Bertold Löffler

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.