Vase
Josef Hoffmann’s vase for the glass manufactory Loetz readopts the Biedermeier decoration technique of Cameo glass. Here, several layers of multi-colored glass are applied and then partly removed again through engraving and etching. Blue milk glass with a green overlay, cut decor on etched ground with rough finish, on top foot-wide, vertical ribbons in green which continue on the body in a triangular pattern. In between one can see isolated green leaf motifs.
josef maria gustav hoffmann (1870 – 1956)
Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) was a pioneering Austrian architect & designer of the Vienna Secession and Wiener Werkstätte. Known for Art Nouveau, geometric forms, functionalism, and his masterpiece, the Stoclet Palace. Explore his iconic furniture, gla
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Om dette kunstværk
- Titel: Vase
- Kunstner: josef maria gustav hoffmann
- År: 1914
- Format: Landscape
- Ophavsretlig status: Offentlig ejendomsret
- Hvor det kan ses: MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
- Farvetone: Green to Violet Spectrum
- Oplevet lysstyrke: balanced