Vase
1905-1910 (made)
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Josef Hoffmann studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Carl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner and was influenced by their theories of a functional, modernist architecture. After winning the Rome prize in 1895 and joining Wagner's office, he established his own office in 1898 and taught at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule from 1899 to 1936. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, an avant-garde group of artists and architects. In 1903 he founded the Wiener Werkstätte with Koloman Moser. Hoffmann's earliest works reflect the Vienna Secession's variant of Art Nouveau and his later work shows a pioneering use of geometric and abstract design. His most famous building, the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, built 1905-1911, exemplifies the ideal of the 'Gesamtkunstwerk' or 'total work of art'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Electroplated silver on brass with glass lineruare |
| Brief description | Electroplated silver on brass with glass liner, Vienna, 1905-10, made by the Wiener Werkstatte, designed by Josef Hoffmann |
| Physical description | The base of the vase is a square piece of sheet metal supported on four ball feet at each corner. Each side is composed of square latticework and is identical to each of the others. The glass liner fits tightly inside the vase and rises 12 mm above the silver sides. |
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| Summary | Josef Hoffmann studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Carl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner and was influenced by their theories of a functional, modernist architecture. After winning the Rome prize in 1895 and joining Wagner's office, he established his own office in 1898 and taught at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule from 1899 to 1936. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, an avant-garde group of artists and architects. In 1903 he founded the Wiener Werkstätte with Koloman Moser. Hoffmann's earliest works reflect the Vienna Secession's variant of Art Nouveau and his later work shows a pioneering use of geometric and abstract design. His most famous building, the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, built 1905-1911, exemplifies the ideal of the 'Gesamtkunstwerk' or 'total work of art'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Moderne Vergangenheit, p. 323, cat. no. 270. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.21-1982 |
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| Record created | August 23, 2007 |
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