DOI article:
Wójcik, Agata: The Society for Polish Applied Art versus the Vienna Workshops - an attempt at comparison: stylistic analogies in furniture an interior design
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THE SOCIETY FOR POLISH APPLIED ART VERSUS THE VIENNA WORKSHOPS...
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11. Henryk Uziemblo, Hall in the “Uciecha” cinema
in Krakow, 1912. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Suffczyński
12. Dagobert Peche, Reception in Austrian Pavilion
at Werkbund exhibition in Cologne, 1914,
“Die Kunst”, 1914, vol. 17, p. 467
Louis XVI furniture and classicism. The furniture
for the “Uciecha” cinema can be compared with
Dagobert Peche’s projects - with the reception at
the Austrian Pavilion at the Werkbund exhibition
in Cologne (1914) and with a ladies’ room at
the Austrian Wallpaper, Linkrusta and Linoleum
Industry exhibition at the Vienna Museum of
Applied Arts (1913). Peche, like Uziemblo, used
the white color and combined it with the rich colors
of the upholstery. An artist connected with the
Vienna Workshops processed and enlarged motifs
taken from the early art, often turning them into
structural elements of furniture49 (Fig. 11, 12).
In 1919, Uziemblo designed the interiors
of the “Bagatela” theater in Krakow (Fig. 13).
The sofas, stools and small tables were placed
in the rooms that served as waiting rooms -
in the cafeteria and in the corridor next to the
balconies. Uziemblo designed furniture pieces of
simple forms, but reflecting the early styles in their
elements and proportions. In the cafeteria, white
stools had round seats, turned legs with a bulgy
base narrowing downwards. Similar solutions
were used by Uziemblo in the corridor furniture
which was dark in color. The Krakow artist’s
project can be compared with a set of furniture
for the Primavesi villa in Ołomuniec, created by
Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill (1917). The white
bed, cupboard, table, chairs have simple forms
and balanced proportions broken with delicate
curves, for example of a backrest or legs, and with
13. Henryk Uziemblo,
Cafeteria in the “Bagatela” theater in Krakow, 1919.
Courtesy of the Jagiellonian University Museum
49 Ibidem, p. 101; A. Völker, Patterns and Colors. Peche’s Design for Textiles and Wallpapers, [in:] Dagobert Peche..., p. 126.
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11. Henryk Uziemblo, Hall in the “Uciecha” cinema
in Krakow, 1912. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Suffczyński
12. Dagobert Peche, Reception in Austrian Pavilion
at Werkbund exhibition in Cologne, 1914,
“Die Kunst”, 1914, vol. 17, p. 467
Louis XVI furniture and classicism. The furniture
for the “Uciecha” cinema can be compared with
Dagobert Peche’s projects - with the reception at
the Austrian Pavilion at the Werkbund exhibition
in Cologne (1914) and with a ladies’ room at
the Austrian Wallpaper, Linkrusta and Linoleum
Industry exhibition at the Vienna Museum of
Applied Arts (1913). Peche, like Uziemblo, used
the white color and combined it with the rich colors
of the upholstery. An artist connected with the
Vienna Workshops processed and enlarged motifs
taken from the early art, often turning them into
structural elements of furniture49 (Fig. 11, 12).
In 1919, Uziemblo designed the interiors
of the “Bagatela” theater in Krakow (Fig. 13).
The sofas, stools and small tables were placed
in the rooms that served as waiting rooms -
in the cafeteria and in the corridor next to the
balconies. Uziemblo designed furniture pieces of
simple forms, but reflecting the early styles in their
elements and proportions. In the cafeteria, white
stools had round seats, turned legs with a bulgy
base narrowing downwards. Similar solutions
were used by Uziemblo in the corridor furniture
which was dark in color. The Krakow artist’s
project can be compared with a set of furniture
for the Primavesi villa in Ołomuniec, created by
Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill (1917). The white
bed, cupboard, table, chairs have simple forms
and balanced proportions broken with delicate
curves, for example of a backrest or legs, and with
13. Henryk Uziemblo,
Cafeteria in the “Bagatela” theater in Krakow, 1919.
Courtesy of the Jagiellonian University Museum
49 Ibidem, p. 101; A. Völker, Patterns and Colors. Peche’s Design for Textiles and Wallpapers, [in:] Dagobert Peche..., p. 126.