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...drawings started yesterday at the Germanic Museum and will continue until the last of April. It contains a large collection of reproductions illustrating the development of German graphic arts from the middle of the 15th Century to the middle of the 16th, with special emphasis on the work of Durer and the two Holbeins...
Commenting on the exhibit, C. L. Kuhn, curator of the Museum, remarked that he considered German drawings far more interesting than German paintings, because the Teutons have always been superbly skillful while working in black and white, but rather out of place when using colors. "Durer, for example," he said "was one of the greatest draughtsmen the world has over soon. These pictures show the development of his work from the late Gothie style that first influenced him to the early Renaissance type to which he turned in his later years...
Whom asked to compare the drawings of the two artists Durer and Holbein the Younger, Dr. Kuhn said that in his opinion Holbein's portraits were completely objective, very exact, and distinctly unemotional, whereas Durer always attempted to endow his subject with a personal touch, almost an appearance of pent-up emotion...
Among the earlier cuts are a few from the 16th century by Durer and Holbein. The work of Durer is represented by the "St. Michael" from the "Apocalypse" series and by two examples from the "Life of the Virgin" series. Holbein is represented by a series of cuts called "The Dance of Death." The Fogg Museum is the possessor of one of the six known complete sets of the proofs of this series. There is also an exhibition a first edition of Holbein's book, "Los Simulachres at Histories Faces do la Mort," which is lent to the museum...
...illustrated lecture, open to the public, will be given by Dr. Hans Tietze on the subject: "Two Theories on Albert Durer" at 4 o'clock today. The talk will be given in the upper lecture room of the Fogg Museum...