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DOI Artikel:Levetus, A. S.: Austrian architecture and decoration
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AUSTRIAN ARCHITECTURE AND DECORATION
succeed the late Hofrat von Scala as Director of the Austrian
Museum is a step which cannot fail to help the cause of the modern
movement in Austria. His first work was to arrange an exhibition
in the new wing of the Museum, whereby artists and manufacturers
were again brought directly into touch with one another, with excel-
lent results. Further developments may be expected at the Imperial
Arts and Crafts Schools, where Professor Alfred Roller has been
appointed Director, while the broad-minded policy of the autho-
rities of the Arbeits-Ministerium, who control everything pertaining
to decorative art and art industries, is being extended to the various
Fachschulen within the Empire. In addition to giving the pupils
the very best manual training by practised workmen, young men
from the Imperial Arts and Crafts Schools have been appointed to
give instruction in art, and are teaching the students to appreciate
the dignity of labour and its delights.
Various workshops have been opened in different parts of
Austria. Herr Schleiss and his wife (Frau Schleiss-Simandl) have
started one at Gmunden, where they are producing delightful ceramics,
such as the locality was famous for in bygone days; Professor Franz
Barwig is giving his attention to wood-carving and toys; Professor
Moser to the decoration of theatres, among other things ; and
Professor Otto Prutscher to general decorative work. The latter has
been appointed by the Government to arrange various Arts and Crafts
Exhibitions. Professor Kotera has recently designed, decorated and
equipped an hotel at Prague, while other well-known architects are
doing good work, among them Alfred Keller and Hans Prutscher.
The women-artists are also doing their share in helping to
introduce the spirit of art into everyday life. Fraulein Juta Sika
and Fraulein Theresa Trethahn are designing delightful dinner, tea,
and coffee services ; Frau Poller-Hollmann is producing admirable
bookbindings, and Fraulein Marietta Peyfuss excellent bed-linen and
leather-work. These artists all belong to a group known as the
“Wiener Kunst im Hause”; while a second society of women-workers
—the “Erste Wiener Produktiv-Genossenschaft der Absolventinnen
der K. K. Kunststicke-Reischulen ”—has been formed, which
confines itself to designing and executing embroideries.
Much has been done in architecture during the past year,
besides the work already mentioned. At the moment a heated con-
troversy is raging with regard to the site to be occupied by the
City Museum in Vienna. Originally the building was planned by
Professor Otto Wagner for the Karl’s Platz, but it seems almost
certain that he will have to revise his scheme in order to suit
another site. It is, however, encouraging to find that the public
is taking so much active interest in the matter. A. S. Levetus.
220
succeed the late Hofrat von Scala as Director of the Austrian
Museum is a step which cannot fail to help the cause of the modern
movement in Austria. His first work was to arrange an exhibition
in the new wing of the Museum, whereby artists and manufacturers
were again brought directly into touch with one another, with excel-
lent results. Further developments may be expected at the Imperial
Arts and Crafts Schools, where Professor Alfred Roller has been
appointed Director, while the broad-minded policy of the autho-
rities of the Arbeits-Ministerium, who control everything pertaining
to decorative art and art industries, is being extended to the various
Fachschulen within the Empire. In addition to giving the pupils
the very best manual training by practised workmen, young men
from the Imperial Arts and Crafts Schools have been appointed to
give instruction in art, and are teaching the students to appreciate
the dignity of labour and its delights.
Various workshops have been opened in different parts of
Austria. Herr Schleiss and his wife (Frau Schleiss-Simandl) have
started one at Gmunden, where they are producing delightful ceramics,
such as the locality was famous for in bygone days; Professor Franz
Barwig is giving his attention to wood-carving and toys; Professor
Moser to the decoration of theatres, among other things ; and
Professor Otto Prutscher to general decorative work. The latter has
been appointed by the Government to arrange various Arts and Crafts
Exhibitions. Professor Kotera has recently designed, decorated and
equipped an hotel at Prague, while other well-known architects are
doing good work, among them Alfred Keller and Hans Prutscher.
The women-artists are also doing their share in helping to
introduce the spirit of art into everyday life. Fraulein Juta Sika
and Fraulein Theresa Trethahn are designing delightful dinner, tea,
and coffee services ; Frau Poller-Hollmann is producing admirable
bookbindings, and Fraulein Marietta Peyfuss excellent bed-linen and
leather-work. These artists all belong to a group known as the
“Wiener Kunst im Hause”; while a second society of women-workers
—the “Erste Wiener Produktiv-Genossenschaft der Absolventinnen
der K. K. Kunststicke-Reischulen ”—has been formed, which
confines itself to designing and executing embroideries.
Much has been done in architecture during the past year,
besides the work already mentioned. At the moment a heated con-
troversy is raging with regard to the site to be occupied by the
City Museum in Vienna. Originally the building was planned by
Professor Otto Wagner for the Karl’s Platz, but it seems almost
certain that he will have to revise his scheme in order to suit
another site. It is, however, encouraging to find that the public
is taking so much active interest in the matter. A. S. Levetus.
220