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A Christmas fairy flying over a graveyard

Print
c. 1910-1922 (made)
Artist/Maker
Stoi, Elli (artist)
Place of origin
Austria (made)

Print depicting a fairy flying over a graveyard.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Children & Childhood
Made by Children
Object type
Print
TitleA Christmas fairy flying over a graveyard (generic title)
Materials and techniques
linocut print on paper
Paper (Fiber Product)
Linocut
Brief description
A fairy flying over a graveyard, linocut, Elli Stoi, Austria, early 20th century
Physical description
Print depicting a fairy flying over a graveyard.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.25in
  • Width: 8.25in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1923, London: Board of Education, 1925.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Elly Stoi 12 y (signed in pencil)
  • S (reversed) E (signed)
Credit line
Given by Professor Cizek
Object history
Elli Stoi was a student in Professor Franz Cizek's Jugendkunstklasse. Professor Cizek (1865-1946) was initially a genre and portrait painter but became involved with the reform of art education in the early 20th Century. He saw the artistic individuality of a child as characterized by instinctual responses and based his teaching theory around this. In 1897 he founded a school called the Jugendkunstklasse ('Children's art class') for children from the age of three upwards, and in 1904 it was incorporated into the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule), where he taught until 1934.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1923, London: Board of Education, 1925.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3340-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O769027/a-christmas-fairy-flying-over-print-stoi-elli/
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