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Nr. 187 (October 1908)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
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Studio-Talk
application. The celadon
hues of colourism do not
seem congruous with this
exclusively personal cha-
racter. Margarete von
Brauchitsch cultivates a
geometrical style of de-
sign. She chooses strong
and simple colours, violet
and green, black and
green, brown and white
for her linen ground.
She can be graceful or
strong, rich or sparing,
but she appears always
reliable and uniform.
Else Oppler attains a
genial expression in her
yellow linen cushion, with
corner of Florence tessie hösel’s workroom black and green braid
ornaments. Professor
work by various artists. Different individualities
were here revealed, On the side of the artists ot
impulse Frau Else Wislicenus was prominent.
Every embroidery of hers bore evidence of a sound
and fertile talent. Her cushions are real marvels
of colour, and the flowery abundance that grows
out of them seems created without any precon-
ceived design. Professor Mohrbutter’s works
bear the stamp of æstheticism. He is an admirer
of choice colours and evinces a peculiar delicacy
o'f feeling and a preference for naturalistic
motives. There is a kind
of groping, tremulous style
about his designs, and in
some instances they recall
Japanese models.
Otto Gussmann from Dresden steers a somewhat
middle course. His designs are loosely composed
and yet never uncertain. He generally chooses
floral forms and distributes them pleasantly and
effectively over the surface.
Florence Jessie Hösel is considered one of the
most original workers in the field of needlework.
A truly poetic nature is revealed in her embroidered
landscapes, and places them quite on a level with
high art. Her ornamental designs for curtains,
Opposite individualities
are Professor Van der
Velde and Margarete von
Brauchitsch. With them
We enter the cooler sphere
°f logic. In the embroi-
deries of the Van der
Velde School we recognise
the heavy stamp of the
instructive will whose
Proper material is metal or
wood. Where curvature
outline does not speak
sufficiently for itself, de-
cisiveness is expressed by
WALL HANGING
BY FLORENCE JESSIE HÖSEL
73
application. The celadon
hues of colourism do not
seem congruous with this
exclusively personal cha-
racter. Margarete von
Brauchitsch cultivates a
geometrical style of de-
sign. She chooses strong
and simple colours, violet
and green, black and
green, brown and white
for her linen ground.
She can be graceful or
strong, rich or sparing,
but she appears always
reliable and uniform.
Else Oppler attains a
genial expression in her
yellow linen cushion, with
corner of Florence tessie hösel’s workroom black and green braid
ornaments. Professor
work by various artists. Different individualities
were here revealed, On the side of the artists ot
impulse Frau Else Wislicenus was prominent.
Every embroidery of hers bore evidence of a sound
and fertile talent. Her cushions are real marvels
of colour, and the flowery abundance that grows
out of them seems created without any precon-
ceived design. Professor Mohrbutter’s works
bear the stamp of æstheticism. He is an admirer
of choice colours and evinces a peculiar delicacy
o'f feeling and a preference for naturalistic
motives. There is a kind
of groping, tremulous style
about his designs, and in
some instances they recall
Japanese models.
Otto Gussmann from Dresden steers a somewhat
middle course. His designs are loosely composed
and yet never uncertain. He generally chooses
floral forms and distributes them pleasantly and
effectively over the surface.
Florence Jessie Hösel is considered one of the
most original workers in the field of needlework.
A truly poetic nature is revealed in her embroidered
landscapes, and places them quite on a level with
high art. Her ornamental designs for curtains,
Opposite individualities
are Professor Van der
Velde and Margarete von
Brauchitsch. With them
We enter the cooler sphere
°f logic. In the embroi-
deries of the Van der
Velde School we recognise
the heavy stamp of the
instructive will whose
Proper material is metal or
wood. Where curvature
outline does not speak
sufficiently for itself, de-
cisiveness is expressed by
WALL HANGING
BY FLORENCE JESSIE HÖSEL
73