Studio: international art (82.1921)

STUDIO-TALK

and beard derived from the bronze
technique. And in his unwearying creative
energy he now leaves the heroic male
figures in order to cultivate Aphrodite,
Eros and Psyche in works which as
examples of plastic imaginativeness would
excite attention anywhere. S. Michaelis.

PRAGUE.—Professor Jan Kotera will be
remembered by many readers of
The Studio as one of the foremost
architects and decorators of this country,
where he has exercised great influence
on the rising generation, whose training
he has watched over at our School of Arts
and i Crafts. Whatever task he may be
confronted with, he is equal to it, and the
memorial designed by him for a family
grave in the Central Cemetery of Prague
is evidence of his good judgment and taste,

for the work is marked by great dignity
and is free from any suggestion of ostenta-
tious display. The materials used are a
kind of grey limestone and yellow slate.
Jan Stursa, who has contributed the
sculptural decoration, is an artist of
distinguished talent. P. C.

Some years before the war a group of
Czech artists gathered together to promote
and develop their own Czech applied art.
Their name, " Artel," was to suggest
the self-helping corporation of Russian
workers. In practice the undertaking
came near to failure. The great public,
totally unprepared and still accustomed
to the sentimental or tasteless products
of the local industry, did not grasp the
rejuvenating tendencies of the young
artists. However, the enthusiasm of the