Studio: international art (55.1912)

Studio-Talk

aim is the creation of a
pure new German pillow-
lace based on the old
techniques. She is con-
vinced that a real revival
of lace-making can only
be brought about by new
patterns and new technical
procedures, and modestly
considers her work only a
beginning.

The Kiinstlerhaus has
honoured the eightieth
birthday of Count Fer-
dinand Harrach by a com-
prehensive exhibition ofhis
works, which gave much
enjoyment to all friends of
sound workmanship and
eagle by otto eichter noble conception. J. J.

Much is being done in
Germany now for the
furtherance of the old lace
industry. Pillow - lace
especially is being taken
up by the Deutsche
Spitzenschule in Berlin
and the old centres in
Saxony and Bavaria.
Fraulein Leni Matthaei, a
resident of Hanover, is
very successful with her
designs, which are dis-
tinguished by simplicity
and symmetry. ' She com-
menced with autodidactic
attempts, studying the
handbook by T. Frau-
berger, and then pursued
her studies in the Ecole
de Dentelle in Paris. Her

EAGLE FOR THE BOUECKER MONUMENT, BERLIN

BY OTTO RICHTER

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Marie von Brockhusen, Alice Plehn, Lina Haus- Reinhold Koeppel, whose landscape Wittier
mann, Clara Gumpertz, and Anna Gumlich-Kempf Evening is here reproduced, belongs to the
betrayed diversity of tem
perament. Many good
items were to be noted in
the graphic section, and
among some plastic works
of merit preference must
be given to a group by
Adele Paasch.