Studio: international art (90.1925)

THE LITHOGRAPHS OF LUDWIG JUNGNICKEL

gravity of a stag. In his renderings there
is a total absence of anything pertaining
to exaggeration, for Jungnickel is too great
an artist to overstep the limits of his art.
He interprets with a rare fidelity, one
feels drawn to his subjects, one feels the
delicate charm of the originals, the inhabi-
tants of the forests, senses their rhythm,
their orchestration, of which every pulse
vibrates. There is true inspiration in our
artist's depictions, exquisite manipulation
and rare treatment, which is essentially
individual. At the same time the art of
Jungnickel is virile. His technique is
masterly, yet it is not the wielding of his
stroke which arouses the interest, but the
intimate, loving tenderness of his tones.
He does not suggest nature, yet his animals
breathe of the very essence and spirit of
life. His modellings are marvellously con-
jectured, the human element present in all
animals is revealed, a a a a

Educationally these lithographs of
animals are most important, as they are
artistically. For this reason they have
their place in all continental collections.
From them the characteristics of Jung-
nickel as an artist who will live may be
gathered. The observant will understand
his great powers, that he is master of his
powers, confident in himself, direct in
his methods, and that he has absolute
control over his medium. He has studied
intently in every zoological garden, in the
forests ; he is alive to the structure, move-
ment, texture—indeed, every point in the
build of the creatures he takes as his
subjects. There is beauty and spontaneity
in his work, an intense sympathy with his
u sitter," a wonderful economy of means,
neatness of workmanship, his art is at the
same time graceful, powerful and delicate.
Ludwig Jungnickel has come to stay, for
his art will live. A. S. Levetus.