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Elevations of the dining room with Klimt’s frieze, Stoclet House, Brussels, 1914
© MAK

Josef Hoffmann, Table for Dr. Hermann Wittgenstein’s apartment, 1905
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

Josef Hoffmann, Sanatorium Westend, Purkersdorf, façade, 1905
© Wolfgang Woessner/MAK
 

Josef Hoffmann, Dining hall of Sanatorium Westend, Purkersdorf, 1905
© MAK
 

Josef Hoffmann, Tea set for the Wiener Werkstätte, metal, 1903
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen
 

Josef Hoffmann, Entrance pavilion at the Vienna Kunstschau, 1908
© MAK
 

Josef Hoffmann, Belt buckle for the Wiener Werkstätte, execution: Karl Ponocny, silver, opal, malachite, coral, 1905
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

Josef Hoffmann, Pendant for the Wiener Werkstätte, 1907
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen
 

Josef Hoffmann, Silver flatware for Fritz and Lili Waerndorfer, flat model, silver, Wiener Werkstätte, 1904–1908 
© Aslan Kudrnofsky/MAK
 

Josef Hoffmann, Design for silver flatware for Fritz and Lili Waerndorfer, flat model, Wiener Werkstätte, 1904 
© MAK
 

Josef Hoffmann, Barroom at Cabaret Fledermaus, Vienna, 1907
© MAK
 

Josef Hoffmann, Fauteuil from Cabaret Fledermaus, chair, model no. 728, J. & J. Kohn, bentwood, 1907
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

Josef Hoffmann, Centerpiece with two handles for the Wiener Werkstätte, brass, 1924
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

Josef Hoffmann, Porcelain set “Melon” [Melon] for the Augarten Porcelain Manufactory, 1931
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen
 

Josef Hoffmann, Chair from the dining hall of Sanatorium Westend, Purkersdorf, J. & J. Kohn, wood, leather, 1904
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

Josef Hoffmann, Table for the living room of Dr. Hans Salzer’s apartment, ca. 1902
© Wolfgang Woessner/MAK

Josef Hoffmann, Two stools from Koloman Moser’s studio furniture, 1898
© MAK/Georg Mayer

Josef Hoffmann, Atelier cabinet from Koloman Moser’s studio furniture, 1898
© MAK/Georg Mayer

Josef Hoffmann, Upholstered chair from the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

Josef Hoffmann, Daybed from the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937
© Nathan Murrell/MAK
 

Josef Hoffmann, Reconstruction of the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937
© MAK

Josef Hoffmann, Basket with handles for the Wiener Werkstätte, latticework object, silver, 1906
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

Josef Hoffmann, Façade of Stoclet House, Brussels, 1914
© MAK
 

Josef Hoffmann, Vase from a dresser set for the Wiener Werkstätte, glass, bronzite, J. & L. Lobmeyr, 1913
© Peter Kainz/MAK
 

Josef Hoffmann, Wallpaper pattern for the Wiener Werkstätte, 1925
© MAK
 

Portrait of Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, after 1945
Photograph: Yoichi R. Okamoto 
© MAK
 

Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte Postcard No. 75, Bar Room „CABARET FLEDERMAUS, WIEN, KÄRNTNERSTRASSE 33“, Vienna, 1907 
© MAK
 

JOSEF HOFFMANN

Progress Through Beauty

Wed, 15.12.2021–Sun, 19.06.2022

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Exhibition

JOSEF HOFFMANN

Progress Through Beauty

Wed, 15.12.2021–Sun, 19.06.2022

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

THE EXHIBITION

On the occasion of his 150th birthday, the exhibition JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty comprehensively documents for the first time the entire oeuvre of the architect, designer, teacher, and exhibition organizer Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956), one of the luminaries of Viennese Modernism and the international life reform movement. With his indefatigable design work and teaching, Hoffmann cultivated an exemplary model of modern lifestyles based on a construction and product culture that was both shaped by craft and artistically ambitious. The show presents a cross section of Hoffmann’s revolutionary design and his most important buildings, including the Stoclet House in Brussels (1905–1911) and the Purkersdorf Sanatorium (1904–1905).

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PUBLICATION

The exhibition is accompanied by the publication JOSEF HOFFMANN 1870–1956: Progress Through Beauty. The Guide to His Oeuvre, edited by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Matthias Boeckl, Rainald Franz, and Christian Witt-Dörring, with contributions by Matthias Boeckl, Elisabeth Boeckl-Klamper, Rainald Franz, Anette Freytag, Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Otto Kapfinger, Markus Kristan, Christopher Long, Klára Němečková, Andreas Nierhaus, Jan Norrman, Eva-Maria Orosz, Adrián Prieto Fernandez, Ursula Prokop, Lara Steinhäußer, Valerio Terraroli, Wolfgang Thillmann, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, and Christian Witt-Dörring. English, 448 pages with numerous color illustrations. MAK, Vienna/Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2021. As of spring 2021 available at the MAK Design Shop and online at MAKdesignshop.at for € 69.95.

