International studio (25.1905)

to Munich and other German art cen-
tres, Klein finally went to Rome to
study the antique, and returned more
fully convinced than ever of his own
artistic powers, and commenced at once
his first important plastic work entitled
7772 which was created
in a little attic under great difficulties.
This, his first important work, drew forth
considerable admiration for the power
with which the struggle between man
and beast is depicted, every muscle
being strained to the utmost. Awarded
the gold medal in Munich, he now
became famous, receiving orders for
public works.

Perhaps it was just the difficulties
that he met with in his youth which


"THOUGHTS OF THE FAST" BY EDWARD TELES


"OLD WOMAN" BY EDWARD TELES
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were the making of this sculptor, for living, as he
was obliged to, in retirement, unknown, unsought
after, he escaped many of the temptations which
often ruin the talented young art student—for
instance, the admiration and flattery of fellow
students who greet every new work with ill-
considered eulogies, and often spoil what might have
proved a genius by making him think he is already
an artist, whereas he is only a student. With the
enthusiasm of a born artist, Klein has, since his
first success, produced many monumental works which
are imbued with concentrated power and dignity,
just as his smaller ^727^ works bear the touch of
freshness, combined with the homely modesty of
poetry. Never inanimate, this sculptor's figures are
imposing, full of dignity and refinement, and imbued
with insinuating psychology, so that one almost
forgets they are only of stone. Not until after the
appearance of &77MW2 was Klein awarded full
praise. Represented at the moment before the
bursting of the chains, the spiritual expression of the
lightly bent head is touching in its quiet resignation.
The colossal figure, which was carried out in bronze

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