Studio: international art (52.1911)

The " Wiener Werkstatte" Vienna

dining room designed by prof. josef hoffmann, executed by the wiener werkstatte

The Wiener Werkstatte has met with much of the individual men forming it. Of Prof,
support, particularly in Germany, Belgium, and Hoffmann much has already been said in the
America. In Vienna and other cities of Austria pages of The Studio. He is in every sense
they have built villas, and furnished
and decorated them. They have also
decorated shops in various places
and have been officially employed
by the Austrian Government in re-
constructing the business premises of
the Imperial State Printing Office.
They are now engaged in erecting
and equipping a palatial mansion in
Brussels for the well-known collector,
M. Stoclet.

A few years ago the founders of the
Wiener Werkstatte and the most pro-
minent modern artists here formed
themselves into a society calling them-
selves the" Klimt Group," after Gustav
Klimt the eminent Viennese painter.
Later they merged into the Kunst-
schau," and as such held two exhibi-
tions in Vienna in 1908 and 1909.
The Werkstatte erected the temporary
building after plans by Prof. Hoff-
mann.'

So much for the concern as a whole : silver tops for hat pins, etc. designed by prof. c. o.
it will be interesting to learn something czeschka, executed by the wiener werkstatte

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