Vienna Gallery

Spring - Summer Wind by Herta Zuckermann

Girl with her arms filled with Spring flowers - painting by child artist Herta Zuckermann, student at the Vienna School for Arts and Crafts (Professor Cizek's course). Frantz Cizek was an artist teacher and reformer of art education-he opened his Juvenile Art Class in Vienna in 1897 and encouraged his students aged 5-14 years old to express themselves freely in an unencumbered atmosphere -some of the results are outstanding this being one of the works by pupil 14 year old Herta Zuckermann of a young girl gathering spring flowers Date: 1920

Quarry Hill Flats

Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, were modelled on the Karl Marx Hof flats in Vienna, Austria. The steel frame and concrete clad buildings were demolished 1978 Date: built late 1930s

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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Young girl asleep surrounded by her toys by Irene Probst

Young girl asleep surrounded by her toys - painting by child artist Irene Probst (aged 14), student at the Vienna School for Arts and Crafts (Professor Cizek's course). Frantz Cizek was an artist teacher and reformer of art education-he opened his Juvenile Art Class (Jugendkunstklasse) in Vienna in 1897 and encouraged his students aged 5-14 years old to express themselves freely in an unencumbered atmosphere -some of the results are outstanding, such as this example. Date: circa 1920