International studio (15.1901/1902(1902))

Studio-Talk

PORTION OF A FRIEZE

BY GUSTAVE HAHN

studio, where he carried out several church figures,
two statues of King Albert of Saxony, besides many
busts and portraits. Perhaps the most striking of
any is the statue of Albrecht der Beherzte, at
Meissen, which, in its attitude of haughty watch-
fulness, frowns down upon us in the courtyard of
the castle. The American church at Dresden
contains a font by Hultzsch, in which a kneeling
angel, benign and tender, seems the very imper-
sonation of a heavenly messenger. Hultzsch has
a marked gift for seizing individuality; and his
statues of the King of Saxony and medallions
of his wife and the daughter of Professor Max
Muller are brilliant examples of portraiture.

A. v. S.

CANADA.—The Ontario Association of
Architects, organised in 1889 and
incorporated in 1890, has for its
objects “the advancement of archi-
tecture, the better protection of public interests
in the erection of buildings, and the securing of
a standard of efficiency in persons practising the
profession of architecture.” A curriculum of
studies, including the usual scientific and prac-
tical subjects and history of architecture, lays upon
the intending architect who would become a
member of the Society a three years’ course of
serious study with a view to a higher standard of
intelligence and a greater fund of practical know-
ledge than the past has called for. No student,
indeed, is eligible for the examinations unless he
has acquired the foundation, at least, of a partial
high-school course, or a couise in the Ontario

School of Practical Science. A studio under the
charge of competent professional architects, after
the fashion of Continental ateliers, providing for in-
struction in the various subjects, and particularly
in design, is now in operation, and promises to be
of great benefit to the students.

The exhibition recently given by the Eighteen
Club, under the auspices of the American Archi-
tectural League, with which it is affiliated, brought
collectively to the public notice much that is
meritorious in recent Canadian architecture, both
of the work of the Club members and of the mem-
bers'of the parent Society—the Ontario Association
of Architects—as well as of members of different
branches of the League, including representatives
from New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, University
of Illinois, Architectural Club of Washington,
Drexel Institute, and Pennsylvania University.
The exhibition was varied in character—in all
there were about four hundred designs—and gave
a fair idea of the architect’s field, as well as a
decided hint as to the benefits accruing from the
closer co-operation of architects and decorators.

The designs for buildings for commercial pur-
poses showed a careful consideration of the needs
of modern commerce, with greater attention to
light, more beauty of finish, both exterior and
interior, and a careful consideration of sanitary
conditions. Many offices gave evidence of in-
creased attention to beauty in interior decoration.
Churches were sparsely represented, although
Toronto is noted for her churches and has
made decided advancement in church architec-

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