DOI Heft:
No. 136 (July, 1904)
DOI Artikel:Levetus, A. S.: Professor Hoffmann's artist colony, Vienna
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19882#0153
The Vienna Artisfs Coloity
PORTION OF A TEA-SET DECORATED IN GOLD PASTE BY ARTHUR SCOTT
(See article on " Co-ordinated Art Education at Burslem'')
One is grey-blue, with drapery and hangings of placed the pictures which relieve the uniformity of
white linen with graduated blue spots ; another has the room. In this hall, too, Professor Hoffmann
flowers of the spotted or striped material on a plain has, by his judicious use of space at his control,
white ground. The furniture is stained bright achieved a fine piece of architecture, and at
rosewood colour, and the hangings are of white the same time given a sensation of home, a place
dimity spotted red. to live in in company with others, or by oneself
A good use has been made of white linen alone. The study is maple enamelled white, with
stencilled with a simple geometrical design in blue black lines and black steel fittings. The writing-
for panelling the bath-room, the prevailing tones of table is contrived both for use and ornament,
which are white and blue. Lead fillings have also The neat contrivance for documents and papers
been used with advantage for ornamentation, for gives an air of business to the whole. The orna-
this relieves the bareness of the rough, mortar- mental stripes of the windows in the cupboard
covered walls. above are repeated in the window curtains, and
The hall of Dr. Spitzer's house runs the whole again in the lines of the carpet; it is as though
length of the frontage of the building. The stair- each particular thought and colour were reflected
case breaks the line of the one long side, in the other. Another part of the same room
To the right this leads to the dining
and other rooms ; to the left is a kind
of platform where the grand piano
stands—an excellent point of vantage
for the performer. The fireplace is at
the far end of the room, so that it is
fully seen on entering. It is of copper
and oxidised lead. On either side are
ottomans upholstered to serve for seats.
In Herr Moll's house the hall has
ingle seats, recalling the times of wood
fires. The library is just a mere passage
leading from the hall; while Dr. Spitzer's
is formed of a deep recess in the hall
itself. The furniture and high wains-
cotting is stained grey - black, the
latter having a kind of intarsia or
beadwork of yellow maple. Above
the wainscottmg and inserted in it are (See article on " Co-ordinatea Art Education at Burslem")
131
PORTION OF A TEA-SET DECORATED IN GOLD PASTE BY ARTHUR SCOTT
(See article on " Co-ordinated Art Education at Burslem'')
One is grey-blue, with drapery and hangings of placed the pictures which relieve the uniformity of
white linen with graduated blue spots ; another has the room. In this hall, too, Professor Hoffmann
flowers of the spotted or striped material on a plain has, by his judicious use of space at his control,
white ground. The furniture is stained bright achieved a fine piece of architecture, and at
rosewood colour, and the hangings are of white the same time given a sensation of home, a place
dimity spotted red. to live in in company with others, or by oneself
A good use has been made of white linen alone. The study is maple enamelled white, with
stencilled with a simple geometrical design in blue black lines and black steel fittings. The writing-
for panelling the bath-room, the prevailing tones of table is contrived both for use and ornament,
which are white and blue. Lead fillings have also The neat contrivance for documents and papers
been used with advantage for ornamentation, for gives an air of business to the whole. The orna-
this relieves the bareness of the rough, mortar- mental stripes of the windows in the cupboard
covered walls. above are repeated in the window curtains, and
The hall of Dr. Spitzer's house runs the whole again in the lines of the carpet; it is as though
length of the frontage of the building. The stair- each particular thought and colour were reflected
case breaks the line of the one long side, in the other. Another part of the same room
To the right this leads to the dining
and other rooms ; to the left is a kind
of platform where the grand piano
stands—an excellent point of vantage
for the performer. The fireplace is at
the far end of the room, so that it is
fully seen on entering. It is of copper
and oxidised lead. On either side are
ottomans upholstered to serve for seats.
In Herr Moll's house the hall has
ingle seats, recalling the times of wood
fires. The library is just a mere passage
leading from the hall; while Dr. Spitzer's
is formed of a deep recess in the hall
itself. The furniture and high wains-
cotting is stained grey - black, the
latter having a kind of intarsia or
beadwork of yellow maple. Above
the wainscottmg and inserted in it are (See article on " Co-ordinatea Art Education at Burslem")
131