DOI Heft:
No. 393 (December 1925)
DOI Artikel:[Studio-talk]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0399
NEW YORK
NEW YORK—John La Gatta, born in ciation for emotion, rhythm and solidity
1894 in Italy—a Neapolitan who is in art to its practical application for
also an American—is one of a body of men reproduction." If Mr. La Gatta's work is
who have made and are making a deep and contrasted with much one sees in which,
probably lasting impression on the art of apparently, the need for adjustment has
the world. The American artist connected been absent, the necessity would appear
by his work with the commercial life of to be healthy for the artist as artist as well as
that nation, whether as illustrator, adver- citizen. The virility and fire in the work
tising artist or in other ways, is a person to go to prove that adjustment need not at all
reckon with. He has done something, mean loss of freedom and individuality.
He has brought art to the place where art The Americans have kept their right to
should be—not in a closed compartment, imagination in commercial or illustrative
as a thing either superior or inferior to work—that is their supreme achievement,
ordinary life, not in a condition of slavery Perhaps American editors and advertisers
to the commercial ignoramus, as much have more appreciation and leave artists
English commercial art is, but right in the freer than some of their commercialised
daily life of the country. The fight for English prototypes. Or perhaps the
recognition of these forms of art as some- artists, by joint action and by hard fighting,
thing other than a trade product has have kept up their standard. The latter
probably been hard, but it has been success- seems most probable. Mr. La Gatta's
ful. It seems to have also made a new work shows in full measure one of the
school, a a 0 a a 0 school's greatest powers—its solid, con-
" Throughout my career," says Mr. La scientious, yet untrammelled drawing.
Gatta, " I have had to adjust my appre- J. W. S.
ILLUSTRATION FOR MEREDITH NICHOLSON'S
NOVEL : " THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER 1
WASH DRAWING BY JOHN LA GATTA. (By
courtesy of the International Magazine Co., Inc.)
393
NEW YORK—John La Gatta, born in ciation for emotion, rhythm and solidity
1894 in Italy—a Neapolitan who is in art to its practical application for
also an American—is one of a body of men reproduction." If Mr. La Gatta's work is
who have made and are making a deep and contrasted with much one sees in which,
probably lasting impression on the art of apparently, the need for adjustment has
the world. The American artist connected been absent, the necessity would appear
by his work with the commercial life of to be healthy for the artist as artist as well as
that nation, whether as illustrator, adver- citizen. The virility and fire in the work
tising artist or in other ways, is a person to go to prove that adjustment need not at all
reckon with. He has done something, mean loss of freedom and individuality.
He has brought art to the place where art The Americans have kept their right to
should be—not in a closed compartment, imagination in commercial or illustrative
as a thing either superior or inferior to work—that is their supreme achievement,
ordinary life, not in a condition of slavery Perhaps American editors and advertisers
to the commercial ignoramus, as much have more appreciation and leave artists
English commercial art is, but right in the freer than some of their commercialised
daily life of the country. The fight for English prototypes. Or perhaps the
recognition of these forms of art as some- artists, by joint action and by hard fighting,
thing other than a trade product has have kept up their standard. The latter
probably been hard, but it has been success- seems most probable. Mr. La Gatta's
ful. It seems to have also made a new work shows in full measure one of the
school, a a 0 a a 0 school's greatest powers—its solid, con-
" Throughout my career," says Mr. La scientious, yet untrammelled drawing.
Gatta, " I have had to adjust my appre- J. W. S.
ILLUSTRATION FOR MEREDITH NICHOLSON'S
NOVEL : " THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER 1
WASH DRAWING BY JOHN LA GATTA. (By
courtesy of the International Magazine Co., Inc.)
393