DOI Heft:
No. 81 (November, 1903)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26230#0095
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and Lincoln Cathedrals being very skilfully
rendered in ßne wasb.
In the exhibition of scuipture must be men-
tioned, as especialiy successful as an expression of
the symbolic meaning that can be conveyed in a
nude figure, the work by Mr. Charles Graßy,
entitled 7^ Mr. George Gray
Earnard was represented by a graceful figure in
marble, entitled ^4 AArf7gM, and Mr. John
McLure Hamilton by a portrait in bronze,
entitled J7y
HICAGO.—A gratifying example of art
g from the philosophical standpoint is
W . offered in the architectural work of
Mr. George H. Mäher of Chicago.
Casting traditions to the winds, this artist presents a
System which is at once novel and enduring. The
practice of incorporating antiqu.es in house-furnish-
ings he regards as smacking more of the atmosphere
of a museum than of a harmonious dwelling-place.
For inspiration, he looks to the aims, tastes and
affairs of the people whose lives are to be lived in the
house. He is a Champion of rational restheticism,
and holds that the expression of art, to be con-
sistent and therefore idealistic, from its very nature
can never be identical in any two localities; nor
can it be borrowed and transplanted from any
period to a later epoch. Environment and
local conditions are the leading indices, in line
with which all effort should be preserved. This,
notwithstanding the fact that the surest guide to
purity of style is through an inßnite and pains-
taking study of Standard examples, always in con-
sideration of the limiting fact, that such study
should never be of an objective nature, but must
rather seek its thread of research from what
appears to be the interior
directing principle.
" SL'XHCHT
To translate this prin-
ciple or theme into a
climatic and national lan-
guage, through the colour
of individual expression, is
the eifort of Mr. Mäher.
How well he succeeds
may be judged from an
examination of the ac-
companying illustrations,
which show his latest com-
pleted work—the much-
discussed residence of
Mayor Patton, of Evanston,
Illinois. Situated on a
slight eminence at the
intersection of two avenues,
this structure presents an
imposing aspect from the
approach in any of four
directions. Instead of the
customary form it takes a
rieh, beautiful line for the
proßle of its supports,
which seems at once
effectually to combine
strength, elegance, and
repose.
One practice of Mr.
Mäher is to identify with
his Ornament some ßoral
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and Lincoln Cathedrals being very skilfully
rendered in ßne wasb.
In the exhibition of scuipture must be men-
tioned, as especialiy successful as an expression of
the symbolic meaning that can be conveyed in a
nude figure, the work by Mr. Charles Graßy,
entitled 7^ Mr. George Gray
Earnard was represented by a graceful figure in
marble, entitled ^4 AArf7gM, and Mr. John
McLure Hamilton by a portrait in bronze,
entitled J7y
HICAGO.—A gratifying example of art
g from the philosophical standpoint is
W . offered in the architectural work of
Mr. George H. Mäher of Chicago.
Casting traditions to the winds, this artist presents a
System which is at once novel and enduring. The
practice of incorporating antiqu.es in house-furnish-
ings he regards as smacking more of the atmosphere
of a museum than of a harmonious dwelling-place.
For inspiration, he looks to the aims, tastes and
affairs of the people whose lives are to be lived in the
house. He is a Champion of rational restheticism,
and holds that the expression of art, to be con-
sistent and therefore idealistic, from its very nature
can never be identical in any two localities; nor
can it be borrowed and transplanted from any
period to a later epoch. Environment and
local conditions are the leading indices, in line
with which all effort should be preserved. This,
notwithstanding the fact that the surest guide to
purity of style is through an inßnite and pains-
taking study of Standard examples, always in con-
sideration of the limiting fact, that such study
should never be of an objective nature, but must
rather seek its thread of research from what
appears to be the interior
directing principle.
" SL'XHCHT
To translate this prin-
ciple or theme into a
climatic and national lan-
guage, through the colour
of individual expression, is
the eifort of Mr. Mäher.
How well he succeeds
may be judged from an
examination of the ac-
companying illustrations,
which show his latest com-
pleted work—the much-
discussed residence of
Mayor Patton, of Evanston,
Illinois. Situated on a
slight eminence at the
intersection of two avenues,
this structure presents an
imposing aspect from the
approach in any of four
directions. Instead of the
customary form it takes a
rieh, beautiful line for the
proßle of its supports,
which seems at once
effectually to combine
strength, elegance, and
repose.
One practice of Mr.
Mäher is to identify with
his Ornament some ßoral
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