Josef Hoffmann 1870-1956 : In the realm beauty. / txt
Hoffmann
August Sarnitz.
- 96 p. ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96).
Contents: 6 Introduction -- 22 Country House for Paul Wittgenstein -- 24 Vienna Secession VIII Exhibition -- 26 Double House for Moser and Moll -- 28 Henneberg Residence -- 30 Spitzer Residence -- 32 Vienna Secession XIV Exhibition -- 34 Wiener Werkstatte -- 46 Purkersdorf Sanatorium -- 50 Beer Hofmann Residence -- 54 Palais Stoclet -- 62 Hunting Lodge for Karl Wittgenstein -- 64 Hochstetter House -- 66 Kabarett Fledermaus -- 68 Ast Residence -- 72 Skywa Primavesi Residence -- 76 The Ast Country House -- 78 Housing Complex Klosehof -- 82 Sonja Knips Residence -- 84 Housing Complex Laxenburgerstrasse -- 86 Row Houses at Werkbund Exhibition -- 90 Austrian Pavilion at Venice Biennale -- 92 Life and Work -- 95 Map -- 96 Bibliography / Credits / The Author --
The influence of the Austrian architect and designer Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) is extraordinary. For a period of over 60 years he kept up an aesthetic dialog with Modernism, the International Style, and Art Deco. Before being rediscovered in the 1980s by the Post-Modernists, his work was nearly forgotten but now his importance is unquestioned --