Wiener Werkstätte
Dates
- Existence: 1903–1932
Biography
Wiener Werkstätte was an artist collective founded by architect Josef Hoffmann, graphic designer and painter Koloman Moser, and their patron Fritz Waerndorfer. Their aim was to produce high-quality craftwork to fulfill all manner of everyday needs including furniture, houseware, apparel, and works of architecture. They sought to minimize the gap between designers and consumers.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Vally Wieselthier collection, 1920-1946
This collection consists of photographs, press clippings, exhibition brochures, personal papers, and sketches that relate to the career of Austrian artist Vally Wieseltheir.
Wiener Werkstätte fashion postcards, 1911-1912
This collection consists of postcards with color lithograph fashion illustrations by Mela Koehler and Edouard Joseph Wimmer-Wisgrill on the face and Wiener Werkstätte graphics on the reverse. From a series of six designs by Koehler created on the occasion of a Wiener Werkstätte fashion show held in April 1911; cards number 518A, 519-522 and 523B. Wimmer-Wisgrill cards are numbered 865 and 868.