DOI issue:
No. 248 (November 1913)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21208#0174
Studio-Talk
elite of thought, of intelligence, of an art which
possesses its own traditions, which claims as its
own that land where its ancestors have dwelt and
where their ashes lie after death, where genera-
tion by generation have been gathered up those
unconquerable resources which constitute the
character of a race, its ideal, its faith in itself, its
hope. If his admiration has reverted to Leonardo
da Vinci for beauty of form, to Correggio for softness
of flesh painting, to Titian for rich and sumptuous
colouring, and to Holbein for strength of drawing,
he may, nevertheless, himself be counted as
a disciple of the great painter of Bernwiller.
Like Henner, Zwiller has been led by his birth and
inclinations to sound the depths of the Alsacian
character ; both painters have breathed and dreamed
under the same skies ; they
have held enshrined in their
hearts the same tender recol-
lections, have felt the same
hopes, while having each
one his own ideal to be at
length adapted and de-
veloped in harmony with
his own especial faculties.
Here we have an explana-
tion of their artistic affinities.
The career of this artist
proceeds with sureness, and
with tranquil faith in the
future. The future will
surely fulfil our expectations
and itwill then be recognised
what unsuspected reserves
of energy and talent are
latent in the depths of the
Alsacian conscience.
L. H.
ERLIN. — With
the completion of
the “ Marchen-
Brunnen,” or
Fairy-tale Fountain, at the
entrance to the Friedrichs-
hain Park, Berlin, a few
weeks ago, a unique ad-
dition has been made to the
amenities of the capital. It
was an idea entirely in har-
mony with the social spirit
of the times to erect a really
artistic monument which
should before all give joy
to multitudes of poor children, and this considera-
tion dictated the fixing of the site on The north-
eastern outskirts of the city and also the choice of
Stadt-Baurat Ludwig Hoffmann as designer-in-
chief. The successor of Messel was the right man
for such a task, as his principal works, the Virchow
Hospital, the Home for Old Men at Buch near
Berlin, as well as his public baths and schools, not
only amply demonstrated his unusual capabilities
as an architect, but also evinced a strong social
note. The plans for the laying out of the fountain
and its grounds have been maturing for something
like sixteen years. Prof. Ignatius Taschneriwas en-
trusted with the execution of the fairy-tale groups,
Josef Rauch with the animals, and Prof. Georg
AVrba with the border figures and those for the
” ONE OF THE GROUPS FORMING THE FAIRY-TALE FOUNTAIN
BY IGNATIUS TASCHNER
“ RED RIDING-HOOD,
IN THE FRIEDR1CHSHA1N PARK, BERLIN.
elite of thought, of intelligence, of an art which
possesses its own traditions, which claims as its
own that land where its ancestors have dwelt and
where their ashes lie after death, where genera-
tion by generation have been gathered up those
unconquerable resources which constitute the
character of a race, its ideal, its faith in itself, its
hope. If his admiration has reverted to Leonardo
da Vinci for beauty of form, to Correggio for softness
of flesh painting, to Titian for rich and sumptuous
colouring, and to Holbein for strength of drawing,
he may, nevertheless, himself be counted as
a disciple of the great painter of Bernwiller.
Like Henner, Zwiller has been led by his birth and
inclinations to sound the depths of the Alsacian
character ; both painters have breathed and dreamed
under the same skies ; they
have held enshrined in their
hearts the same tender recol-
lections, have felt the same
hopes, while having each
one his own ideal to be at
length adapted and de-
veloped in harmony with
his own especial faculties.
Here we have an explana-
tion of their artistic affinities.
The career of this artist
proceeds with sureness, and
with tranquil faith in the
future. The future will
surely fulfil our expectations
and itwill then be recognised
what unsuspected reserves
of energy and talent are
latent in the depths of the
Alsacian conscience.
L. H.
ERLIN. — With
the completion of
the “ Marchen-
Brunnen,” or
Fairy-tale Fountain, at the
entrance to the Friedrichs-
hain Park, Berlin, a few
weeks ago, a unique ad-
dition has been made to the
amenities of the capital. It
was an idea entirely in har-
mony with the social spirit
of the times to erect a really
artistic monument which
should before all give joy
to multitudes of poor children, and this considera-
tion dictated the fixing of the site on The north-
eastern outskirts of the city and also the choice of
Stadt-Baurat Ludwig Hoffmann as designer-in-
chief. The successor of Messel was the right man
for such a task, as his principal works, the Virchow
Hospital, the Home for Old Men at Buch near
Berlin, as well as his public baths and schools, not
only amply demonstrated his unusual capabilities
as an architect, but also evinced a strong social
note. The plans for the laying out of the fountain
and its grounds have been maturing for something
like sixteen years. Prof. Ignatius Taschneriwas en-
trusted with the execution of the fairy-tale groups,
Josef Rauch with the animals, and Prof. Georg
AVrba with the border figures and those for the
” ONE OF THE GROUPS FORMING THE FAIRY-TALE FOUNTAIN
BY IGNATIUS TASCHNER
“ RED RIDING-HOOD,
IN THE FRIEDR1CHSHA1N PARK, BERLIN.