The 31 Artworks exhibited in Museum Of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria and ...

The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze

195 x 102 cm, (1909)

Life
Symbols
Forests

A Masterpiece of Art Nouveau and Symbolism

Gustav Klimt's The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze is a stunning example of the Art Nouveau style and symbolist painting. Complet...

Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna, Austria)

From the Stoclet-Frieze: The Tree of Life (continued) after Gustav Klimt, plate 14, Gustav Klimt - The Selections Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - From the Stoclet-Frieze: The Tree of Life (continued) after Gustav Klimt, plate 14, Gustav Klimt - The Selections

Water Snakes after Gustav Klimt, plate 39, The work of Gustav Klimt Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Water Snakes after Gustav Klimt, plate 39, The work of Gustav Klimt

Ornamental Box Koloman Moser

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This ornamental box is one of the most magnificent silver works created in the Wiener Werkstätte. The multicolored cabochon gemstones, which are embedded in embossed leaf tendrils on the back wall and the base plate with cavetto moulding, create a great contrast to the smooth surfaces of the wall. T...

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Bowl Lucie Cousturier

Ceramics

Today, theprobably most famous student of pottery of Michael Powolny and the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts is Lucie Rie (1902–1995) who was Powolny’s student from 1921–1926 and remained connected to the school until her forced exile in London in 1938. As a potter she is nowadays world-famous for ...

The friends after Gustav Klimt, plate 9, The work of Gustav Klimt Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - The friends after Gustav Klimt, plate 9, The work of Gustav Klimt

Tea Service Josef Maria Gustav Hoffmann

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Josef Maria Gustav Hoffmann - Tea Service

The tea service which consists of a samovar, a teapot, a cream jug, and a sugar bowl belongs to the earliest objects made in the Wiener Werkstätte. These pieces of work are characterized by the geometrical contours of the objects. Cubes and squares are essential artistic elements which are a feature...

House for two Beds Walter Pichler

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Drawing

Walter Pichler’s images, objects, installations, and pieces of architecture, which turn the place of art into art itself, reflect a radical special and temporal aura. His way of working is equally impacted by ideas of the mind, such as the subconscious or memory, as well as by cultural, cultic actio...

Centerpiece Alois Johann Nepomuk Würth

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Alois Johann Nepomuk Würth - Centerpiece

The purpose of this centerpiece is to mark the center of the table. It consists of 4 bottles, 2 bowls, 2 salt containers, one sugar sprinkler, and a mustard pot. A female figure ascending in the center is holding up a further, larger bowl. Confection, pastry, or fruit was served in the bowls. The bo...

Ornamental Panel “Mount Fuji”Kawamoto Masukichi

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Panel

From the 1850s, Kawamoto Masukichi was a leading artist in the factories in Seto, producing export ceramics, first for America and later for Europe. His bravura pieces were created on official commission from the Japanese government for major exhibitions in- and outside Japan. The “Fuji Plate”, made...

Fragments from the Beethoven Frieze after Gustav Klimt, plate 43, The work of Gustav Klimt Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Fragments from the Beethoven Frieze after Gustav Klimt, plate 43, The work of Gustav Klimt

Church on Lake Attersee after Gustav Klimt, plate 28, Gustav Klimt - The gleaning Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Church on Lake Attersee after Gustav Klimt, plate 28, Gustav Klimt - The gleaning

The black feather hat after Gustav Klimt, plate 31, The work of Gustav Klimt Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - The black feather hat after Gustav Klimt, plate 31, The work of Gustav Klimt

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$Kinkōzan Sobei - Workshop of Kinkozan Sobei, Plate with artist\$ Workshop of Kinkozan Sobei, Plate with artist\Kinkōzan Sobei

Stone

From the 16th century on, ceramics were produced in the southwest of Japan in the Province of Satsuma with eggshellcolored glaze and gold-colored decoration, which were however reserved exclusively for the estate of the Samurai. The great appeal of these ceramic objects for the first visitors to Jap...

Vase Josef Maria Gustav Hoffmann

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Glass

Josef Hoffmann’s vase for the glass manufactory Loetz readopts the Biedermeier decoration technique of Cameo glass. Here, several layers of multi-colored glass are applied and then partly removed again through engraving and etching. Blue milk glass with a green overlay, cut decor on etched ground wi...

[Shoe Chair]Birgit Jürgenssen

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Sculpture

Birgit Jürgenssen worked with constellations and relationships which were shaped by identification, gender-specific projections, and physicality. She placed her objects between everyday life and role play, which was enhanced by her membership in the feminist-oriented group of artists DIE DAMEN (with...

The Sisters after Gustav Klimt, plate 26, The work of Gustav Klimt Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - The Sisters after Gustav Klimt, plate 26, The work of Gustav Klimt

The jurisprudence of Gustav Klimt, plate 8, The work of Gustav Klimt Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - The jurisprudence of Gustav Klimt, plate 8, The work of Gustav Klimt

Mosaic “Wreath-Bearer”Leopold Forstner

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Mosaic

Leopold Forstner’s ceramics for decorating buildings can be considered exemplary of the “new fresco in material” (as Berta Zuckerkandl termed it) developed by this student of Karl Kager and Kolo Moser at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. Based on models from the world of Byzantine mosaics and on...

Length of Fabric “Boston”Renate Schaschl

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Fabric

Production of fabrics was the economically most successful branch of the Wiener Werkstätte. It became particularly famous for its colorful, artistically groundbreaking printed fabrics in silk and linen. Many of the designers were women, e.g. Maria Likarz, Felice Rix-Ueno or Reni Schaschl, who create...

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Brooch Dagobert Peche

Despite being created by different artists, the jewelry of the Wiener Werkstätte was defined by an individual style which distinguished it from the rest of the international production. This jewelry is characterized by a border which surrounds the inner motif and is composed of basic geometric shape...

Decorative Fabric [“Bird Bülow”]Koloman Moser

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Fabric

Numerous well-known Viennese artists around 1900 also designed textile patterns. The Backhausen company became famous as a result of such cooperations. One of the artists who designed for the weaving mill was Koloman Moser. He was greatly influenced by Japanese patterns, as can be seen on this decor...

Salome after Gustav Klimt, plate 19, The work of Gustav Klimt Gustave Klimt

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Gustave Klimt - Salome after Gustav Klimt, plate 19, The work of Gustav Klimt

Women’s Dress for a Masked Ball Josef Maria Gustav Hoffmann

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Josef Maria Gustav Hoffmann - Women’s Dress for a Masked Ball

Textile

The design of this dress is accredited to Josef Hoffmann, co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte. It was produced by the dressmakers of the Wiener Werkstätte. Hoffmann was an architect but was also interested in fashion, also reform dresses. He designed this dress for Johanna Wittgenstein. The Wittgens...