New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-06

Nine Mauklcwicz's rlrlhOod-she IS still young
woman-was spent eimong artistic and n~p.rins
surroundings. NJ the home Of her father tn ccv-
crest and best people 81 Vienna accustomed
to gather. Her mother. born Baroness Won
Giocngsberg and granddaughter OF the man who
Introduced the tobacco monopoly In Austria. was
"A woman OF cultivation and early appreciated the
gift OF her daughter. When n child she was placed
under the best teachers. and all the artists in the
circle which made the Tauhcr house their trysting
place encouraged her and took the greatest In
terest in her development II was Makart who
advised her to devote herself especially TO the
decoratiye-color side Of art. At the time she had
discovered her talent for ne"dework and had
only taken up painting ont of love FOR II. the fam
being wealthy ana influential
About n dozen wears ago the young woman. who
Was famous then for her beauty as for her cev-
orucss with the brush. married VI. Mauki"wicz a
member Of an oil Scrlian family and Consul
General for his native country i'm Dresden. Her
house In the Saxon capital soon became a central
point for the artistic circles Of the city. and her
entertainments became famous enough 10 attract
people from Berlin. Vienna and Munich. There she
began the serious study of necdl"work. and soon
recognized her possibilities
The idea. however. Of producing landscape with
IN" aid of both nccdl" and brush silk back
ground first occurred 10 the genial woman in the
course Of a soiourn at Salzburg. Austria, in the
summer Of ISIS. While looking at the heavens on
"A bright August night the thought came to her to
try 10 reproduce. In necdlrwoik silk the soft
beauty OF moonlight She went To work with great
energy 10 accomplish her plan. overcoming almost
insurmountabc technical dii'icuti"s. She was sue
ccssful beyond her hopes. and year later seven
beautiful silk tapestries. twelve feet square. repre-
scntlng the ocean, lake. bay. pond. brook. spring
and waterfall. were ready Tor exhibition Anne.
MaukirwcZ finished Il short time ago tn" most
ui,tentious work ~ her lifetime tapestry repro
ducing In nccd-work and color the famous myrtle
court of tn. Alhamhra
As indicated above. n'edlcvork does not play
IN. only part I'm her tapestries. Color painting Is
also prominent factor. experimenting III" work
OF the needle A. "a foundation for the neeilcwork
she uses a rough white atlas when Ia" silk *
worked by thu needle painted with her brush
with scpia. For deep. warm shades Nine" Mau<i"-
wicI always us.s chenille: for IA" colder parts.
corloneitr. and white AMI yellow silk Tor ~"
brightest parts PdlItiu" silk Is mad" of for the
intermediate parts The artist has been Obliged 10
color many shades OF silk herself. however in
order To- the effects which she wished being I'M
able 10 purchase them IN any market. In this de-
partmcnt she has also been unusually successful.
hanged by the julicious use. Of the brush AMI the
combination forms a picture most beautiful To
behold.
Her tapestries naturally have become the source
OF u lirf'r incom" 10 the cl"V"r woman. WHO cai-
not supply the demand. At the earnest sOlIcta-
tlon OF friends and admirers she has taken "a few
pupils for instruction. II is also possih" that SHE
Will soon publish book giving her experiences
and explaining her art. In ia" work which Nine"
blity. will eyer remain unrivalled and unchal-
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