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EUROPEAN ART OF PRESENT DAY.
REVIEW OF A CENTENARY
EXHIBITION.
HAMBURG ART ASSOCIATION.
Every work of art is a criticism of the prevalling point of view. This explains the reason why, as 4 counter to the propensities of a self-satisfied world, secure in the consciousness of its spiritual and material possessions, impres- sionism came into being during the last decade of the past century which atrives to render negative outward forms of appearance and to project single facts into the sphere of eternal values by en- hancing their psychical so to speak immaterial aspect, writes Dr. G. Kurt Johannsen. Expressionism, which came into being shortly before the war and which batting the transitory movements of fulurism, cubism and dadaism still holds ita own unimpaired. is of course nothing but the last result, or in other words, the final
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1927.
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have
Some Exponents. "No less strong an impression is made by worka Cezanne, van Gogh, the great by Gauguin, triumvirate of impressionism, in juxtaposition to whom we Renoir. Toulonse-Lautree, as de- pictors of a. more profoundly sensuous joy and suffering bat also Masereel and the forceful Barlach, perhaps the best modern German sculpters. To these must com- bu alled Ferdinand Hod- ler and Albert Kohler, both Swiss and also the Norwegian Edvard Munch. A symphony of the joy of life and closely yound up in nature is, the picture by the
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practically represented by the whole of the present day genera- tion of artists. Characteristle in this sense is the remark of the Such pictures 39 "Badende English art critic E.S. Ede in a Frauen" (Women buthing) or "Das finely conceived essay which he Ehepaar am Fenster" (The couple has contributed to the catalogue of at the window) by the German Karl the present exhibition in Ham- Hofer, appear to the beholder more burg: "There has been a break intimately interwoven with the ing away from the making of pic- cosmos, in a dreamlike fashion, and tares as a craft in itself, and a the picture of a young girl by the development of individual ex-Hamburg artist Eduard Hopf which pression which happens to take the in spite of exaggerated feeling is form of pictures.”
still kept within the bounds of beauty, is fascinating in its sovere purity which renders it a product of charming Gothic ascetism. The overwhelming composition "Did roten Pferde" (The red horses)" by the youthful Franz Marc, who fell in the war, the portrait-painting of a George Grosz, the sculpture of de Fiori, a self elected Gorman, Lehmbrucks, Holgers and Scharffs especially the portrait-mask of president Hindenburg by the last named, of which the smallest detail is full of understanding compet. admiration by their vast artistic inspiration and achievements, whilst on the other hand sculptures such as "The Cat" by Richard Halzmann of Hamburg or The Kiss" or "The Hunt" by the French- Brancusi merely induce a ma smile at so much precocious amateurism. Such a serious ex-
It would been Interesting to make an assortment of, to take in ʼn manner of speaking a transerve section through the plastic art of Europe, in order to prove that this "development..of, individual ex- pression," a great longing for in- fensification, for being at peace with face and humanity, exists, There- fare it did not appear so daring that the enterprising Hamburg Art Association which during "Its now hundred years existences has become an important factor in the artistic development of the old Hans town, should have the temerity to attempt, on the ocea sion of this centenary celebration, in a large exhibition of more than 400 paintings and sculptures a synopsis of the whole descriptive art of modern Europe. .:
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organization claims to be an aero- pag of modern creative' art should, now that futurism has been finally done away with, not be available for such experiments. Quite over- whelming on the other hand is the fascinating charm of the small figures exhibited by the Berlin artist Renee Sintenis, which bear witness to the noblest humanity.
Present Day Artists.
augurated by the Hamburg Art Association a special place should have been assigned to present-day Hamburg artists. And here one level. Here we see, just to men- observes an exceptionally high tion a few of the most distinguish- ed representatives of thin circle, besides the already named Edvard opf, the quiet Anita Ree, whose pictures are a synthesis of tender womanhood and masculine strength, there we see Ivo Haupt- mann, the son of the German winner of Prince of poets and the Nobel prize, with a finely thought-out still-life and a mea- dow landscape. Otto Rodewald ex- which is surprisingly fine in its hibits the portrait of technique and conception, and the bust of an octogenarian as well as that of the mayor Dr. Melle by Friedrich Wield are masterpieces of the plastic art of portraiture, just as the charming groups of bears by Hans Ruwoldt are the delight of all beholders,
a woman,
To come to the point at once: The purpose has been absolutely fulfilled, and there has hardly been an exhibition until now, that bas aimed as high as the present one in Hamburg, which has been so comprehensive and so rich in enlightenment. Not all the artists are represented by their best creations, of some one could' have wished that more works were exhibited so that one could
Lack of space precludes an exhaus- follow more closely their artistic
tive survey of such all of development, and above all опе greatly misses certain masters beauty. Only one thing that must whose names signify a host in yet be mentioned. It is not sur- themselves, such as Max Lieber-prising that at an exhibition in- mann and Gaul amongst the Germans, the brothers Maris amongst the Dutch, Grigorieff amongst the "Russians and Zuloaga, the master of colour, amongst the Spaniards. Amongst the English, an artist of the rank of Vaneasa Bell is missing, whilst the most prominent re presentatives of the new school, Danean Grant and Cedric Morris, a member of the group "Seven and Five" and on the one hand too few pictures on exhibit and on the other the works shown are of no definite value as regards their typical styles. It is fascinating to witanes the difference in the conception of the work of just these two last-named artists on the strength of a floral creation, which both have handled, the one reproducing the flowers in tone and colour as something true to nature, finished and full of con- summate art, the other carefully striving to catch the soul of the plant, its growth and development and depleting them symbolically, A superficial survey of the ex- so to speak their vibration and hibition in the Hamburg Art perfume in cognate Inspiration. Gallery having revealed both the Whence it follows that the exhibi-overwhelmingly rich atore and the to the high level of what is shown one ted material leads 18 fundamental condition to which can come to the conclusion: that Hamburg the already mentioned H. S. Ede the object of the gives expression with the asser-Centenary Exhibition has been ac tion: "In all the work of the complished, a synopsis of the pre- young English artists the influence sent condition of modern European transerve of France cannot be too highly art has been given, a considered but it has been well section taken through the psychical inspiration of all the European assimilated and is no longer a
nations in their leading epirits in mere pastiche but something very the field of art. And this conciu. genuinely personal,” ·
sion also includes the result which For the rest the appearance of such an exhibition will and can at.. letter-day impressionism finds a tain: the way is prepared for peculiarly specific affirmation in mutual understanding, the band of the works of some few who are brotherhood extended east and typically characteristic of this
west, and what the Hamburg Art development. There is first and Association has here accomplished foremost the Spaniard Pablo is the highest form of culture for Picasso, a, painter who is not only the benefit of all humanity. one of the most fascinating artists of the present day, and who has propared the way for a whole, school of young paintera The lorry ploughed through the and sculptors, such as Ismael animals, and the road resembled a Gonzales de la Serna, Juan Gris, shambles. The vehiclo overturned. Jose de Togeres and the delicate The driver, a young Londoner minded sculptor Pablo Garallo, named Bennett, was thrown out but but who by reason of the elasticity was not hurt. The sheep, which of his genius and with his great were on their way from a sale at facility in draming and painting Melton Mowbray, belonged to
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