DOI issue:
No. 201 (December, 1909)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20968#0266
Studio- Talk
at Znaim. In the Zoological Gar-
dens at Schonbriinn Herr Mortl
had every opportunity of study-
ing the habits of animals, and the
various examples of his work now
reproduced show that he has pro-
fited by his observations.
The work of Fraulein Rosa Sil-
berer, the talented young Viennese
sculptor, is already well known to
readers of The Studio. The
artist now resides in Paris, and
her work has met with warm
appreciation there, among the
many commissions she has re-
ceived being one from the French
Government. Of late the artist
has sought rest from greater efforts
in the comparative calm of model-
ling portrait busts. The one re-
produced on p. 243 will serve to
show how capable she is in this
direction. It is that of Madame
Delune, the eminent Belgian 'cellist,
whose playing has been so much
admired in Paris.
, „ . . The art exhibitions in Klagen-
"horse's head" (coloured drawing) by alfons purtscher °
furt are, thanks to the untiring
efforts of Baron F. von Helldorff,
than his master he deserves nevertheless a place an artist of talent though an amateur, every year
of honour among the landscapists of the nine- becoming more widely recognised. That they have
teenth century. H. F. aroused much interest is proved by the fact that
the State has granted a subsidy for the exhibition,
VIENNA.—Some two years ago Michel and offers gold and silver medals for the artists,
Mortl, who had been a student at the thus following the example of the little city herself.
Fachschule in Villach, and later under Plans have been drawn up for a proper art gallery,
Professor Strasser at the Kunstgewerbe- but for some time at least the exhibitions must of
schule in Vienna, exhibited a fountain destined necessity continue to be held in the Gymnasium,
for a garden in Klagenfurt in Carinthia, where the which in summer is transformed into a home of
exhibition was held. This work, which was re- art. This year the transformation was performed
produced in The Studio with some notes on the by Franz Baumgartner, who may be said to have
exhibition, won warm praise for the talented young solved a difficult problem fairly well, though one
sculptor. Since that time he has been appointed missed the unity of character which was such a
to the Fachschule at Znaim in Moravia, a school prominent characteristic of the late architect,
established very long ago, and which has been Winkler, who arranged the first exhibitions.
always devoted to teaching the art of ceramic and -
porcelain making. Previously Michel Mortl had There were but few portraits, Toni Gregoritsch
been artistic manager to Herr Forster in Vienna, being perhaps the most prominent in this class of
where he gained that practical knowledge necessary work. What strikes one in his portraits is their
to everyone who wishes to become a successful fidelity and naturalness. This artist was until
designer, and afterwards he started on his own lately an officer in the Emperor Franz Josefs
account, giving up only to accept the appointment army, though he has always had a strong affection
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at Znaim. In the Zoological Gar-
dens at Schonbriinn Herr Mortl
had every opportunity of study-
ing the habits of animals, and the
various examples of his work now
reproduced show that he has pro-
fited by his observations.
The work of Fraulein Rosa Sil-
berer, the talented young Viennese
sculptor, is already well known to
readers of The Studio. The
artist now resides in Paris, and
her work has met with warm
appreciation there, among the
many commissions she has re-
ceived being one from the French
Government. Of late the artist
has sought rest from greater efforts
in the comparative calm of model-
ling portrait busts. The one re-
produced on p. 243 will serve to
show how capable she is in this
direction. It is that of Madame
Delune, the eminent Belgian 'cellist,
whose playing has been so much
admired in Paris.
, „ . . The art exhibitions in Klagen-
"horse's head" (coloured drawing) by alfons purtscher °
furt are, thanks to the untiring
efforts of Baron F. von Helldorff,
than his master he deserves nevertheless a place an artist of talent though an amateur, every year
of honour among the landscapists of the nine- becoming more widely recognised. That they have
teenth century. H. F. aroused much interest is proved by the fact that
the State has granted a subsidy for the exhibition,
VIENNA.—Some two years ago Michel and offers gold and silver medals for the artists,
Mortl, who had been a student at the thus following the example of the little city herself.
Fachschule in Villach, and later under Plans have been drawn up for a proper art gallery,
Professor Strasser at the Kunstgewerbe- but for some time at least the exhibitions must of
schule in Vienna, exhibited a fountain destined necessity continue to be held in the Gymnasium,
for a garden in Klagenfurt in Carinthia, where the which in summer is transformed into a home of
exhibition was held. This work, which was re- art. This year the transformation was performed
produced in The Studio with some notes on the by Franz Baumgartner, who may be said to have
exhibition, won warm praise for the talented young solved a difficult problem fairly well, though one
sculptor. Since that time he has been appointed missed the unity of character which was such a
to the Fachschule at Znaim in Moravia, a school prominent characteristic of the late architect,
established very long ago, and which has been Winkler, who arranged the first exhibitions.
always devoted to teaching the art of ceramic and -
porcelain making. Previously Michel Mortl had There were but few portraits, Toni Gregoritsch
been artistic manager to Herr Forster in Vienna, being perhaps the most prominent in this class of
where he gained that practical knowledge necessary work. What strikes one in his portraits is their
to everyone who wishes to become a successful fidelity and naturalness. This artist was until
designer, and afterwards he started on his own lately an officer in the Emperor Franz Josefs
account, giving up only to accept the appointment army, though he has always had a strong affection
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