International studio (17.1902)

Studio-Talk

THE HAGENBUND’S EXHIBITION OF “ ART IN DESIGNED BY J. URBAN

CHILD LIFE”: CORNER OF A DAY NURSERY

with a keen and lively faculty of direct observation,
as, for instance, in certain plates inspired by the
Second Faust, the Divina Commedia, and Emile
Zola’s La Terre. G. M.

VIENNA.—The exhibition entitled “Art in
Child Life,” recently held by the Hagen-
bund, has done much towards opening
the eyes of the educators and public to
what might be done in this direction. The initia-
tive was given by the “Deutsche
Buchgewerbe Verein,” which is
now sending “Wandeiing Exhi-
bitions ” throughout Germany and
Austria. The Hagenbund knt
their rooms for the exhibition, and
at the same time added to its educa-
tional value by showing various
other objects relating to “ Art
in Child Life.” Although these
were far from the ideal, still the
Society deserves credit for its good
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intentions, for, at any rate, the show aroused
much interest, and in the right quarter too. The
arrangements were entrusted to Heinrich Leffler,
President of the Hagenbund, and Josef Urban, who
essayed to show how decorative art and simplicity
may be taught to children by surrounding them
with artistic objects from their earliest childhood.
But the night-nursery, though at first sight pleasing,
fails to comply with hygienic requirements, in spite
of the fact that the polished furniture is washable,

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