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The
Austrian Jugendstil differs dramatically in style from the other
european styles. Vienna was the heart of an independent movement. In contrast
to the floral patterns and shapes of the french artist Charles Plumet
a special unique style was developed in Vienna.; clear lines were introduced
into architecture (Adolf Loos: Villa Steiner/ House at Michaelerplatz;
Otto Wagner: Vienna`s City Railway/ Post Office and Interior in Vienna)
as it was also introduced into furniture design (Josef Hoffmann, Kolo
Moser).
The Vienna artists joined together with writer Hermann Bahr, the painter Gustav Klimt and the architect Otto Wagner to form the „Wiener Secession“.
Main building: The Secession on Viennas Naschmarkt (called, by the Viennesse public "Goldene Krauthappel“ the Golden Cabbagecap).
Main publication of the Secession: Ver Sacrum
1903 the „Wiener Werkstätten“ were registered with the Chamber of Commerce. This was the main productions group, whose members were artists of the Secession (ie. Otto Wagner, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Michael Powolny, Josef M. Olbrich, Mathilde Floigl) and craftsmen and women.
Artistic disciplines were not seperated from each other in Jugendstil, but flowed together. The artists endeavoured to complete a "Gesamtkunstwerk" (total art work). They brought their Avant Garde ideas into all fields of art and daily life: Literature – Music – Painting – Architectur – Furniture design – Cloth weaving – Wallpaper – Lighting – Jewelry – Cutlery – Glass – Heating systems.
J. Hoffmann`s designs extend from Furniture, Materials for upholstering, Curtains (Production of these cloths by: Backhausen, which still produce today materials from the original design sheets on the original Weaving Looms!), Cutlery and Porcellan, Wine and table glasses and Ceramics.
Their appreciation of details in their work is expressed in the use of: Faceted Glass, also with Gold paint on Glasspanes, decorative and ornamented woodwork, Mother of Pearl inlays, Brass or Nickel fittings, Brass trimmings etc. Rare and expensive Woods were used: Cherry, Maple, Ash, Mahogony, Rosewood, but also Oak and Nut.
Furniture and furniture fabrics were inspired by Japanese Woodcuts: Floral shapes, Waves were transformed into soft ornamental elements, Leaves and Blossoms were schematized,Triangular trees arranged in patterns, Cupshaped buds on thin stalks, Diamondshaped patterns. An important and significant branch of Jugendstil furniture was Bentwoodfurniture.
The Vienna artists joined together with writer Hermann Bahr, the painter Gustav Klimt and the architect Otto Wagner to form the „Wiener Secession“.
Main building: The Secession on Viennas Naschmarkt (called, by the Viennesse public "Goldene Krauthappel“ the Golden Cabbagecap).
Main publication of the Secession: Ver Sacrum
1903 the „Wiener Werkstätten“ were registered with the Chamber of Commerce. This was the main productions group, whose members were artists of the Secession (ie. Otto Wagner, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Michael Powolny, Josef M. Olbrich, Mathilde Floigl) and craftsmen and women.
Artistic disciplines were not seperated from each other in Jugendstil, but flowed together. The artists endeavoured to complete a "Gesamtkunstwerk" (total art work). They brought their Avant Garde ideas into all fields of art and daily life: Literature – Music – Painting – Architectur – Furniture design – Cloth weaving – Wallpaper – Lighting – Jewelry – Cutlery – Glass – Heating systems.
J. Hoffmann`s designs extend from Furniture, Materials for upholstering, Curtains (Production of these cloths by: Backhausen, which still produce today materials from the original design sheets on the original Weaving Looms!), Cutlery and Porcellan, Wine and table glasses and Ceramics.
Their appreciation of details in their work is expressed in the use of: Faceted Glass, also with Gold paint on Glasspanes, decorative and ornamented woodwork, Mother of Pearl inlays, Brass or Nickel fittings, Brass trimmings etc. Rare and expensive Woods were used: Cherry, Maple, Ash, Mahogony, Rosewood, but also Oak and Nut.
Furniture and furniture fabrics were inspired by Japanese Woodcuts: Floral shapes, Waves were transformed into soft ornamental elements, Leaves and Blossoms were schematized,Triangular trees arranged in patterns, Cupshaped buds on thin stalks, Diamondshaped patterns. An important and significant branch of Jugendstil furniture was Bentwoodfurniture.
