Calenöar iooueö by Fichte I & Sachs fl.-G. Will man oieles oon mir haben, muß man mich zucrft begraben. colleaguee roere attempting to ooerthroro the olö conoenti= onal aepect of the roorlö in their oron roay by plunging into eur=realiem, roe finö Pfeil engageö in acquiring a eounö anö thorough knoroleöge of enerything pertaining to reproöuc= tion in graphic art. He roae also a keen collector of all kinöe of antiquee, such ae olö furniture anö uteneile of eoery öeecription for the purpoee of learning from them. Anö in them he founö much that roae practical, anö euch a öioereity of forme rohich thie age of maee=proöuction rooulö appear to haoe loet. Thue hie painter’e equipment öoee not only coneiet of the camera anö the tube, neither öoee he roait for a moment of inepiration but painte like a eyetematic raorker. “Ninety per cent of geniue ie inöuetrioue application” ae Hane oon ßüloro once remarkeö, anö eo Pfeil’e reproöuc= tione mean an unepeakably long roreetling raith the object. He ie the painter roho öraroe again! He öraroe to train eyeanö hanö ; againanöagain,heeeizeeupon Nature,people,thinge anö öoee not reet until he hae.graepeö the eelecteö object eoen to ite minuteet öetaile. He hae a Dürer’e “realiem”, not the “nero realiem” - eince thie unclothee thinge anö makee them bare abetractione - but German realiem rohich graepe thinge in the enöleee abunöance of their öetaile. For it ie precieely thoee öetaile, thoee tiny roorlöe in larger epheree rohich gioe men anö thinge roarm,puleing life, rohich eeparate ae mell ae unite theni; thue ie looe maöe poeeible, that higheet eentim ent of life. Look for a moment at the pencil öraroing on page 5, öepicting the Rimeting at Chiemeee! What a raonöerful eyecution of the minuteet öetaile mithin thie emall epace! Anö theee tonee, thie atmoephere haoe been proöuceö by a pencil only! Pfeil'e eotraoröinary talent ae a caricaturiet ie abeolutely in keeping rcith thie methoö of eeeing anö reproöueing thinge. In hie caricaturee Pfeil pulle out all the etope ae it roere, from the louö baee to the Fineet öifferentiateö öiecant. Look at the Ee Ichnaubt unö heult öie Straß’ herauf unö hat öoeb heine Lunge. Eo (echt Öen Schnee mie Butter auf unö hat Öoch helne Zunge. m Witfchelölroatfchel geht über öle Brüchen, hat öeo Königs Bett auf öem Rüchen. Ei m 11