!!!Cizek, Franz

b. Litoměřice, Czech Republic (then Leitmeritz), June 12, 1865, 
d. Vienna, Dec. 17, 1946, painter and art educationalist. Was the 
first to encourage the free development of spontaneous artistic 
activity in children in his school of painting and drawing. 1897 his 
school was recognized by the state and 1906 integrated into the School 
of Arts and Crafts as an experimental school (he was appointed 
teacher), from 1910 as a separate "Children's Art Class". C. strongly 
influenced the development of art education and won strong support 
especially in England and the USA. Founded the association "Kunst und 
Schule" (Art and School) and a magazine of the same name that was 
integrated into the magazine "Die Quelle" in 1922.

!Works
Papier-, Schneide- und Klebearbeiten, 1914; Weihnacht, 1922; 
Triebhaft bildendes Schaffen der Jugend (posthumous).

!Literature
L. W. Rochowanski, Die Wr. Jugendkunst, %%sup 2/%1946; 
F. C., Pionier der Kunsterziehung, ed. by the Historisches Museum 
der Stadt Wien, exhibition catalogue, 1985.



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