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Wiener Werkstatte: Design in Vienna 1903-1932
Brandstatter, Christian
New York:
Abrams, 2003

At the turn of the twentieth century, Vienna was the European epicenter of innovation in the arts. In 1903, original members of the Vienna Succession Josef Hoffman and Kolmon Moser founded the Wiener Werkstatte - "Vienna Workshops" - an idealistic offspring of Art Noveau that, in resistance to increasing mass production and industrialization, called for integration of the fine and applied arts, the union of form and function in design, and treatment of everyday objects with refined craftsmanship and aesthetic care. Ultimately involving hundreds of artists, including Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Carl Otto Czescka, Michael Powolny, and Oskar Kokoschka, the movement neglected no area of the arts or design. The prodigious talents of the participants extended to everything from furniture, metal work, glass, and ceramics to jewelry, books, and graphic design, examples of which are included in this edition. The book details the breadth of the workshop's design vision, and provides a comprehensive overview of the movement, one of the high points of modern design history and a beacon for artists and designers ever since.

Kallir, Jane. Egon Schiele: The Complete Works. New York: Abrams, 1998. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine/fine. Egon Schiele (1890-1917) ranks among the most influential painters to emerge from the cultural ferment of turn-of-the-century Vienna. Now back in print, this internationally successful volume is enhanced with 32 pages of new material, including more than 200 new catalogue raisonne entries, making it the most comprehensive book on the artist ever published. Jane Kallir, the ranking Schiele scholar, combines a copiously illustrated biography of the artist with the catalogue raisonne, which now encompasses more than 3,275 works. A must for serious scholars and collectors, this definitive work also includes an extensive bibliography, a list of exhibitions, concordances, and details on provenance, signature styles, and materials used by the artist. Book #09271. $159.00.

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