Round the Exhibition
BY FROFESSOR MAX LAUGER
ROUND THE EXHIBITION—III.
"GERMAN DECORATIVE ART."
BY GABRIEL MOUREY.
Praise without reserve must be accorded to
the German artists, craftsmen, and workmen of all
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ranks for the activity they have shown at the
Exhibition. It cannot be said, of course, that
their efforts have in every case produced results
TILE BY PROFESSOR MAX LAUGER
which defy criticism; but at any rate, if the works
they exhibit are not absolutely perfect, they impress
one as being absolutely honest in intention; the
ideas they illustrate are excellent, and almost
without exception they reveal a truly characteristic
Germanic sense of decorative art. Whether this
be absolutely the best and most fully original work
that Germany can furnish I know not, and if I
hesitate in pronouncing an opinion on the point it
is because I cannot help feeling a little doubtful
BY FROFESSOR MAX LAUGER
ROUND THE EXHIBITION—III.
"GERMAN DECORATIVE ART."
BY GABRIEL MOUREY.
Praise without reserve must be accorded to
the German artists, craftsmen, and workmen of all
TILED STOVE BY PROFESSOR MAX LAUGER
44
ranks for the activity they have shown at the
Exhibition. It cannot be said, of course, that
their efforts have in every case produced results
TILE BY PROFESSOR MAX LAUGER
which defy criticism; but at any rate, if the works
they exhibit are not absolutely perfect, they impress
one as being absolutely honest in intention; the
ideas they illustrate are excellent, and almost
without exception they reveal a truly characteristic
Germanic sense of decorative art. Whether this
be absolutely the best and most fully original work
that Germany can furnish I know not, and if I
hesitate in pronouncing an opinion on the point it
is because I cannot help feeling a little doubtful