DOI Heft:
No. 391 (October 1925)
DOI Artikel:[Studio-talk]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0274
HELSINGFORS—PRAGUE
herds as it were, convey an extraordinary
sameness ; they all suffer from the hands
and figure of a waxwork model, the
arrangement seems the same, even the
colouring ; but it is a pleasing colouring,
a careful arrangement. On closer inspec-
tion one realises that the artist has worked
hard to get an insight into the character
of the portrayed, that as far as the face and
expression are concerned he has suc-
ceeded ; but that for the rest of the
picture he has used a formula, guaranteed
to give pleasing results, provided that the
picture is displayed apart from others of
a like nature. a 0 a a
Happily for Finland Vaino Blomstedt
has not altogether abandoned landscape.
There is a joyousness about the colouring
and an angularity in the drawing oof the
work he did on the rugged island of Aland
in 1922, that prove he is well in sympathy
with Scandinavian lands, for on the same
canvas he has caught the short gloriousness
of summer, and foretold the long bitter-
ness of winter. C. Gaisford.
268
PRAGUE.— The two book-covers by
Petra Pospisilova may be considered
as exceptionally delightful and character-
istic examples of modern Prague leather
workmanship. This mode of decorating
book-covers, which was formerly practised
principally in Vienna, is carefully cul-
tivated at the Prague Arts and Crafts
school. Since the Chechoslovakian State
has granted considerable funds for the
development of the arts and crafts, decor-
ative ornamentation has been successful
in the last few years and become indepen-
dent from the Vienna School. Under the
guidance of the Professors of the Prague
Arts and Crafts School, Messrs. Kysela,
Benes and Brunner, the national designs
of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia have
been studied and the result is that there is
already a very effective and characteristic
Prague ornamental style. 00a
The general tendencies of the Prague
Arts and Crafts, the amalgamation of the
rustic Slavic element with modern features,
eastern naive and western civilized
EOOKBINDINGS BY PETRA POS-
PISILOVA. (Internat. Exhn. of Modern
Decorative and Industrial Arts, Paris)
herds as it were, convey an extraordinary
sameness ; they all suffer from the hands
and figure of a waxwork model, the
arrangement seems the same, even the
colouring ; but it is a pleasing colouring,
a careful arrangement. On closer inspec-
tion one realises that the artist has worked
hard to get an insight into the character
of the portrayed, that as far as the face and
expression are concerned he has suc-
ceeded ; but that for the rest of the
picture he has used a formula, guaranteed
to give pleasing results, provided that the
picture is displayed apart from others of
a like nature. a 0 a a
Happily for Finland Vaino Blomstedt
has not altogether abandoned landscape.
There is a joyousness about the colouring
and an angularity in the drawing oof the
work he did on the rugged island of Aland
in 1922, that prove he is well in sympathy
with Scandinavian lands, for on the same
canvas he has caught the short gloriousness
of summer, and foretold the long bitter-
ness of winter. C. Gaisford.
268
PRAGUE.— The two book-covers by
Petra Pospisilova may be considered
as exceptionally delightful and character-
istic examples of modern Prague leather
workmanship. This mode of decorating
book-covers, which was formerly practised
principally in Vienna, is carefully cul-
tivated at the Prague Arts and Crafts
school. Since the Chechoslovakian State
has granted considerable funds for the
development of the arts and crafts, decor-
ative ornamentation has been successful
in the last few years and become indepen-
dent from the Vienna School. Under the
guidance of the Professors of the Prague
Arts and Crafts School, Messrs. Kysela,
Benes and Brunner, the national designs
of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia have
been studied and the result is that there is
already a very effective and characteristic
Prague ornamental style. 00a
The general tendencies of the Prague
Arts and Crafts, the amalgamation of the
rustic Slavic element with modern features,
eastern naive and western civilized
EOOKBINDINGS BY PETRA POS-
PISILOVA. (Internat. Exhn. of Modern
Decorative and Industrial Arts, Paris)