Viennese Art Nouveau: Outcry against the Establishment in Art and Design
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| Vienna’s Art Nouveau movement produced some of the finest talents in architecture, painting, and the applied arts. In 1903, two of its leading figures – Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser – founded the Wiener Werkstätte with the financial support of banker and art patron Fritz Waerndorfer. Inspired by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts Movement, their goal was to revive traditional craftsmanship and elevate it to an art form in defiance of the growing dominance of industrial mass production. Their creations ranged from cabinetmaking, metalwork, and leather goods to textiles, wallpaper, and even fashion. They maintained their own workshops but also collaborated with renowned Viennese firms such as Lobmeyr and Backhausen. This tour introduces you to the philosophy and aesthetic ideals of the Wiener Werkstätte, explores their connections to Charles Rennie and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh in Glasgow and Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago, and presents some of the finest surviving examples of their designs in and around Kärntnerstrasse as well as in the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), which houses their extensive collection. |
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| Meeting Point | 1., Kärntnerstrasse 1, in front of Humanic |
| Dates | There are no dates for this tour but it can be booked individually for a group |
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