tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post7460609697675128481..comments2023-10-31T12:17:42.008+00:00Comments on Adventures in the Print Trade: A Jugendstil Masterpiece: Sehnsucht by Gotz DohlerNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-75816517933254481162013-09-17T09:26:51.570+01:002013-09-17T09:26:51.570+01:00Thanks, Phil. I guess architectural journals are p...Thanks, Phil. I guess architectural journals are probably a likely source of more info.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-29745746775834843622013-09-16T22:33:02.289+01:002013-09-16T22:33:02.289+01:00A stunning image, Neil: thanks so much for posting...A stunning image, Neil: thanks so much for posting it. I'll look out for references to Döhler's decorative work – haven't come across anything yet.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-46419408311772172622013-09-16T11:59:31.586+01:002013-09-16T11:59:31.586+01:00Well, I guess all these artists were influencing a...Well, I guess all these artists were influencing and being influenced by each other. I just wonder whether any of Dohler's grand decorative schemes has survived.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-5412142323877148832013-09-15T19:19:06.601+01:002013-09-15T19:19:06.601+01:00This looks as though he must have been fmailiar wi...This looks as though he must have been fmailiar with Otto Eckmann's work but that's not to say it is derivative at all. It's good work and it gets better when you look closer.Jane Librizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943563452168571716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-53025383974131211982013-09-15T16:07:35.149+01:002013-09-15T16:07:35.149+01:00I've just added an update to the main body of ...I've just added an update to the main body of the post, with a few more fragments of information.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-79390102813501898722013-09-13T15:13:03.853+01:002013-09-13T15:13:03.853+01:00I was really excited when I first saw this etching...I was really excited when I first saw this etching, and immediately began looking around for other work by Dohler, only to draw a complete blank. Interesting comparison with Melchers, an artist who had such a brief window of renown.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-28964830928846821112013-09-13T15:02:56.576+01:002013-09-13T15:02:56.576+01:00Yes, you have to enlarge it, because there's s...Yes, you have to enlarge it, because there's so much detail in it and it is quite dark - the etching plate has been deeply bitten, and the result is a page loaded with ink.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-58010448117706193362013-09-13T14:37:58.202+01:002013-09-13T14:37:58.202+01:00Neil, this is a beauty!
Dohler is apparently one ...Neil, this is a beauty! <br />Dohler is apparently one of those artists, like Franz Melchers, who seems to have hit his high point early on, and then faded from view. <br />Why Jugendstil or L'Art nouveau was revived in the 1960s by people who evinced little interest in Austrian/German or French culture is a subject waiting for someone to write a book on it.Jane Librizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943563452168571716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340634554199883217.post-47498957293319089522013-09-13T14:30:28.827+01:002013-09-13T14:30:28.827+01:00I find this image really marvelous. I'm glad y...I find this image really marvelous. I'm glad you suggested enlarging it since you can't really see how wonderful it really is in the small size. Great mystery indeed!Atelier Contihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406574186162890210noreply@blogger.com