Program (1 Events)

Tue, 14.12.2021 7.00 pm
Exhibition Opening

JOSEF HOFFMANN

Progress Through Beauty
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<BODY>Elevations of the dining room with Klimt’s frieze, Stoclet House, Brussels, 1914<br />© MAK</BODY>
Elevations of the dining room with Klimt’s frieze, Stoclet House, Brussels, 1914
© MAK
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Table for Dr. Hermann Wittgenstein’s apartment, 1905</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Table for Dr. Hermann Wittgenstein’s apartment, 1905
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Sanatorium Westend, Purkersdorf, façade, 1905</div><div>© Wolfgang Woessner/MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Sanatorium Westend, Purkersdorf, façade, 1905
© Wolfgang Woessner/MAK
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Dining hall of Sanatorium Westend, Purkersdorf, 1905</div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Dining hall of Sanatorium Westend, Purkersdorf, 1905
© MAK
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Tea set for the Wiener Werkstätte, metal, 1903</div><div>© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Tea set for the Wiener Werkstätte, metal, 1903
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Entrance pavilion at the Vienna Kunstschau, 1908</div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Entrance pavilion at the Vienna Kunstschau, 1908
© MAK
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Belt buckle for the Wiener Werkstätte, execution: Karl Ponocny, silver, opal, malachite, coral, 1905</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Belt buckle for the Wiener Werkstätte, execution: Karl Ponocny, silver, opal, malachite, coral, 1905
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Pendant for the Wiener Werkstätte, 1907</div><div>© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Pendant for the Wiener Werkstätte, 1907
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Silver flatware for Fritz and Lili Waerndorfer, flat model, silver, Wiener Werkstätte, 1904–1908 </div><div>© Aslan Kudrnofsky/MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Silver flatware for Fritz and Lili Waerndorfer, flat model, silver, Wiener Werkstätte, 1904–1908 
© Aslan Kudrnofsky/MAK
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Design for silver flatware for Fritz and Lili Waerndorfer, flat model, Wiener Werkstätte, 1904 </div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Design for silver flatware for Fritz and Lili Waerndorfer, flat model, Wiener Werkstätte, 1904 
© MAK
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Barroom at Cabaret Fledermaus, Vienna, 1907</div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Barroom at Cabaret Fledermaus, Vienna, 1907
© MAK
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Fauteuil from Cabaret Fledermaus, chair, model no. 728, J. & J. Kohn, bentwood, 1907</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Fauteuil from Cabaret Fledermaus, chair, model no. 728, J. & J. Kohn, bentwood, 1907
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Centerpiece with two handles for the Wiener Werkstätte, brass, 1924</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Centerpiece with two handles for the Wiener Werkstätte, brass, 1924
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Porcelain set “Melon” [Melon] for the Augarten Porcelain Manufactory, 1931</div><div>© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Porcelain set “Melon” [Melon] for the Augarten Porcelain Manufactory, 1931
© MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Chair from the dining hall of Sanatorium Westend, Purkersdorf, J. & J. Kohn, wood, leather, 1904</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Chair from the dining hall of Sanatorium Westend, Purkersdorf, J. & J. Kohn, wood, leather, 1904
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY>Josef Hoffmann, Table for the living room of Dr. Hans Salzer’s apartment, ca. 1902<br />© Wolfgang Woessner/MAK<br /><br /></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Table for the living room of Dr. Hans Salzer’s apartment, ca. 1902
© Wolfgang Woessner/MAK

<BODY>Josef Hoffmann, Two stools from Koloman Moser’s studio furniture, 1898<br />© MAK/Georg Mayer<br /><br /></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Two stools from Koloman Moser’s studio furniture, 1898
© MAK/Georg Mayer

<BODY>Josef Hoffmann, Atelier cabinet from Koloman Moser’s studio furniture, 1898<br />© MAK/Georg Mayer<br /><br /></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Atelier cabinet from Koloman Moser’s studio furniture, 1898
© MAK/Georg Mayer

<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Upholstered chair from the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Upholstered chair from the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Daybed from the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937</div><div>© Nathan Murrell/MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Daybed from the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937
© Nathan Murrell/MAK
 
<BODY>Josef Hoffmann, Reconstruction of the <em>Boudoir d’une grande vedette</em> [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937<br />© MAK<br /><br /></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Reconstruction of the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star], Paris World’s Fair, 1937
© MAK

<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Basket with handles for the Wiener Werkstätte, latticework object, silver, 1906</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Basket with handles for the Wiener Werkstätte, latticework object, silver, 1906
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Façade of Stoclet House, Brussels, 1914</div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Façade of Stoclet House, Brussels, 1914
© MAK
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Vase from a dresser set for the Wiener Werkstätte, glass, bronzite, J. & L. Lobmeyr, 1913</div><div>© Peter Kainz/MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Vase from a dresser set for the Wiener Werkstätte, glass, bronzite, J. & L. Lobmeyr, 1913
© Peter Kainz/MAK
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Wallpaper pattern for the Wiener Werkstätte, 1925</div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Wallpaper pattern for the Wiener Werkstätte, 1925
© MAK
 
<BODY><div>Portrait of Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, after 1945</div><div>Photograph: Yoichi R. Okamoto </div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Portrait of Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, after 1945
Photograph: Yoichi R. Okamoto 
© MAK
 
<BODY><div>Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte Postcard No. 75, Bar Room „CABARET FLEDERMAUS, WIEN, KÄRNTNERSTRASSE 33“, Vienna, 1907 </div><div>© MAK</div><div> </div></BODY>
Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte Postcard No. 75, Bar Room „CABARET FLEDERMAUS, WIEN, KÄRNTNERSTRASSE 33“, Vienna, 1907 
© MAK
 

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