Studio: international art (84.1922)

RICHARD TESCHNER, DECORATIVE ARTIST

r. teschner's marionette

theatre! the stage closed

except the material out of which they are
made. It is Richard Teschner himself who
puts them into action. The whole scheme
of choreography, the scenery, the music,
everything is his. In his studio in the
XVIIIth district of Vienna all the aids he
needs are at hand — chemicals, tools,
colours, stuffs. This studio is as indi-
vidual in its being as is the artist himself.
Here the master mind of the artist, and
the skilled hand of the craftsman, are seen
working in complete unison. Here are
examples of Eastern art side by side with
objects of his own creation, quite different,
yet quite congruous with one another. a
Everywhere in the studio are reminders
of Teschner's genius. One notes what a
remarkable faculty he has for constructive
ornamentation, and how the life and soul
of it is its architectural backbone. He does

not call himself an architect, but one feels
that the architect is innate in him. His
work breathes its spirit: it is perfect in its
build. There are the books which he has
illustrated, the designs he has transferred
from his mind to the copper-plates for his
etchings, the pictures he has painted, the
beautiful pieces of furniture, the pieces of
sculpture, all bearing witness to his un-
usual creative power, his architectural
sense, and his wonderful craftsmanship.
Everywhere one looks one is unconsciously
convinced of the entire absence of all and
everything of the mechanical. One may
see the tools with which outward form is
imparted to an object, but it is the end to
which one is insensibly drawn, not to the
operative processes by which the end is
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Teschner's knowledge of and feeling for

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