Josef Hoffmann, 1870-1956 : progress through beauty : the guide to his oeuvre / edited by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Matthias Boeckl, Rainald Franz, Christian Witt-Dörring.

Vienna : MAK ; Basel : Birkhäuser, [2021]

453 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

"This catalog has been published on the occasion of the exhibition Josef Hoffmann : Progress Through Beauty, MAK, Vienna [Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna], 15 December 2021-19 June 2022"--Colophon.

This book is the first comprehensive document to the complete works of Josef Hoffmann. As a student of Otto Wagner, a founding member of the Vienna Secession art movement (1897), a professor at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule) (1899-1936), and co-founder of the Wiener Werkstätte cooperative (1903), the Deutscher Werkbund association (1907) and the Österreichischer Werkbund (1912), Hoffmann helped to cultivate a new model of architectural and product design characterized by advanced craftsmanship and artistic ambition. The book, which features more than 40 illustrated essays by well-known experts on Hoffmann's most significant buildings, interiors, exhibitions, and craft and product design, covers all facets of his extensive oeuvre. Richly illustrated, it includes a detailed biography and a comprehensive documentation section, making this a new standard reference work.

Progress through beauty : the guide to his oeuvre

English

September 09, 2021

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-447) and index.