Austrian Werkbund

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The Austrian Werkbund (ÖWB), founded in 1912 on the model of the German Werkbund , was an economic and cultural association of artists, architects, entrepreneurs and craftsmen. The aim of the Werkbund movement was the interaction of the fine arts, architecture and handicrafts as well as the promotion of quality craftsmanship.

history

The founding meeting took place on April 30, 1913. The first president was Adolf Bachofen von Echt (1864–1913). One of the co-founders of the ÖWB was Josef Hoffmann , who only belonged to the ÖWB until 1920. He built the Austrian House at the great Cologne Werkbund exhibition in 1914, where the ÖWB exhibited for the first time. After the First World War in 1918, the ÖWB was committed to social housing in Vienna. In 1920 there was a tendency to split and the “Werkbund Wien”, in which Josef Frank participated, and in 1923 the Steiermärkische Werkbund was formed . In 1928 the reunification with the "Wiener Werkbund" took place. From 1930 to 1932 the “ Werkbundsiedlung Wien ” was built, managed by Josef Frank. In 1934 there was another split.

literature

  • L. Burckhardt (ed.): The Werkbund in Germany, Austria and Switzerland , 1978
  • A. Gmeiner and G. Pirhofer: Der Österreichischer Werkbund , 1985
  • Ernst Ploil, Viennese glasses. Österreichischer Werkbund, Cologne 1914, auction house im Kinsky (ed.), Vienna 2014,

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to other information, 1910
  2. ↑ a b Isabella Ackerl : Spiritual life in Austria of the First Republic , R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich
  3. ^ Austrian coin : The Viennese Art Nouveau ( memento of October 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 15, 2009
  4. ^ Peter Jessen: German Form in the Crisis Year, The Exhibition Cologne 1914 . In: Deutscher Werkbund (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the German Werkbund . tape 1915 . F.Bruckmann A.-G., Munich 1915, p. 9 eff .

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