DOI issue:
No. 164 (November, 1906)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20716#0191
Studio- Talk
CHURCH DESIGNED BY MRS. H. D. RAWNSLEY
CONGRESS EXECUTED BY MISS MITCHELL AND
BANNER OTHER LADIES
whole is surrounded by a border of black and
white, with an interlacing pattern in gold upon
it of Celtic character. The back is of cream-
white damask, bearing the words " Church
Congress." The figure of St. Kentigern was
drawn by Miss Catherine Spooner, grand-
daughter of the late Bishop Goodwin. The
banner was mounted by the Misses Pickering,
of Carlisle, and is now, we understand, deposited
in St. George's, the parish church of Barrow-in-
Furness, under the care of the archdeacon.
H. D. R.
BERLIN.—The monument called The
Last Refuge, here illustrated, is the
work of Joseph Breitkopf-Cosel, one
of the rising generation of Berlin
sculptors, and was exhibited at the recent
Berliner Kunstausstellung. Breitkopf started
as apprentice to a stonecarver at Gleiwitz, in
Silesia, his native province, and by dint of
perseverance and • winning prizes was enabled
to migrate to Berlin for a prolonged course of
study, following it up by working on various
monuments in the studios of Berlin sculptors.
After an interval as instructor in sculpture at
the Kunstgewerbeschule at Charlottenburg, he
started a studio of his own, where he has executed
a variety of work of an architectural character for
public buildings in Berlin and elsewhere. Among
his achievements of a creative character are a large
bust of the present Emperor, a statuette of Richard
Wagner, a bronze bust of a girl, medallion portraits
of Wagner and Pope Leo XIII., and numerous
pieces of statuary for churches. C. P.
At the Berlin Art Exhibition this year foreign
artists were invited to exhibit, whereas last year
they were not, owing to a feeling that prevailed
among certain sections of German artists that
native art might suffer by the admission of
"THE LAST REFUGE" BY J. BREITKOPF-COSEL
171
CHURCH DESIGNED BY MRS. H. D. RAWNSLEY
CONGRESS EXECUTED BY MISS MITCHELL AND
BANNER OTHER LADIES
whole is surrounded by a border of black and
white, with an interlacing pattern in gold upon
it of Celtic character. The back is of cream-
white damask, bearing the words " Church
Congress." The figure of St. Kentigern was
drawn by Miss Catherine Spooner, grand-
daughter of the late Bishop Goodwin. The
banner was mounted by the Misses Pickering,
of Carlisle, and is now, we understand, deposited
in St. George's, the parish church of Barrow-in-
Furness, under the care of the archdeacon.
H. D. R.
BERLIN.—The monument called The
Last Refuge, here illustrated, is the
work of Joseph Breitkopf-Cosel, one
of the rising generation of Berlin
sculptors, and was exhibited at the recent
Berliner Kunstausstellung. Breitkopf started
as apprentice to a stonecarver at Gleiwitz, in
Silesia, his native province, and by dint of
perseverance and • winning prizes was enabled
to migrate to Berlin for a prolonged course of
study, following it up by working on various
monuments in the studios of Berlin sculptors.
After an interval as instructor in sculpture at
the Kunstgewerbeschule at Charlottenburg, he
started a studio of his own, where he has executed
a variety of work of an architectural character for
public buildings in Berlin and elsewhere. Among
his achievements of a creative character are a large
bust of the present Emperor, a statuette of Richard
Wagner, a bronze bust of a girl, medallion portraits
of Wagner and Pope Leo XIII., and numerous
pieces of statuary for churches. C. P.
At the Berlin Art Exhibition this year foreign
artists were invited to exhibit, whereas last year
they were not, owing to a feeling that prevailed
among certain sections of German artists that
native art might suffer by the admission of
"THE LAST REFUGE" BY J. BREITKOPF-COSEL
171