Word: cizek
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Indiscriminate encouragement of the artistic impulse in children is an evil almost as lamentable as indiscriminate repression. In Vienna, Dr. Frank Cizek (TIME, Nov. 26, 1923) has a school for juvenile artists, whose work has been exhibited in the U. S. In Manhattan, Dr. H. E. Fritz, Art Director of Stuyvesant High School, conduct. a similar class. Like Dr. Cizek, Dr. Fritz has set himself to sift the authentic from the mediocre. Several hundred children, from 6 to 16, are recommended, each month, by their teachers. They are admitted to his class on trial; none but those whose abilities...
...satire. Ed Viet, 12, and Grete Hanus, 13, model little wax figures with a profound sense of rhythm. Franz Probst, 13, has an exciting vision of the Russian Revolution. Grete Blatny, 13, paints a Tyrolese wedding party. These young people are students in the art school of Dr. Frank Cizek in Vienna...
...pestilence brought proud Austria low. But even at the nadir of her depression there were not lacking signs of a spiritual renaissance. In the whole cultural life of Vienna today, once the embodiment of Straussian color and gaiety, there is no more hopeful item than the school of Dr. Cizek, an exhibition which (now on view in Manhattan) will later tour the U. S. It has already been shown in England...
...Vienna, happy faces are rare. But at Dr. Cizek's school, a great, bare studio room near the Graben, 60 shabby boys and girls from rich and poor families alike are intently interested in what they are doing and obviously happy. The children choose their own subjects and media. They play, eat, bring their pets when they want to. Cizek's genius is in knowing how to keep his hands off. He encourages, suggests, advises rarely, but always the children draw and paint only what they feel. "If it were possible," says he, "I would have my school...
...Cizek says four is not too young to start active work. Then they are unspoiled by comic strips and jazz. For 20 years he has been turning out successful artists, but only as a by-product of a school where creative expression is the real goal...