DOI issue:
No. 53 (July, 1901)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.22775#0077
Studio-Talk
The plastic and em-
bossed work of Herr Novak
is also remarkable for
the feeling for nature it
betrays and the very evi-
dent desire of its author
58
to avoid conventionality. All he produces is bold
in conception and skilful in execution; but pliant
as is the material in the clever hands of this ex-
perienced artist, he never allows himself to forget
its true limitations. Constantly evolving new ideas,
as illustrated by his finely designed and delicately
executed letter cases, tobacco pouches, etc., he
shows a very great aptitude for decorative work,
avoiding any slavish copying. Especially note-
worthy for their excellent taste and appropriateness
are the floral and foliage ornamentation of his
letter cases.
be a talented master of
considerable individuality.
He is specially anxious
that Nature, the greatest of
all teachers, should be
carefully followed. He is
himself perfectly inde-
fatigable in making studies
from nature, and his ma-
jolica and terra-cotta flower
vases, etc., remarkable
though they are for their
great simplicity, prove with
what thoroughness he has
studied his subjects. How-
ever primitive the means
employed, the result is
thoroughly artistic. The
famous Bohemian pottery
used by the peasants is
made from the models
originated by Professor
Kloucek, which have given
a very great impulse to
the natural taste. Their
simple form is peculiarly
suitable to Bohemian de-
corative motives, and they
retain a delightful indi-
viduality altogether wanting
where foreign influence
has resulted in the con-
ventional treatment of
flowers and foliage.
character; they are not the result of a facile and
inexhaustible fancy, but of careful, well-considered
toil, and they are all, without exception, thoroughly
suitable to the purpose for which they are intended.
It is, indeed, this simple probity of purpose which
makes Kastner so worthy a representative of
Bohemian art. _
Professor Kloucek is one of the most prolific and
many-sided of the crowds of Bohemian artists who
have of late years done much for the cause of art-
craftsmanship in their native land. His work, and
that produced from his initiative, prove him to
CABINET
BY PROFESSOR KASTNER AND HIS PUPILS
The plastic and em-
bossed work of Herr Novak
is also remarkable for
the feeling for nature it
betrays and the very evi-
dent desire of its author
58
to avoid conventionality. All he produces is bold
in conception and skilful in execution; but pliant
as is the material in the clever hands of this ex-
perienced artist, he never allows himself to forget
its true limitations. Constantly evolving new ideas,
as illustrated by his finely designed and delicately
executed letter cases, tobacco pouches, etc., he
shows a very great aptitude for decorative work,
avoiding any slavish copying. Especially note-
worthy for their excellent taste and appropriateness
are the floral and foliage ornamentation of his
letter cases.
be a talented master of
considerable individuality.
He is specially anxious
that Nature, the greatest of
all teachers, should be
carefully followed. He is
himself perfectly inde-
fatigable in making studies
from nature, and his ma-
jolica and terra-cotta flower
vases, etc., remarkable
though they are for their
great simplicity, prove with
what thoroughness he has
studied his subjects. How-
ever primitive the means
employed, the result is
thoroughly artistic. The
famous Bohemian pottery
used by the peasants is
made from the models
originated by Professor
Kloucek, which have given
a very great impulse to
the natural taste. Their
simple form is peculiarly
suitable to Bohemian de-
corative motives, and they
retain a delightful indi-
viduality altogether wanting
where foreign influence
has resulted in the con-
ventional treatment of
flowers and foliage.
character; they are not the result of a facile and
inexhaustible fancy, but of careful, well-considered
toil, and they are all, without exception, thoroughly
suitable to the purpose for which they are intended.
It is, indeed, this simple probity of purpose which
makes Kastner so worthy a representative of
Bohemian art. _
Professor Kloucek is one of the most prolific and
many-sided of the crowds of Bohemian artists who
have of late years done much for the cause of art-
craftsmanship in their native land. His work, and
that produced from his initiative, prove him to
CABINET
BY PROFESSOR KASTNER AND HIS PUPILS