International studio (35.1908)

Art School Notes


DESIGNS FOR GINGER CAKES BV LEOPOLDINE KOLBA
(Kunsigt werbe-Schule, Vienna)

of those who have gone through a course
at the school have since achieved dis-
tinction. In an article on the school
which appeared in The Studio at the
beginning of last year a general account
was given of its history and organisation,
accompanied by numerous illustrations
showing the high standard reached by
the students of the classes conducted by
Professors Hoffmann, Moser, Czeschka,
Beyer, and other teachers representing
the “ modern side ” of the school. The
further series of illustrations now given,
after designs by the students in these
classes, have an interest as bearing on
the methods of instruction pursued by
these teachers. _
Before a student is admitted to the
classes conducted by Professors Hoff-
mann and Moser they must have under-
gone a preliminary training in draughts-
manship. In the preparatory class, or
“ Allgemeine Abteilung,” a close and inti-
mate study of Nature is enjoined on the
student as an essential preliminary to suc-

day of the exhibition were
rewarded by a wonderful
view. From its flat roof
London and its surround-
ings can be seen for miles,
north, east, west and south;
and the Surrey hills, High-
gate, Harrow, and the
Crystal and Alexandra
Palaces are all within easy
range of the average vision.
W. T. W.

VIENNA.—The
Imperial Arts
& Crafts School,
or Kunstgewer-
be Schule, in Vienna, as
the leading school of its
kind in the Austrian Em-
pire, has had very great
influence on the artistic
progress of the country.
It is attended by large
numbers of students from
far and near, and not a few
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DESIGN FOR WOVEN FABRIC BY LEOPOLDINE KOLBA
(Kunstgewerbe-Schule, Vienna)