Koloman Moser

Edited by Elisabeth Schmuttermeier and Christian Witt-Dörring The Wiener Werkstätte or Vienna Workshops was founded in 1903 by architect Josef Hoffmann and artist Koloman Moser. In 1907, the Wiener Werkstätte began publishing a numbered series of postcards, which would ultimately include nearly 1,000 cards. Many of them were designed to celebrate holidays, such as Christmas and Easter. Fashion, both contemporary and historical, became another popular subject, along with humorous topics and favorite tourist spots of the period.All of the major designers who worked for the firm were contributors in this medium including Josef Hoffmann, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, and Dagobert Peche. Other noteworthy artists who were active in this area whose names may be less familiar include Moriz Jung, Rudolf Kalvach, Mela Koehler, and Maria Likarz, among others.This catalog raisonné accompanies the first major museum exhibition ever held in the United States devoted exclusively to the postcards produced by the Wiener Werkstätte. The work in the exhibition is drawn exclusively from The Leonard A. Lauder Collection and coincides with the gift of nearly 1,000 of the cards to the Neue Galerie. A selection of these cards will be on view on a regular basis as part of the museum's permanent collection. Please note that Rare/Out-of-Print titles are very limited in stock. Hardcover336 pagesNeue Galerie New YorkHatje Cantz, 20119.5 x 1.5 x 11.2 inchesISBN 9783775727518Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Graphic Design, History, Essays

Postcards of the Wiener Werkstätte: A Catalogue Raisonné

Edited by Christian Witt-DörringTracing the career of Koloman Moser, one of the most influential figures in 20th-century design, this stunning book focuses on Moser’s accomplishments in the decorative arts.During his short career, Koloman Moser became a towering figure in Viennese culture. His varied work in interior and graphic design, furniture, textiles, jewelry, metalwork, glass, and earthenware helped usher in the modern era. This book surveys the entirety of Moser’s oeuvre. It examines his work as a graphic designer and his involvement with the Vienna Secession, with special focus given to his role as an illustrator for the journal Ver Sacrum (Sacred Spring). Moser’s forays into textile design and ceramic work are also introduced. The book features his designs for the Vienna Secession, Thonet Brothers, and the Mautner family, among others that characterize his early modern style. The book also explores Moser’s seminal role as a founding member of the Vienna Workshops, along with architect Josef Hoffmann and patron Fritz Waerndorfer. Included are many reproductions of Moser’s masterpieces, including the window of the Steinhof Chapel, his exhibition posters, postage stamps and currency, and elegant examples from his design portfolio, “The Source."Hardcover400 pages | 400 color illustrations, 70 black-and-white illustrationsNeue Galerie New YorkPrestel, 20139.6 x 1.6 x 11.5 inchesISBN 9783791352947Neue Galerie Exhibition Catalogue, Design

Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907 Exhibition Catalogue

Text by Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, Megan Brandow-FallerA landmark of graphic modernism, the Vienna Secession’s magazine is brought to life in a complete facsimile reprint with new essays and translationsThe brainchild of Koloman Moser, Alfred Roller, Josef Hoffmann, Bertold Löffler and others—the leading graphic artists of the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstätte—Die Fläche (German for The Surface) laid out an extraordinary group vision for design through adventurous work by these designer-professors and more than 100 of their students. Packed with bold ideas for posters, advertisements, book covers, woodcut prints and much more, the result is an inexhaustibly rich sourcebook of graphic forms, modern ideas and technical experiments, all reflecting a reorientation in design practice and teaching that would resonate around the world.This full-size facsimile of all 14 issues of Die Fläche lets readers experience this rare gem as it was meant to be seen, while new essays and translations explore its significance.Die Fläche is the first volume in Letterform Archive’s facsimile series, which presents landmarks of print and design history with exacting reproductions and new essays that provide rich context and fresh insights. Hardcover344 pages | 400 color, 25 black-and-white imagesLetterform Archive Books, 20238.7 x 1.6 x 13.2 inchesISBN 9781736863312Viennese Secession, Graphic Design

Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911

Edited by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Christian Witt-Dörring, and MAK Vienna. Koloman Moser was one of the most important universal artists in fin-de-siècle Vienna and is one of the leading representatives of Art Nouveau. His oeuvre includes painting, graphics, and crafts, as well as designs for fashion, lighting, and furniture, stage decoration, stained glass windows, book illustrations, and even banknotes. Blazing a trail for the art of his age, he was a founding member of the Vienna Secession and, together with the architect Josef Hoffmann and the industrialist Fritz Wärndorfer, he established the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903. The objective of this collective of fine artists was to realize the Gesamtkunstwerk or total work of art at the highest caliber of arts and crafts. Some 400 objects, presented systematically and explained with essays, open up a new perspective on his impressive oeuvre. Published for the exhibition 'Koloman Moser: Universal Artist between Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann', at the MAK Vienna. Hardcover288 pagesText in German and English Birkhauser Verlag, 20189 x 1.2 x 12 inchesISBN 9783035618495Exhibition Catalogue, Graphic Design, Architecture

Koloman Moser: Universal Artist between Klimt and Hoffmann

By Elisabeth Leopold and Stefan Kutzengerber “An excellent and inexpensive introduction to the life and career of a truly remarkable artist. . . . Recommended."―Choice Admired by contemporaries as an artistic jack-of-all-trades, Koloman Moser (1868–1918) is regarded today as one of the most important representatives of the Viennese Secession art movement, alongside Gustav Klimt. As a graphic artist and designer, Moser was unparalleled in his artistic diversity, applying his virtuosity to everything from furniture, textiles, and objects to paintings, posters, and exhibitions. This beautifully illustrated volume presents an overview of the artist’s life and work, from the posters he designed for the Secession, to his collaborations with Josef Hoffmann and Fritz Waerndorfer in the Viennese Workshop of the early twentieth century, to his return to painting in the last decade of his life. Situating the artist’s work in its biographical and art historical context, Koloman Moser presents the expansive range and incredible fantasy of one of the icons of modernist art. Hardcover80 pagesHirmer, 20185.5 x 0.5 x 8 inchesISBN 9783777430720Artist Monograph, Design, Painting, Viennese Secession

Koloman Moser (Great Masters in Art)

Texts by Markus Brüderlin, William D. Godsey, Jr., Diether Halama, Michael Huey, J.S. Marcus, Joseph Rykwert, Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Christopher Wilk This sumptuously illustrated volume presents over 180 outstanding Viennese silver objects representing the period from Neoclassicism to the Wiener Werkstätte. Comparing early eighteenth-century works with examples of twentieth-century design and architecture, it offers a fascinating look at Vienna's contribution to the development of modern decorative arts. The authors demonstrate how the roots of modern design go back further than is generally assumed. Achieving remarkable clarity and formal reduction, Viennese Biedermeier designers created everyday objects of silver with astonishingly straightforward and purposeful forms that remain as progressive as ever today. In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser drew inspiration from the intellectual legacy of the period in their designs for the Wiener Werkstätte. Many of the ideas introduced by the Viennese avant-garde were later expressed in such movements as the Bauhaus and De Stijl. By examining this history in all its complexity, the book traces the development of the vocabulary for contemporary design. Please note that this item is Out of Stock. Hardcover400 pagesHatje Cantz, 20038.0 x 11.5 inchesISBN 9783775713177Neue Exhibition Catalogue, Applied Arts, Silverware

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Koloman Moser

Postcards of the Wiener Werkstätte: A Catalogue Raisonné

Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907 Exhibition Catalogue

Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911

Koloman Moser: Universal Artist between Klimt and Hoffmann

Koloman Moser (Great Masters in Art)

Viennese Silver: Modern Design 1780-1918

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Postcards of the Wiener Werkstätte: A Catalogue Raisonné

Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907 Exhibition Catalogue

Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911

Koloman Moser: Universal Artist between Klimt and Hoffmann

Koloman Moser (Great Masters in Art)

Viennese Silver: Modern Design 1780-1918

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Koloman Moser