International studio (36.1908/1909(1909))

bronze statuette, which, in this way, came to be
seen in its proper TwzVKw, and, thanks to the ever-


BRONZE PLAQUE
BY J. VIERTHALER

increasing faciiities af'forded by exhibitions, has suc-
ceeded in winning the favour of the coiiector again.

Here in Munich quite a number of young
artists have devoted themseives to " Kdeinpiastik,"
one of the most successfui of them being Johann
Vierthaier, whose bronzes have to day acquired an
assured popuiarity and are to be found in aii the
art-salons and exhibition gaiieries of the appiied
art workshops, or " Werkstatten." They were also
seiected for embeiiishing the interiors exhibited at
the Munich Exhibition this year, bis most import


PORCBLAtN FtGURE BY HUGO F. KJRSCH

ant work, a hgure of a dancing giri with a tambou-
rine, being one which served this purpose. The
great share of success which has faiien to Vier-
thaler is by no means the outcome of happy chance;
it is the weii-earned reward of iabour, ever striving
to attain perfection. His favourite is the
unciothed human body—and especiaiiy the comeiy


PORCELAIN FIGURE BY HUGO F. KIRSCH

femaie form—and one is always impressed with the
extraordinary vitaiity of his hgures, which in pose
and expression are at aii times free from any trace
of artihciaiity. L. D.
H 7TENNA.—The making of porceiain is too
\ / difhcult and eiusive to attract many artists,
\/ for to obtain the best resuits every process
* necesiary to bring the work to perfection
must be thoroughiy understood, and this demands
not only a good artist but a good craftsman. Hugo
F. Kirsch can iay ciaim to be both ; he not only
mouids but controis every manipuiation from start
to hnish. He studied at the Fachschuie in Tepiitz,
at the Kunstgewerbeschuie in Munich, and in
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