DOI Heft:
Nr. 225 (November 1915)
DOI Artikel:Studio-Talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43460#0091
Studio- Talk
“FEAST OF JORDAN, BLESSING OF THE WATERS (GALICIA)” GOUACHE BY TEODOR AXENTOWICZ
by those whose circumstances were materially
affected by the war, and that steps should be taken
to meet the situation. One of the steps proposed
was the opening of a permanent gallery where
artists could exhibit their work, and through the
joint efforts of the Ministry of Fine Arts and
Education and others interested in art the needful
arrangements were quickly made. The gallery
was thrown open to artists of every creed, and the
results have been highly successful.
The artists themselves also started a Self-Help
Society which has met with excellent results. In
this, too, the State has aided materially j rents for
studios have been paid and monetary help given
not only in the capital but also to artists residing in
the provinces, regardless of sex or nationality. This
arrangement is to remain in force till such time,
after peace is restored, as the artists are again able
to help themselves. How important such an action
is and what it means to the struggling artist whose
studio is also his home will readily be understood,
especially when it is remembered that by far the
larger number of the men have been called up for
war and that very many of the women artists have
volunteered their services in various causes con-
nected with the war. Those forced by age or
weakness to remain at home will be enabled by
this assistance to tide over a time of storm and
stress. The whole thing has been well managed
from the first, the funds available are in no way
niggardly, and the entire scheme is founded on a
firm economic basis. _
What has been done in Vienna for the painters
and sculptors of both sexes and for architects
by the Ministry of ■ Fine Arts has been done for
the decorative and applied artists by the Ministry
of Public Works under whose cognisance they
normally fall. Several exhibitions have been
held and numerous money prizes have been
awarded by way of encouraging the inventiveness
of the workers. Among other things, prizes,
amounting to some thousands of pounds, have been
awarded for the best designs for crosses, gravestones,
and other monuments to mark the resting-places
of those who have fallen on the field of battle, and
the results have justified the expenditure, for the
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“FEAST OF JORDAN, BLESSING OF THE WATERS (GALICIA)” GOUACHE BY TEODOR AXENTOWICZ
by those whose circumstances were materially
affected by the war, and that steps should be taken
to meet the situation. One of the steps proposed
was the opening of a permanent gallery where
artists could exhibit their work, and through the
joint efforts of the Ministry of Fine Arts and
Education and others interested in art the needful
arrangements were quickly made. The gallery
was thrown open to artists of every creed, and the
results have been highly successful.
The artists themselves also started a Self-Help
Society which has met with excellent results. In
this, too, the State has aided materially j rents for
studios have been paid and monetary help given
not only in the capital but also to artists residing in
the provinces, regardless of sex or nationality. This
arrangement is to remain in force till such time,
after peace is restored, as the artists are again able
to help themselves. How important such an action
is and what it means to the struggling artist whose
studio is also his home will readily be understood,
especially when it is remembered that by far the
larger number of the men have been called up for
war and that very many of the women artists have
volunteered their services in various causes con-
nected with the war. Those forced by age or
weakness to remain at home will be enabled by
this assistance to tide over a time of storm and
stress. The whole thing has been well managed
from the first, the funds available are in no way
niggardly, and the entire scheme is founded on a
firm economic basis. _
What has been done in Vienna for the painters
and sculptors of both sexes and for architects
by the Ministry of ■ Fine Arts has been done for
the decorative and applied artists by the Ministry
of Public Works under whose cognisance they
normally fall. Several exhibitions have been
held and numerous money prizes have been
awarded by way of encouraging the inventiveness
of the workers. Among other things, prizes,
amounting to some thousands of pounds, have been
awarded for the best designs for crosses, gravestones,
and other monuments to mark the resting-places
of those who have fallen on the field of battle, and
the results have justified the expenditure, for the
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