Studio: international art (37.1906)

Otto Prntscher

which their designs are to
he carried out, and without
this very necessary supple-
mentary knowledge the
results would be, to say, the
least, queer in the majority
of cases.

Otto Prutscher is natu-
rally against turning out
furniture and other objects
by dozens. Here, again, the
question of expense comes
in. There is nothing more
deadly dull than going
through large magazines
and shops, and seeing the
same designs — dozens of
them just alike but for the
difference in the kind of
wood or other material of writing table and chair designed by otto prutscher

which the article is made. executed by a. popischil

His ambition is a worthy

one—that is, to make it possible for even
those less well endowed with that very

....... ........... necessary factor in life, cash, to have

homes that are artistic in the truest sense
■■■■B of the word. He is young, and to dream

is the privilege of youth. It is only later

_j^-j— ' /fa. that one rises to the futility of dreams

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modern rests with the middle-class,
but they need educating. They are worth
educatingtoo; nothing proves this here in
Vienna more than the rush for the modern
during the past five or six years. But it
behoves those who cater for this class to
be very careful only to produce really
good things, perfect in design and work-
manship. If the public are taught how
to distinguish true art from the many
varieties of false, they will appreciate
each at its proper value. True, it costs
more to produce superior articles, but
the expense is only an initial one, for in
this, as in other things, in the long run
• good articles are cheaper—and, more-

over, they often come to have an intrinsic:
worth of their own. And this is what
^■-^!2^^r^Zrrrfjf^'^. Prutscher, in his inexperience, hopes to

achieve. The way has been shown, and

easy chair designed by j .

and cabinet • otto prutsciiek the smaller firms by employing young

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