Studio: international art (54.1912)

Art School Notes

big reception-room — which
serves also as a music-room—■
the harmonious character of
the apartment is due to the
carefully selected material
used in it—mahogany furni-
ture, dark blue striped wall-
covering and window-curtains
of the same colour.

PORTRAIT OF A LITTLE GIRL BY PROF. HUGO VON HABERMANN

On the walls are such
masterpieces of decorative
painting as Fritz Erler's
allegories of the four elements,
and over the door a series of
lusty Putti by the same artist.
As proprietor of the
"Moderne Kunsthandlung,"
Herr Brakl has come into
close relations with the artists
of Munich and has been very
lavish in acquiring works by
them for the adornment of his
home. Prof. Hengeler's river
allegory, The Isar, decorates
the well of the staircase, and
is here reproduced with two
other interesting works by
contemporary painters which
have found a congenial home
here—a portrait of a little
girl by Prof. Habermann, and
(In the possession of Hen Fr. J. Braid) Franz Hoch's Serenade, one

of those exhilarating pictures

staircase well, which is so contrived as to admit ot with which Munich artists are wont to decorate
plenty of light and air. On the ground floor is the halls where they forgather to indulge in dancing
situated the large reception-room, extending the and other joyous recreations. D.
whole length of the house, and the dining-room
with its service lobby communicating with the
domestic offices in the basement. The upper
story is reserved for rooms of a more private charac- T ONDON.—The annual exhibition of selected
ter, while the attic story provides abundant ac- work by students of the L.C.C. Central

commodation for bedrooms and guest-chambers. School of Arts and Crafts, held last

Thus the entire arrangement of the house has been -■—J month at Southampton Row, was con-
well thought out, and thoughtfully adapted to the ducted upon the lines of the preceding shows at
social and personal needs of the occupants. the same institution. The arrangement was well

- enough, but as before there was nothing to guide

In the equipment of the interior Prof, von Seidl, the visitor or to help him to understand the motive
who is averse to anything in the shape of man- or meaning of the exhibition. Most of the works
nerism, has succeeded in happily combining con- were unmarked even by the name of the student,
siderations of practical utility with beauty, comfort In quality, however, the exhibition was above the
with luxury. He so designs his houses and his average level. It included a large and good col-
interiors that cultured men with a healthy feeling lection of bookbindings ; some attractive pottery
for art may feel at home in them. Thus in the of a simple kind; creditable examples of die-

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