Hoffmann and Moser Found the Wiener Werkstätte
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Architects, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Western Civilization/European History
- Geographical Location: Vienna
- Date: 1903
Article abstract: Through innovative and popular designs, the Wiener Werkstätte helped to lay the basis for the establishment of modern art in Central Europe.
Summary of Event
To understand the significance of the founding of the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshops) in 1903, it is necessary to trace some of the reasons for the mounting pressure to develop such an organization. In the last decade of the nineteenth century, the artistic establishment of Vienna, then the capital of a large empire, was conservative to the point of being reactionary....
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