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Studio-Talk
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Studio-Talk
CRUET-STAND IN POLISHED SILVER AND MALACHITE.
DESIGNED BY PROF. JOSEF HOFFMANN, EXECUTED
BY THE WIENER WERKSTATTE
also craftsmen or craftswomen is steadily increasing,
and this is a sign which cannot be too heartily wel-
comed. The entire arrangement of the exhibition
was in the hands of Architect Carl Witzmann, now
a professor in the school attached to the museum,
who again showed refined taste and capability in
adapting the monumental hall to the requirements
of this exhibition.
Apart from the various interiors, such as drawing-
rooms, dining-rooms, living-rooms, bedrooms, etc.,
by various modern architects, numerous objects
were shown which were designed by artists in all
parts of the empire, thus proving how the modern
movement in architecture and applied art is being
fostered in distant parts of Austria. This is largely
owing to the policy of the Education Department
in appointing as professors capable men who have
received their training in the Vienna schools,
though of course the inborn talent of the Austrians
for all forms of decorative art is an important
factor.
The objects exhibited by the Wiener Werkstaette
and designed by Prof. Josef Hoffmann, E. J.
Wimmer and A. Nechansky were most beautiful in
design, and some at least could hardly have been
more perfect in workmanship. The objects shown
designer of furniture, posters, and book decorations.
In Berlin he has left permanent memorials of his
art in the sculptural decoration of the great
Wertheim stores and in the various groups which
were of various kinds, and among them were a
number of articles made for Baron Stoclet’s new
mansion in Brussels, which in its integrity is the
creation of Austrian architects, designers and crafts-
form such a fascinating
feature of the Fairy Tale
Fountain in the Friedrichs-
hain, of which some illus-
trations appeared in this
magazine a short time be-
fore his death.
VIENNA. —The
exhibition of
Applied Art
held recently
at the Austrian Museum
for Art and Industry, again
showed that much pro-
gress has been made, in
this direction, not only in
the matter of design but
also with regard to the
manipulation and execu-
tion of the designs. The
number of artists who are
CRYSTAL GOBLETS DESIGNED BY RUDOLF GURTLER AND CRYSTAL JARDINIERE
DESIGNED BY ADOLF ENGEL ; EXECUTED BY J. AND L. LOBMEYR
CRUET-STAND IN POLISHED SILVER AND MALACHITE.
DESIGNED BY PROF. JOSEF HOFFMANN, EXECUTED
BY THE WIENER WERKSTATTE
also craftsmen or craftswomen is steadily increasing,
and this is a sign which cannot be too heartily wel-
comed. The entire arrangement of the exhibition
was in the hands of Architect Carl Witzmann, now
a professor in the school attached to the museum,
who again showed refined taste and capability in
adapting the monumental hall to the requirements
of this exhibition.
Apart from the various interiors, such as drawing-
rooms, dining-rooms, living-rooms, bedrooms, etc.,
by various modern architects, numerous objects
were shown which were designed by artists in all
parts of the empire, thus proving how the modern
movement in architecture and applied art is being
fostered in distant parts of Austria. This is largely
owing to the policy of the Education Department
in appointing as professors capable men who have
received their training in the Vienna schools,
though of course the inborn talent of the Austrians
for all forms of decorative art is an important
factor.
The objects exhibited by the Wiener Werkstaette
and designed by Prof. Josef Hoffmann, E. J.
Wimmer and A. Nechansky were most beautiful in
design, and some at least could hardly have been
more perfect in workmanship. The objects shown
designer of furniture, posters, and book decorations.
In Berlin he has left permanent memorials of his
art in the sculptural decoration of the great
Wertheim stores and in the various groups which
were of various kinds, and among them were a
number of articles made for Baron Stoclet’s new
mansion in Brussels, which in its integrity is the
creation of Austrian architects, designers and crafts-
form such a fascinating
feature of the Fairy Tale
Fountain in the Friedrichs-
hain, of which some illus-
trations appeared in this
magazine a short time be-
fore his death.
VIENNA. —The
exhibition of
Applied Art
held recently
at the Austrian Museum
for Art and Industry, again
showed that much pro-
gress has been made, in
this direction, not only in
the matter of design but
also with regard to the
manipulation and execu-
tion of the designs. The
number of artists who are
CRYSTAL GOBLETS DESIGNED BY RUDOLF GURTLER AND CRYSTAL JARDINIERE
DESIGNED BY ADOLF ENGEL ; EXECUTED BY J. AND L. LOBMEYR