Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-16
GERMAN ARTISTS
SHOW NEW SPIRIT
Quality of Works Shows I'm.
provement Over Pre-
vious Years.
FUTURISTIC ON wANE
Military Subjects and Beauti-
full Women Taboo as
Subjects.
FUTURIsTIC ON WAIVE

BERLIN. Juiy l5.--The painting.
exhibited in this years three proml-
nent ar, exhibitions o. Berlin. the
Academy o, Arts. tho Secession and
the Great Art Exhibition. arc Of a
FAR better quality than The pictures
shown in the past years here. This
progress is generally attributed 20
ne more careful selection Of the
jury this year and also 10 tn. fac,
that many promising painters have
returned to the rock after short d.
sression into futurism.
The exhibition Of the Academy is
"ccidedly tho best OF the three
Every one is permitted to submit
WORKS 10 the jury. But whereas the
works OF the members and OF such
artists who received special inyf-
'ation are dealt with more lenicn,ly
ny the jury. unsolicited work or other
artists is subject TO very severe
examination. In this year only ,hi-t.
out OF 500 works or the latter kind
were admitted
The academy numbers sixty mem
hers now. including icn fore.gncrs-
Erangwyn Bonnat. in Paris. Mlkotti.
IN Italy: i.ilifors. n sweden. ana four
Nienntse artist, It's president this
year Is Professor Max Llebcrmann
me veteran German painter
Many Pictures Sold.
About forty Of Th- sos WORKS OK
nIb!ted have alrcad: been sold Tho
prices range from 1000 20 100000
MARKS The valuation 81 the works
depends upon the name Of the art!s.
Less consideration is paid Ia it's ar
tistic value" y beautiful seascapc by
ii'Semeister, for instance. costs 60
o"p marks. while super-modern
hideous and distorted aIuarelie, h,
h"koschka. called Fortuna" -
marked with 10000 marks. only be-
caas" kokoschka is one %. the
pr"minen, modern painters Sucn
pictures are bought mainly by the
new-r.ch. who are glad 20 inves;
neir money. specializing at the same
tIme that the picture thev have
nouSh, may rise in value should tho
painter become one OF the elect OF
Inc country.
In the Great Art Exhibition. where
! tho jury is known 10 he more leni.rt
y
! these artists arc s!Xty-four women
and iS2 radicals including seven
| zen women. In the Secession. which
was founded before the war along
siH'lar lines as the Academy but
open To all modern artists ool pa;n,
inSs' drawings and etchines are OK
hihited Lows Corinth mas been
elected president OF the Secession in
this year With the exception OF a
small number OF Russians and Hun.
sarians. all Artists exhibiting in the
'hrcc exhibitions are Germans.
Military Subjects Few.
me absence OF all paintings deal
ing with the war and other military
aud naval subjects is mos, striLine
TWO exceptions showing scenes after
the battle are generally criticized
as out Of place and date" One
painting. Memory" by Ferdinand
SpisGel. shows even an antimili,ar
ishc tendency depicting the devas,a
tmn wrought by the war. Rehind
me ~ shadowy ruins reflected in
tho sim waters Of canal towers
IN" magnificent stecple OF a cath.d
raj, scin:iilatinH in greaa. yellow
and blue c"rols and bathed in strauc.
green light which fills the sky. The
Impression OF past beauty and pr.s
~ 'S''"''oi - brought home with
great force.
The change that has taken pIace in
me mind Of the average German who
mas turned from military affairs TO
sports is symbolized by two excellent
nSures of Splinter and a football
PLAYER Soth stand in prominent
places in the main hall Of the Great
Hfi exhibition. while a portrait bust
OF Hinds nburG is stuck away in an
adjoining room.
Revolutionary Subjects Taboo.
The German revolution seems Ia
be subject that is taboo ONLY ono
arts; has chosen Il as her subject.
woman sinking upon black. whit.
and red banner with the setting sun
behind her svmbolizes tho breakdown
OF tho old German empire.
&C.. 1877. Public Ledger Coz
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