European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Profile by John Windrow editor tlu1 old Man in the rumpled Hhie suit and slippers attentively in hi1 i . A Ane held Holly Between his Long soft hands. I is hair and Beard were Gray with wisps of White his skin folded by age and time. Mis Hig Hajel eyes had seen so much and still saw More i ban most looked intently at the Ross of before him. T los features till1 nose is throws and creases in his e. Sere prominent and rough .111 ii y d been by a sculptor Ith .1 hard hand. " tie paintings Here he said there s not ,1 bad one. Arid they be been Here a Fine of them for Only one Alfred i Ler fold i was talking about his students ind their Wink .11 the 7th annual exhibit of the Herzfeld school of Arl. A store of his students had i heir work displayed it the Wiesbaden his s Hool t Feleria list saturday and sunday. They have to learn o see More he o his Slud enl i. He estimates he has taught More than 4,001 of them. Same of them Sny i ve1 Learned to see that s something you can it took his Cane and pointed to .1 n chessboard and a wine . A Good depth or instance he , the foreground in the background 1 Hai s som Elhaj we Don l see when we link at one Sharp there were More Ihnn 220 Fri lures at the show. The number does t ," i Ler few wid. The is what Nii Illi is Norl i i Hank we .1 his i Ler Feld wins Horn in Dresden in 1 j06. I Lonk lessons when i Nuny he . Riboul five or six years of lessons Ted i Felt m love with he Tikik his Doft c no the Academy of Fine arts in Dresden. Afler the he his through the russian lines to the West. They accused me of being in Amori Uin spy he . But they did l Witt h or me mrs i Iris and the Corner Mil through the Noih ind Awny. is to Lonj Story her ii old ii Hin his in his a Iris my hts Sylvid tinted to .1 won it by n a is and she she one h to work full Irile on her irl Wilh it if fill for the list in . Why did she to study with her Feld Ili hi.1 Hui the old it Kislers let a Iii it / she is Lull i Uii Kly. The let of in up ,1 Lierle one. Steps. j dr.i\in4 on is. 1 Hen he . The initial bad to be very Deli led. He said. He pointed to the hair. Siil As you see in die curls he , it has All the Hoard Man like most of Llie i Ludens at the Shost said she had been offered Money for her works but had t sold my. I m still a Slu Donl she said. I in a Feld has his students do Oiler techniques drawings water colors monotones a Prim i palette knife and pastels. Jul they relish a trance to learn the Lorl masters 1 4 Hoit be. A Vinci anal my Hhan Geln used it Boardman sail As if no further explanation were1 net Essary. Lect Feld has about 21 ill the moment paying for lessons by the hour. Some of them come anal they fear they have no Talent. I say it s Beller you have no latent " Herzfeld said. I Dun l like people who have Talent Bei Ause they know so much. So i Educ ale them anal they soon do in another part of the room 1 a. Or Aik Tyszler Matyus was talking Abmd a painting he d done of a room in a fun vent he d seen in Italy or. Jack born in i Hungary is a retired air Force master sergeant who lives in Wiesbaden anal works for Dodds. He started studying Wilh Herzfeld three years ago of i dabbled he said of his Lime before studying under i a Erzfeld i could draw a straight line. I could draw .1 few things. But i could never get the depth the if his painting of the Convent daydream is indicative or. Jack has gotten a grasp on depth on exactness. The painting shows a woman Sillito Ijjas a table with Ilie door to another room open behind her to one Side. 1 he viewer feels As if he Tould pol his hand on the dour Frame and feel the depth the dimension of the Wall Bel Veen the outer and inner rooms. Or. Jack said thai if anyone spent six hours with her Feld him talk about perspectives after a while you d understand what to look and is half the vanishing Point that s in every painting. The spot that s like parallel Railroad Racks going together on the another student Don Ishmael an army major stationed in Heidelberg elaborated on that Point. He sail Herzfeld teaches How to paint what you see. There s a certain amount of discipline m that la s not an impression Ishmael said you re trying to reproduce across the room Herzfeld was sitting Cor Len Ledly dialling Wilh some of his students. The problem with him Ishmael said is he knows so nut h you can 1 get it am out of him he s Well known As an artist i be does t exhibit his work. I be seen it Ishmael paused for just a moment Ihen said it s before the Shost was Over or. Jack told his favorite glory about his teacher. He s heard Many because Herzfeld tells stories about himself to Bis students while i hey paint. Herzfeld or. Jack said was. Down in Italy Between the wars painting a scene in a Meadow Hie was sitting on his Box of paints in the rain holding an umbrella and painting. The villagers became suspicious not knowing what he was up to and sent a up to inquire. Herzfeld explained himself and the cop held the. Umbrella so he could paint. When the cop toll the villagers that he was an artist or. Jack said they Al Bui shy had i or Feld devoted his time to teaching instead of developing his own w Orff the old Man 1 nought the question Over and shrugged slightly la s fun to Leach he said la s Mure fun to give 20 stripes Migi Wiite june 4, i9h7
