DOI Heft:
Nr. 116 (November 1902)
DOI Artikel:Fred, Alfred W.: The International Exhibition of Decorative Art at Turin, the Austrian section
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19877#0145
Turin Exhibition
designed by k. moser. executed
by messrs. bakalowitz
the readers of The Studio, and another
by the architect, Baurath Baumann.
What chiefly strikes us in this house,
besides the absence of any kind of study
• or workroom, is the lack of character
and individuality in any of the rooms.
It is quite impossible to picture to one-
self what sort of men and women would
inhabit this completely furnished abode
consequently the very first law of modern
comfort and taste—that the dwelling and
the inhabitants should harmonise—is
neglected, since these rooms are exhibi-
tion rooms and nothing more. And it
must be said that the much abused
exhibition of the Darmstadt coterie of
artists, which was carried out on the
same principles, fulfilled its purpose far
better.
In the Austrian kiosk a quantity of
ornamental objects of very high quality
are shown. For instance, the glass made
by the Vienna firms of Bakalowitz and
Lobmeyer. The latter exhibit a patera-
shaped glass executed by R. Marschall,
engraved in patterns of remarkable ele-
gance. Bakalowitz's work is for the most
are happily spared any eccentricities. Another part carried out from designs produced in Professor
reception room, by Jacob and Josef Kohn, of Moser's school; and, as we might expect from that
Vienna, displays the appli-
cation of the modern
invention of bent wood,
which has for many
years been an Austrian
speciality, though it is
only lately that artists
have hit on the idea
that the process by
which any curve can be
given to wood is partic-
ularly applicable to
the modern taste for
" line." In this room, too,
we note with pleasure a
remarkably good coloured
window by Koloman
Moser, who unfortunately,
with this exception, has
kept aloof with the other
Secessionists.
On the first floor we
find a bedroom decorated
by Baron Krauss, whose
work is already known to bronze figure by gurschner
133
designed by k. moser. executed
by messrs. bakalowitz
the readers of The Studio, and another
by the architect, Baurath Baumann.
What chiefly strikes us in this house,
besides the absence of any kind of study
• or workroom, is the lack of character
and individuality in any of the rooms.
It is quite impossible to picture to one-
self what sort of men and women would
inhabit this completely furnished abode
consequently the very first law of modern
comfort and taste—that the dwelling and
the inhabitants should harmonise—is
neglected, since these rooms are exhibi-
tion rooms and nothing more. And it
must be said that the much abused
exhibition of the Darmstadt coterie of
artists, which was carried out on the
same principles, fulfilled its purpose far
better.
In the Austrian kiosk a quantity of
ornamental objects of very high quality
are shown. For instance, the glass made
by the Vienna firms of Bakalowitz and
Lobmeyer. The latter exhibit a patera-
shaped glass executed by R. Marschall,
engraved in patterns of remarkable ele-
gance. Bakalowitz's work is for the most
are happily spared any eccentricities. Another part carried out from designs produced in Professor
reception room, by Jacob and Josef Kohn, of Moser's school; and, as we might expect from that
Vienna, displays the appli-
cation of the modern
invention of bent wood,
which has for many
years been an Austrian
speciality, though it is
only lately that artists
have hit on the idea
that the process by
which any curve can be
given to wood is partic-
ularly applicable to
the modern taste for
" line." In this room, too,
we note with pleasure a
remarkably good coloured
window by Koloman
Moser, who unfortunately,
with this exception, has
kept aloof with the other
Secessionists.
On the first floor we
find a bedroom decorated
by Baron Krauss, whose
work is already known to bronze figure by gurschner
133