Studio: international art (90.1925)

THE LITHOGRAPHS OF LUDWIG JUNGNICKEL

THE LITHOGRAPHS OF LUDWIG
JUNGNICKEL, BY A. S. LEVETUS.

IT is now many years since Ludwig
Jungnickel migrated from his native city
of Munich to Vienna, which has ever since
been his home. He was attracted there by
the fame of the Kunstgewerbeschule, and
he was happy in his choice. Already on
his first appearance it was felt that the
youth had personality; the work he did
for his entrance examination showed that
he possessed genuine talent and that in
him were the makings of a distinguished
artist. What he has achieved has fully
justified this prediction ; indeed, he ad-
vanced so rapidly, and his mind was so
fertile in invention, that an article on his
stencilled drawings was published in
Vol. XLI of The Studio and many of
them reproduced to illustrate his methods
and his qualities as a graphic artist. Even
then his chief bent was animals ; they gave
most satisfaction to his artistic sense, and
from the first he has been successful in
depicting their movements and habits. To
do this satisfactorily an artist must be,
above all, imbued with a love of animals ;
he must be possessed of a tremendous
amount of patience and a desire to pene-
trate into the ego of those whose life he
transcribes with his drawing. Ludwig
Jungnickel is endowed with these qualities,
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ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH BY
LUDWIG JUNGNICKEL

they are innate in him. His advance has
been very rapid ; he has thrown off the
restraints common to all young artists ; he
stands forth to-day a master-artist in his
own peculiar line of art and a master-
craftsman in his performances, a e>
In the illustrations here given it will be
seen how keen an observer Jungnickel is,
and in how simple and thoughtful a manner
he renders his animals, whichever ones
they may happen to be, the dainty grace
of a gazelle, the playfulness of a roe, the

ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH BY
LUDWIG JUNGNICKEL