The Studio yearbook of decorative art (1909)

(in which he has particularly distin-
guished himself), wall-papers and
other mural decoration, tapestries,
textile fabrics, bookbindings, sten-
cils, &c. He founded, with Professor
Hoffman and others, the organisa-
tion known as the “ Wiener Werk-
statte ” to which he has devoted
much energy. Lately he has turned
his attention to theatre decoration
with considerable success. He is
a professor at the Imperial Schools
of Arts and Crafts and a member
of the Klimt group or “Kunst-
schau ” and has arranged some of
the rooms at its exhibitions. The
window designed by him illus-
trated here was executed by
Messrs. Geyling for the church at
Steinhof, near Vienna. Professor
Moser designed the new Austrian

PLASTER CAST OF A DESIGN FOR A MU-
SIC ROOM PANEL BY ESTHER M. MOORE
British Exhibition held in London
last year, the Royal Academy and
the Paris Salon ; a group in plas-
ter, “The Merman,” exhibited at
the New Gallery ; a plaster relief,
“ A little Spirit of Dreams,” ex-
hibited at the Royal Academy and
afterwards executed in marble;
and a group in plaster, “Youth’s
Dream of Joy,” exhibited at the
New Gallery. The panel for a music
room illustrated here was also ex-
hibited at the New Gallery, and
at the Walker Art Gallery, Liver-
pool last year.

MOSER, Professor Kolo,
Landstrasse, Vienna, III.
Professor Moser is one of the
leaders of the modern school of de-
sign in Austria, and his influence
on the decorative work being pro-
duced in that country is consider-
able. He calls himself a designer
of surface ornament; this, however,
includes a wide field—stained glass




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STAIRCASE WINDOW DESIGNED BY W. MEIKLE AND
A. RIGBY GREY, EXECUTED BY WM. MEIKLE AND SONS

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