Wiener Werkstätte: Arts/Crafts 1903-1932
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Keyword: 1903-1932, design, art, craft, Gesamtkunstwerk, Wiener Werkstätte
Artists included: Matilde Flögl, Josef Frank, Josef Hoffmann, Gustav Klimt, Maria Likarz, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche, Felice Rix-Ueno,Vally Wieselthier among othersSize: 170×240 mm
Pages: 120
Format: Softcover
Language: Swedish/English
Illustration: in colour and b/w
Editor: Martin Liljekvist
Preface: Lilli Hollein, Sara Källström
Text: Anne-Katrin-Rossberg, Jan Norrman
Book design: Samuel Voigt Lind
Printing: TMG
Publisher: Millesgården Museum
Pub Year: 2024
Weight: 269 gr
ISBN: 9789153116479
Exhibition: Millesgården Museum 2024
Description
Article no.: 9789153116479
A comprehensive look at the active years of Wiener Werkstätte. This publication accompanies the exhibitioat Millesgården Museum.
From the publisher:
Vienna in 1900 was a melting pot of creativity. Composer Gustav Mahler underwent psychoanalysis with Sigmund Freud, while Gustav Klimt’s life partner Emilie Flöge founded the Schwestern Flöge fashion salon and was the subject of Klimt’s iconic work ‘The Kiss’.
In this atmosphere, the artist and craftsman collective Wiener Werkstätte was established by architect Josef Hoffmann, artist Koloman Moser and patron Fritz Waerndorfer in 1903. They questioned the progress of industrialisation and were dedicated to promoting the status of craftsmen and the value of their craftsmanship. Art and design would encompass a wide range of media from architecture, furniture, fashion and jewellery to toys and functional items.
The idea of eliminating the distinction between art and craft would also become central to Swedish architecture and design. The Wiener Werkstätte exhibition at Millesgården is the first comprehensive presentation of this important period of art and design history to a Swedish audience.
The exhibition is a cooperation between the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna and Millesgården Museum.
From the publisher:
Vienna in 1900 was a melting pot of creativity. Composer Gustav Mahler underwent psychoanalysis with Sigmund Freud, while Gustav Klimt’s life partner Emilie Flöge founded the Schwestern Flöge fashion salon and was the subject of Klimt’s iconic work ‘The Kiss’.
In this atmosphere, the artist and craftsman collective Wiener Werkstätte was established by architect Josef Hoffmann, artist Koloman Moser and patron Fritz Waerndorfer in 1903. They questioned the progress of industrialisation and were dedicated to promoting the status of craftsmen and the value of their craftsmanship. Art and design would encompass a wide range of media from architecture, furniture, fashion and jewellery to toys and functional items.
The idea of eliminating the distinction between art and craft would also become central to Swedish architecture and design. The Wiener Werkstätte exhibition at Millesgården is the first comprehensive presentation of this important period of art and design history to a Swedish audience.
The exhibition is a cooperation between the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna and Millesgården Museum.