International studio (35.1908)

Art School Notes


DESIGN FOR PRINTED FABRIC BY E. MARGOLD
(Kunstgewerle-Schule, Vienna)

in evidence it was in the peasant arts and crafts
of bygone days may be seen by anyone who refers
to the various articles dealing with this topic which
have appeared in these pages. The peacock, the

stag, the pomegranate, and the rose were the most
frequent motifs in the peasant work, and these are
often employed in modern designs. A. S. L.
FLENSBURG.—It is recognised on all
hands that education, both general and
special, is more completely organised
in Germany than in any other country.
Each of the chief States composing the Empire
has its own Education Department, to whose
surveillance all the numerous schools and kindred
institutions in the country are subject, from the
university downwards. But the most notable
feature in the modem evolution of the educational
organisation throughout Germany is the creation
and fostering of institutions which have a direct
bearing on the economic status of the country
—in other words, the policy everywhere is to
make education thoroughly practical. In art
education this policy finds expression in the
encouragement given to schools in which art is
closely associated with industry and craftsman-
ship. Schools of this character, called usually
Kunstgewerbeschulen, or schools of applied art, exist
in considerable numbers, and almost every town of
moderate size has one. In certain localities, where
special industries or crafts are carried on, there is a


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WORKSHOP OF THE KUNSTGEWERBLICHE FACHSCHULE AT FLENSBURG