International studio (22.1904)

MARBLE BUST BY OTTO HOFNER
CERAMICS BY BRUNO EMMEL GODING

These show much originality and judgment. The
work—which is executed by the artist himself—
is carried out in stucco, cement, and beaten metal.
Herr Schuftnsky also showed much taste in the
arrangement of some of the rooms. Herr Otto
Hofner sent many pieces of sculpture which showed
that he is a sound artist who has a future before
him. ^4 AMtiTWM?; is very realistic—the sculptor
having been particularly happy in catching the right
expression. In his marble bust, set with onyx,
copper, and mother-of-pearl, Herr Hofner is again
worthy of praise, not only in the execution of his
work, but also in the mosaic setting, where the
blending of the colours and the design are both
very beautiful. Bruno Emmel has a fine and
delicate feeling and touch for ceramics, both in
designing and modelling them. Two of his vases
have been bought by the Cultus Ministerium
for the Modern Gallery. These are of rich
colouring and form, one being all shades of browns
with touches of bronze, while a delicate film of
green winds its way in and out, thus intensi-
fying the ground tones; and the other blue on
blue, with lines of old silver. Fraulein Antoinette
Krasnik, a young Croatian, conceived the idea of
a harmony in black and white for her interior,
which she arranged herself, the effect being par-

ticularly refreshing—especially so, I should say, on
a hot summer's day; there is an air of much
daintiness about it. The framework is of alder
wood polished black; the backs and seats are
of wicker-work painted white with enamel.
Fraulein Krasnik is very versatile in her designs,
and is, besides, many-sided; at present she has
devoted herself to no one particular branch of her
art. Alexander Hartmann shows great aptitude in
his book illustrations and his designs for litho-
graphs. He is rich in ideas and possesses a firm
hand, and we may expect to hear more of him in
the future. Altogether enough proof has been
given to show that the pupils in the Imperial
Schools are working in the right direction, and
are seeking ways for themselves of expressing
their thoughts. A. S. L.
UCHAREST. —There has lately been
H ^ formed in Bucharest an association call-
B ing itself "Artistic Youth," under the
* royal patronage of the Princess Marie of
Roumania, herself an artist. The infant society at
once was able to organise an exhibition, which gives
me here the opportunity of very briefly introducing
the youthful Roumanian School to a wider public.
It consists of a small but very promising body of
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