. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. patient study, they always Prague. He has distinguished himself by severalrepresentations of the old Karlsbrucke, a venerablerelic of the middle ages with numberless statuesand figures of saints. Zdenka Braunerova must also be named as anexcellent interpreter of the old city. An artist offine feeling and culture, to which her work bearstestimony, she delights to portray those narrowalleys or passages where the noise of traffic neverpenetrates, or the old Durchhdiiser of the Klein-seite — houses with public gangways convey
. International Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art. patient study, they always Prague. He has distinguished himself by severalrepresentations of the old Karlsbrucke, a venerablerelic of the middle ages with numberless statuesand figures of saints. Zdenka Braunerova must also be named as anexcellent interpreter of the old city. An artist offine feeling and culture, to which her work bearstestimony, she delights to portray those narrowalleys or passages where the noise of traffic neverpenetrates, or the old Durchhdiiser of the Klein-seite — houses with public gangways convey the impression of having been executed running through them—or quaint old-fashionedwith verve and spontaneity; and whether helooks for picturesque glimpses of the city in thenew quarter, or in the Ghetto, or in the Klein-seite, and whether it be winter with snow coveringeverything or spring with its radiant light, it is alwaysthe heavy, often leaden, atmosphere of the citywhich is reflected therein. Next to Stretti,Heinrich Jakesch should be named as an etcher of. RIVERSIDE WORKERS, PRAGUE122 IAiiTEL) types of citizens who look like genuine relicsof Biedermeier days. She works in oil and pastel,and her pictures are to be found in most ofthe cities of Europe, including Paris, where shestudied for eight years. In Prague, however, sheis not well represented ; its Modern Gallery hasnot a single work by her. Various other ladyartists have found interesting themes in Old Prague, but only one ortwo can be briefly referredto. Emanuela Sedivy isa young artist of muchpromise and full of energy,and Sidonie Staeger-Springer has produced somepleasing views in which asubtle sense of colour ismanifested. Pictures byboth of these ladies accom-pany these notes. Numerous as are the pic-torial records of Praguewhich have been con-tributed by those men-tioned above and others,it is nevertheless to beregretted that no singleartist has yet devoted him-self wholly and solely tothe systematic inte
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