Austrian Art Nouveau

Is synonymous with the Vienna Sezession

To “secede” means to break away

Members wanted to rebel against the Royal Academy

They built their own gallery to display their work

This is the Sezession Galleryby architect Joseph Maria Olbrich 1898 - 99

“To each time, its art; to art, its liberty."

Secession Gallery

Secession Gallery

Austrian Art Nouveau

• Josef Hoffmann 1870 - 1956• Wiener Werkstätte (1903)

– “Vienna Workshop”• Non-historical design

– craftsmen & artist designers• furniture, wall papers, etc

• Hofmann designs =– Geometric: black & white

1903

Hoffmann & Thonet

• Hoffmann designed chairs• Thonet manufactured them

www.moebel.at/AUSWAHL/E/MOEBEL/wrstuhl.htm

1904

Accessories

Fruit basket, 1904 - silver

Wienerwerkstatte

Wiener Werkstätte

c.1914.

Josef Hoffmann

It is easy to see why Hoffmann designs are still in demand

Vienna Workshop

1908

The Sitzmachine - 1905• Reclining chair

– Ratchet design

Post Office Chairs

http://arch.ou.edu/arch/5453/Richard2/Post%20Office%20Savings%20Bank.jpg

Josef Hoffman

Rocking Chair, 1905, Austria

Fledermaus

http://www.architonic.com/ ca 1905, beechwood

Fledermaus Chair & Table, 1907

These pieces recently sold at auction for $9,723 www.christies.com

FledermausVariations

www.thonet.co.at/jugara.jpg

Design Variations

1907

1908

1906

Hoffmann

c. 1909

Palais Stoclet

Hoffmann 1905-11

Palais Stoclet Hoffmann 1905-11

The frieze that Sezession artist Gustav Klimt designed for the dining room was executed according to his instructions by the artisans of the Wiener Werkstätte.

Palais StocletFurniture

Cubus Chair & Sofa1910

Koller Chair -1911

Gallia Sofa & Chair

1913

German Art Nouveau - Jugendstil

www.schuitema-furniture.com/uk/lines/jugendstil.html