Berthold Löffler studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna (1890-1900). From 1900 onwards he worked as a freelance painter and illustrator, became a teacher and subsequently professor at Kunstgewerbeschule (1907-1935), as well as a member of the Wiener Werkstätte (from 1907). Together with Michael Powolny he founded the Wiener Keramik in 1906, the products from which [...]
Adalbert Suchy is a listed artist; known for his miniatures, oil paintings and pastels. German by birth, he later attended the Vienna Academy de Arte. A popular portraitist and court painter, he completed many commissions for the Imperial Family.
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“”Biedermeier – The Invention of Simplicity” explores first and foremost the Albertina’s beginnings: In 1820 Archduke Charles, when moving into the palace of the Albertina, commissioned the epoch’s most comprehensive and at the same time most radical refurbishment and interior decoration project in Central Europe.” Visit the museum website.
Biedermeier – The Invention of Simplicity” explores first and foremost the Albertina’s beginnings: In 1820 Archduke Charles, when moving into the palace of the Albertina, commissioned the epoch’s most comprehensive and at the same time most radical refurbishment and interior decoration project in Central Europe.” The Milwaukee Art Museum, the Albertina in Vienna and The [...]
A samovar from our collection, Vienna, c. 1910, designed by Josef Hoffmann for the Wiener Werkstätte. Seen in various books regarding the group, this brass-plated piece was featured in Architectural Digest in May of 2007. SOLD.
The term Art Deco is derived from the title of the 1925 Parisian Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes. This famous exhibition which emphasized the Arts Decoratifs, or decorative arts, marked the zenith of the luxurious French Art Deco style. Early French Art Deco designers were inspired by Les Ballets Russes, which arrived [...]
In Europe there were two divergent tendencies within the Art Nouveau movement, one purely decorative, the so-called “floral” Art Nouveau which was very popular in Belgium and France, and its geometric counterpart, the Austrian Vienna Secession movement, with its angularity that pointed the way towards the simplicity of 20th Century Design. The Vienna Secession movement [...]
Dagobert Peche was ‘the greatest decorative genius that Austria has had since the Baroque Age’ (Berta Zuckerlandl). He studied at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna (1906) and the Academie der bildenden Künste (1908). From 1912, he worked as a freelance designer for Wiener Werkstätte with Hoffmann (1915-1923) and director of the new Wiener Werkstätte branch [...]
Kolo Moser studied at the Academieder bildenden Künste (1886-1892) and at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna (1893-1895). He was a founder member of the Vienna Secession (1897), professor at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna (1899-1918), and artistic director of the Wiener Werkstätte (1903-1907), which he co-founded. After leaving the Wiener Werkstätte, he devoted himself mainly to painting. [...]
Biedermeier – The Invention of Simplicity, an exhibition featuring 450 paintings, drawings, as well as works from all fields of decorative art, focuses on the very essence of this epoch’s artistic production. The determining features of Biedermeier art, as a counterbalance to the representational style that was dominant at the time, developed even before 1800, [...]
Empire 1796-1815 The Empire style dominated throughout Europe from 1796 to 1815. Napoleon’s conquests extended the boundaries and holdings of France. He had conquered the kingdoms of Italy, Sicily, Spain, Holland, and the Rhine Confederacy. His influence also spread indirectly to independent nations such as England, Russia, Sweden, and Austria. The great families of Europe [...]
The master craftsmen serving Rita Bucheit Ltd. are trained, reside, and work at the company’s restoration and conservation facilities in Sattelbach. Located on an expansive 55 acres in Austria, in the famous Helental Valley adjacent to the famous Biedermeier city of Baden/bei Vienna, and the former summer residence of the Kaisers and royalty of the [...]
