Studio: international art (40.1907)

Studio- Talk

CLOCK DESIGNED BY WALTER ORTLIEB

EXECU1ED IN BRONZE BY G. KRUGER

MANNHEIM.—Three hundred years have
passed since the foundation of the town
of Mannheim (1607), and this event is
to be celebrated this summer by a
grand International Art and Horticultural Exhibi-
tion. By means of a generous legacy, the gift of an
art-loving citizen, and a large contribution voted by
the town, a splendid Art Gallery has been erected
under the direction of Herr H. Billing, of Karlsruhe,
who by his original and practical style has made a
name as one of the most capable German architects.
One of the many interesting features of the exhibi-
tion will be the contributions of the art workshops
(Kiinstlerwerkstatten) of Munich and Vienna, for
which, as for all such exhibits from other towns and
countries, special compartments will be allotted.

In order to encourage the recent efforts which
have been made in connection with the laying-out

of gardens in the new “ villa-quarter ” of the town,,
and to come into touch with the highest horticul-
tural art, a suitable and extensive site of land
has been appointed for this department of the
exhibition.

Professor M. Lauger, well known by his excellent
pottery work, has planned the buildings for this
portion of the exhibition and superintended the
arrangement of the grounds. In addition to the
ornamental gardens there will be special plots laid
out by Professor P. Behrens of Diisseldorf and a
pupil of Professor J. Olbrich, both of whom are-
members of the Darmstadt colony. The former
will design a garden theatre in modern style, and
Professor Schultze - Naumburg will plan “colour-
gardens,” i.e., gardens in which only one colour is
introduced. However, amongst all these artistic

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