DOI issue:
No. 362 (May 1923)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21397#0308
STUDIO-TALK
PRAGUE.—Formed more or less on the
lines of the “ Deutscher Werkbund ”
and with similar aims and purpose, the
u Svaz Ceskoslovenskeho Dila ” (League of
Csiecho-Slovak Work) made its first public
appearance at the exhibition organised by
its German prototype at Cologne in the
fateful year 1914 on the eve of the Great
War, which postponed any further public
manifestation of the League’s activities
until late in the autumn of 1921, when the
first home exhibition was held, the League
having in the meantime been reorganised.
The aims of this body are to bring about
a close co-operation of artists, craftsmen
and manufacturers in all branches of indus-
trial production in which art plays a part;
to extend, through their joint efforts, the
scope of art to all the multitudinous aspects
of everyday life so that art shall cease to
be the privilege of a few but the common
possession of all classes ; to insist that in
the production of an article the material
and design chosen should be in congruity
with the purpose or use which the article
is intended to fulfil and that the execution
shall be carried out in the best possible
manner and in conformity with the inten-
tions of the designer—in short, to encour-
age the craftsman to turn out wares of really
artistic quality, so as to do away with any
need for the existence of banality in our
homes and surroundings. 000
At the exhibition held here from the end
of 1921 till March, 1922, all artists, manu-
facturers and craftsmen in sympathy with
these aims of the League and the general
spirit by which it is actuated were free to
participate. The chief installation was organ-
ised by the architect, Mr. O. Novotny, and
one of the accompanying illustrations shows
the room arranged by him in which glass,
pottery, textiles, embroideries were dis-
played ; also a wall painting by Professor
Kysela, and a carpet designed by Mr.
Machou, an architect whose sound and
thoroughly modern taste was elsewhere
exemplified in the general design and
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INTERIOR ARRANGED BY O. NOVOTNY
PAINTED DECORATION BY F. KYSELA
CARPET BY L. MACHOU
PRAGUE.—Formed more or less on the
lines of the “ Deutscher Werkbund ”
and with similar aims and purpose, the
u Svaz Ceskoslovenskeho Dila ” (League of
Csiecho-Slovak Work) made its first public
appearance at the exhibition organised by
its German prototype at Cologne in the
fateful year 1914 on the eve of the Great
War, which postponed any further public
manifestation of the League’s activities
until late in the autumn of 1921, when the
first home exhibition was held, the League
having in the meantime been reorganised.
The aims of this body are to bring about
a close co-operation of artists, craftsmen
and manufacturers in all branches of indus-
trial production in which art plays a part;
to extend, through their joint efforts, the
scope of art to all the multitudinous aspects
of everyday life so that art shall cease to
be the privilege of a few but the common
possession of all classes ; to insist that in
the production of an article the material
and design chosen should be in congruity
with the purpose or use which the article
is intended to fulfil and that the execution
shall be carried out in the best possible
manner and in conformity with the inten-
tions of the designer—in short, to encour-
age the craftsman to turn out wares of really
artistic quality, so as to do away with any
need for the existence of banality in our
homes and surroundings. 000
At the exhibition held here from the end
of 1921 till March, 1922, all artists, manu-
facturers and craftsmen in sympathy with
these aims of the League and the general
spirit by which it is actuated were free to
participate. The chief installation was organ-
ised by the architect, Mr. O. Novotny, and
one of the accompanying illustrations shows
the room arranged by him in which glass,
pottery, textiles, embroideries were dis-
played ; also a wall painting by Professor
Kysela, and a carpet designed by Mr.
Machou, an architect whose sound and
thoroughly modern taste was elsewhere
exemplified in the general design and
288
INTERIOR ARRANGED BY O. NOVOTNY
PAINTED DECORATION BY F. KYSELA
CARPET BY L. MACHOU