Curator’s tour Werkstätte Hagenauer (in German)

With Anne-Katrin Rossberg

For almost 90 years, Werkstätte Hagenauer products enjoyed huge popularity and were sold around the globe. Some of the workshop’s pieces even appeared in Hollywood films.

Fri, 24.3.2023 4.30 pm — 5.30 pm

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

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Now the MAK is offering an unprecedented in-depth look at the history and production processes of this family-run business using the company’s own archives, large parts of which the museum has acquired since 2014 through purchases and generous donations from Richard Grubman, Auction House im Kinsky, and Caja Hagenauer. Numerous designs, models, molds, and blanks, together with a vast collection of documents and records, are now housed at the museum.

The exhibition is thus able to explore the workshop’s varied repertoire, ranging from popular figurines and innovative household objects to furnishings for public buildings and Franz Hagenauer’s major sculptural works. It also invites visitors to follow the workshop’s stylistic transformation, beginning with historic styles and the Wiener Bronzen before moving on to Art Nouveau and the Wiener Werkstätte, and, finally, functionalism.

Language: The tour is held in German.

Tour fee: € 5 + admission to the museum

Meeting point: MAK Columned Main Hall

Headphones: an audio system may be used for the tour. In the interest of sustainability, please provide your own (3.5 mm standard connector) headphones if possible. Alternatively, you can also buy headphones for € 1 at the Ticket Desk.

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