbol at
once arrests the attention, and belongs to
the repetitive type of poster which tells no
story, but impresses the name of a com-
modity on the public mind by association.
The drawing by Herr Gipkens subtly
suggests luxury and spaciousness, with
considerable economy of style. a 0
" SCHERZO." DECORATIVE
WALL-PAINTING BY
FERDINAND SPIEGEL
POSTER DESIGN
BY J. GIPKENS
We breathe something of bracing home-
country air in this Bavarian's art, and can
trace in it the heritage of some old classics
from the Danube region. The firm
hand of the master is coupled with an
eye which sharply discerns intricacies
of form and shades of colour. This and
the ability to grasp picturesque views of
territory with fine architecture makes
him also a landscape-painter of distinc-
tion. It is natural that as portraitist he
prefers the male model, the will-individu-
ality, and that his female sitters must
be endowed with a somewhat sharp and
angular grace. 0000
The State Academy of Arts has
secured this excellent teacher for its
schools, and a group of promising artists,
among them Albert Birkle, owe much
to his leadership. a 0 0 &
In the preparation of the picture-
ground, in the study of anatomy he
uses an exacting rigour. It is interesting
to hear how unobtrusively he teaches,
and so, instead of explanations and
demonstrations he quickly puts on
the student's easel some hands picked
out from Grunewald's ceuvre, or some
heads from Durer. Professor Spiegel
carries out commissions for decorative
works with enthusiasm. Our Love-Song
was executed for a wedding present, and
has beautifully adorned a salon wall with
190
the simplicity and richness of its design
and its charming colouring. The fishes
and birds are worked out in relief, touched
with gold and silver. The Scherzo is
part of a series for a restaurant, where
its muscular weight and grotesque humour
are perfectly appropriate. The artist, a
descendant of a craftsman family, is now
forty-five years old. He studied in
Munich under Diez, and after returning
from the war, was nominated professor
and called to the Berlin State Academy of
Arts by Arthur Kampf. Long travels
always help him to satisfy the cravings
of his artistic nature, 0000
Jarno Jessen.
The poster designs we reproduce on this
and the preceding page are striking ex-
amples of the accomplishment of German
artists in this field. Herr Pohl's symbol at
once arrests the attention, and belongs to
the repetitive type of poster which tells no
story, but impresses the name of a com-
modity on the public mind by association.
The drawing by Herr Gipkens subtly
suggests luxury and spaciousness, with
considerable economy of style. a 0
" SCHERZO." DECORATIVE
WALL-PAINTING BY
FERDINAND SPIEGEL