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
This collection consists of postcards with color lithograph fashion illustrations by Mela Koehler, Maria Likarz and Edouard Joseph Wimmer-Wisgrill; the majority have Wiener Werkstätte graphics on the reverse. Most of the Koehler cards are a series of six designs created on the occasion of a Wiener Werkstätte fashion show held in April 1911.