tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post5334657947818324318..comments2024-03-26T22:36:52.981+00:00Comments on Modern Printmakers: Z was the zooHaji babahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-20928812847093237982016-04-28T16:14:35.772+01:002016-04-28T16:14:35.772+01:00I should have said. It's 14 euros. It's no...I should have said. It's 14 euros. It's not on amazon.de(as yet, anyway).Haji babahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-34836760118362384622016-04-28T07:40:58.492+01:002016-04-28T07:40:58.492+01:00Thanks for the interesting post. I love juxtaposin...Thanks for the interesting post. I love juxtaposing Nicholson's portrait of Victoria and Whistler from the Twelve Portraits album.<br /><br />ps- Klaus - might there be a catalog for the Dachau exhibit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-81466924807380576672016-04-24T20:31:34.589+01:002016-04-24T20:31:34.589+01:00Yes, you are right about Klemm getting weaker and ...Yes, you are right about Klemm getting weaker and weaker with the years!<br />Charles, If I had an email address, I could try to send you some pics. Only if you want to, of course.<br /><br />Klaus Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-63207439326801739422016-04-24T20:23:12.186+01:002016-04-24T20:23:12.186+01:00The problem I always have with German and Austrian...The problem I always have with German and Austrian artists is getting hold of the information- and I assume there is a lot more available in German than there is in English. I have been reliant on books like Per Amman's 'Woodcuts' from 1989 and a 1985 catalogue 'German woodcuts in the C2oth'. Not much to go on.<br /> <br />Sorry to hear you missed the Quai Vert print. I was looking for an image while you were writing your reply! I didn't find one, needless to say. I didn't know anything about the politics of either Thiemann or Klemm though I am not surprised by what you say about the latter. His career might have prospered under the National Socialists but his art didn't.Haji babahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-26602759999719490312016-04-24T20:11:19.948+01:002016-04-24T20:11:19.948+01:00Charles, I'm afraid there is some truth in wha...Charles, I'm afraid there is some truth in what you are saying about the Bavarian nook...On the other hand, I am also a big fan of Seaby, Slater and the Japanese, which is very cosmopolitan for somebody living in Bavaria.<br /><br />Talking about Thiemann again: This year is the 50th anniversary of his death, so the city of Dachau has organized a special exhibition, "Walther Klemm und Carl Thiemann: Zwei Meister des Farbholzschnitts" ("two masters of the colour woodcut"). It opened this weekend, and I am planning to go within the next two weeks. I am really looking forward to this one as the city of Dachau possesses a vast collection of works of both artists, so there will be some woodcuts on display that can hardly ever be seen.<br /><br />"Le Quai Vert, Brügge" was sold at a German auction house last Saturday. I really wanted to have this one, in my opinion one of his absolute masterpieces, but had to draw back at €650 (plus provision). Maybe some other time...<br /><br />And as you also mention posters in your post: Thiemann produced at least one poster for a German left-wing party in the late 1920's which aksed the voters to "save Bavaria" from Hitler. As far as the design is concerned, the poster is definitely not among his best works. But it is quite remarkable, especially if you know that Klemm's career thrived under the Nazis after he went to Weimar. I once possessed a hand-drawn postcard by Klemm which he had written and sent to a friend, and he enthusiastically told the other person about the way the "party" had celebrated him in occasion of his birthday.<br />Interesting to see that the two men who had started out together later chose two completely different paths...<br /><br />Klaus Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-85241252555770142952016-04-24T19:43:07.835+01:002016-04-24T19:43:07.835+01:00Ah, yes, Klaus, but we have to find a way of drawi...Ah, yes, Klaus, but we have to find a way of drawing you out of your Bavarian nook. You know Thiemann's work far better than I do and I shall have to look up the prints because I'm not all that familiar with the original titles. <br /><br />Anyway, it's good to hear from you and thanks for the details about the Thiemann. Now I think I feel yet another post on Thiemann coming on.Haji babahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-36469582773454652292016-04-24T18:54:26.784+01:002016-04-24T18:54:26.784+01:00Hello Charles,
your posting is - as usual - inspi...Hello Charles,<br /><br />your posting is - as usual - inspiring and good fun to read!<br /><br />However, I can't help saying that declaring Thiemann's "Hühner" his "greatest and most telling print" seems a bit of an odd choice to me. There's no doubt that this is a very fine print - like nearly all the woodcuts that he produced during this period of time (the print was made in 1907). Nonetheless, I think that there are more striking examples, e.g. " Münchener Straße", "Kiefern am Grunwaldsee" or the wonderful "Le Quai Vert, Brügge".But probably that is also a matter of taste.<br /><br />Klaus Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-91798353650136060932016-04-24T08:24:13.068+01:002016-04-24T08:24:13.068+01:00Yes, I thought about it, Darrel, but this is not N...Yes, I thought about it, Darrel, but this is not Nicholson's first mention in Modern Printmakers and obviously the Beggarstaff Brothers have already come up somewhere or other. I was tempted to mention Mabel Pryde driving a flock of geese into the studio at Bushey but her name slipped my mind.Haji babahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619515066447546979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195425069670824214.post-31490149905259808762016-04-24T02:29:19.848+01:002016-04-24T02:29:19.848+01:00Since you discuss both posters and William Nichols...Since you discuss both posters and William Nicholson, it should also be noted that Nicholson designed a number of notable posters with James Pryde under the pseudonym the "Beggarstaffs."Darrel C. Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622338980803023229noreply@blogger.com