Bertold Löffler
SILVER PENDANT
Bertold Löffler
SILVER PENDANT
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date around 1908
Period Vienna, around 1908
Origin Austrian
Medium silver
Dimension 6.5 x 6.5 cm (2¹/₂ x 2¹/₂ inches)
Designed by: Bertold Löffler, Vienna, around 1908
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, works no. S1437 (bonbonniere)
Marked: JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark – small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000)
Silver, very good original condition
Ø 6.3 cm
Often objects by other Wiener Werkstätte artists/designers were marked with Hoffmann’s monogram.
Exhibited at: Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, 2016, Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst
BERTOLD LÖFFLER
Nieder-Rosenthal near Reichenberg/Bohemia 1874 – 1960 Vienna
Painter and graphic artist, co-founder of “Wiener Keramik” (Vienna Ceramics)
A student of Franz Matsch and Koloman Moser, Löffler was a professor at the School of Arts and Crafts from 1909 on. He taught such important artists as Kalvach and Kokoschka. In 1905, he founded “Wiener Keramik” (Vienna Ceramics) together with Michael Powolny. They produced objects for the Wiener Werkstätte, founded by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser. Löffler also arranged several important exhibitions. Thematically, his work is inspired by the world
of fantasy, dwarf figures in particular. From 1921, he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus.
Date: around 1908
Period: Vienna, around 1908
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver
Signature:
Marked: JH, WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark – small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000)
Dimension: 6.5 x 6.5 cm (2¹/₂ x 2¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: private property, Austria
Literature:
Ref.: S. Tretter/P. Weinhäupl (ed.),Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, Exhib. Cat., Gustav Klimt. Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst, Vienna 2016
Ref.: Thieme/Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, vol. XXIII, p. 317; W. Neuwirth, Österreichische Keramik des Jugendstils, Munich, 1974, p. 82, p. 86
Exhibition: Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, 2016, Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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