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ART  ED  UCATION.

The  School  for  Woodcarving  at  Groden  exkibited  ornamental
carvings,  and  a  “  Christ  on  tke  cross,”  perfectly  correct  auatomically.

The  Training-Shop  for  Woodcarving  (of  Sebastian  Steiner)  in
Innsbruck  (established  1872)  was  represented  by  ornamental  pieces
—  animals  and  smaller  fignres  —  whick  left  nothing  to  b'e  desired
in  the  technical  mastery  of  the  material,  but  were  treated  entirely
in  the  traditional  Swiss  style.
Training-Shop  for  Wood-Industry  in  Imst  (established  1872).—
The  effort  to  attain  style  is  perceptible  in  the  Ornaments,  but  the
forms  are  somewkat  heavy  and  flat.  Very  pretty  flgure-studies
were  shown;  and  it  is  worthy  of  praise,  that  antique  models  have
beeil  selected.
The  Woodcarving  School  at  Mondsee,  and  the  Special  School  for
Woodcarving  and  for  Marble-Industry  at  Hallstadt,  are  young
institutions  as  j*et,  and  must  for  the  present  cultivate  elementary
drawing,  of  which  very  respectable  results  indeed  were  shown.
In  the  Woodcarving  School  at  Hallein  (established  1871)  drawing ­
  is  taught  in  two  divisions  ;  Ornament  (according  to  Herdtle  and
Taubinger 1 )  being  treated  in  Class  I.,  while  in  Class  II.  it  is  continued
  in  light  and  shade  from  simple  plaster  models.  In  the  shading
  the  necessary  technical  knowledge  is  wanting;  the  modelling
is  quite  prett}^.  In  the  woodcarvings  the  naturalistic  Swiss  style
indeed  still  prevails,  but  a  tendency  towards  more  clearly  defined
(Renaissance)  forms  is  already  perceptible  here  and  there.
The  drawings  of  the  Woodcarving  School  at  Gmünd  exhibited
very  pretty  results  in  part;  but  they  allowed  no  insight  into  the
method  of  teaching,  as  the  most  imperfect  productions  were  to  be
seen  directly  alongside  of  the  perfect.
The  Woodcarving  School  at  Wallern  (Bohemia),  opened  only  in
January,  1873,  gave  evidence,  in  the  work  of  its  pnpils,  that  the
true  method  in  drawing  is  there  followed.  The  Ornaments  with
the  pencil  and  the  pen  were  correctly  and  neatly  executed;  the
linear  drawings  were  somewhat  weaker.
The  School  for  Wood-Industry  at  Tachau  likewise  exhibited
1  Herdtle  and  Taubinger.—  Of  tlie  drawing-copies  liere  alluded  to,  tliose  t>y
E.  Herdtle  enjoy  a  very  excellent  reputation  all  over  Gennany.  Further
information  coneeming  tlieni  will  be  found  ander  “  Wurtemberg.”—  Transl.