Austrian Lounge Set attributed to Josef Hoffmann, Set of 3

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-Misure armchairs: 59x50x76h cm - 47 cm seat Josef Hoffmann - The architect -design Josef Hoffmann was born in 1870 … Read more -Misure armchairs: 59x50x76h cm - 47 cm seat Josef Hoffmann - The architect -design Josef Hoffmann was born in 1870 in Prinitz, Moravia (today Bntnice, Czech Republic). He studied Senior State Commercial and Technical School architecture in Brünn (today Brno, Czech Republic), and after a year of practiced in Würzburg, Germany, he moved to Vienna, where he would then remain for a lifetime. Here he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts, and, between 1892 and 1895 he studied under the guidance of Karl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner, for which he was working from 1896 to 1897. One of the founding members of the Viennese Secession, a group of Artists (including Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, and others) who tend towards a more modern and experimental approach to the arts, Hoffman greatly contributes to different secession exhibitions (all influenced by the Art Nouveau-Jugendstil style) which will also help him to make a first name. In 1899, he became a professor to the School of Applied Arts of Vienna, a position that he will keep up to retirement in 1936. Here he teaches in the Departments of Architectural, Metals, Painting, and Applied Arts. Around 1900, Hoffmann became a supporter of the GesamTkunstwerk approach (total work of art), union of architecture and interior design, with an emphasis on crafts. He is co-founder and artistic co-director, together with Koloman Moser, of the new Wiener Werkstätte (Let. Laboratories of Vienna, Ndt) starting from 1903. In 1905 he left the secession and received the commission of the Palais Stoclet design in Brussels: Concluded in 1911, Soclet is probably the most important architectural project of Hoffmann. During the fifty years of his prolific career, Hoffmann designs everything and more: textiles, furniture, fashion, jewels, exhibitions, and buildings for prestigious customers such as Lobmeyr and Lötz. Later it will focus mainly on houses projects. from an aesthetic point of view, his work has evolved from the Yugendstil style to more minimalist and geometric forms, up to the neoclassicism. He died in Vienna in 1956. Attributed to: Josef Hoffmann Height: 79 Diameter: 60 Location: article viewable without commitment to purchase by appointment in Ferrara. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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