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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
 

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty 
MAK Exhibition Hall
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty 
Reconstruction of the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star]  
Paris World’s Fair, 1937 
Execution: Manfred Trummer, Johannes Ranacher, Glaserei Scharl, Johannes Falkeis, Marina Paric, Irina Huller, carpenter’s workshop  of the MAK, Vienna, 2014 
MAK Exhibition Hall
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty 
MAK Exhibition Hall
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty 
MAK Exhibition Hall
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty 
MAK Exhibition Hall
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty

Wed, 15.12.2021–Sun, 19.06.2022

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty

Wed, 15.12.2021–Sun, 19.06.2022

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

THE EXHIBITION

With the to date most comprehensive retrospective of his entire oeuvre, the MAK is honoring the impressive work of architect, designer, teacher, and exhibition organizer Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956), one of the central figures of Viennese Modernism and the international Lebensreform (life reform) movement around 1900. To him, bringing beauty into his customers’ lives through design was equivalent to aesthetic and social progress.
 
In the course of the exhibition, already familiar works by Hoffmann were complemented by important objects from his 60-year creative work and consequently existing research gaps were closed. In 20 chapters with more than 1,000 exhibits, the show approaches Hoffmann’s monumental oeuvre, which covers all aspects of daily life like architecture, interior design, fashion, as well as practical objects. Originally from Brtnice, Czech Republic, Hoffmann lived to experience five different political periods, from the Habsburg monarchy to the Second Republic. He was co-founder of the Union of Austrian Artists – Secession, the Wiener Werkstätte, the German and Austrian Werkbund and knew how to convey his special taste and an aesthetic identity to his customers as well as generations of students at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. His pioneering spirit united an artistically ambitious architectural approach with a product culture shaped by craftsmanship.

Guest Curators: Matthias Boeckl, Christian Witt-Dörring
Curator: Rainald Franz, Curator, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection

Cooperation Partner

EXPERIENCE JOSEF HOFFMANN BY LISTENING!

At guide.MAK.at you can find audios on the highlights of the exhibition for free and without download.

 

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. Available at the MAK Design Shop and online at MAKdesignshop.at for € 69.95.

 

Program (39 Events)

Fri, 21.01.2022 4.00 pm –5.00 pm

GUIDED TOUR FOR TEACHERS JOSEF HOFFMANN (in German)

in German
GUIDED TOUR FOR TEACHERS JOSEF HOFFMANN (in German)
Mit der bisher umfassendsten Retrospektive zu seinem Gesamtwerk würdigt das MAK das eindrucksvolle Schaffen des Architekten, Designers, Lehrers, Ausstellungsmachers und Mitbegründers der Wiener Werkstätte Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956). Als eine der zentralen Figuren der Wiener Moderne kultivierte Hoffmann ein exemplarisches Modell moderner Lebensweisen und legte den Fokus auf Ästhetik und Schönheit als zentrale Parameter moderner Gestaltung. 
 
In 20 Kapiteln nähert sich die Ausstellung mit mehr als 1 000 Exponaten seinem gewaltigen Lebenswerk. Er galt als Geschmacks- und Identitätsstifter als langjähriger Lehrer, einflussreicher Kunstgewerbedesigner sowie Mitbegründer der Wiener Secession. Die Ausstellung spannt einen Bogen von seiner Jugend bis zu seinem Tod 1956. 
 
Eine multimediale Zeitleiste führt die Besucher*innen durch Hoffmanns Leben und verweist auf vergessene Projekte und Texte.
 
Wir laden Sie ein zu einer kostenlosen Lehrerinnenführung und bitten Sie um Anmeldung bzw. Abmeldung bei Verhinderung, da die Plätze begrenzt sind. 

Dauer: ca. 60 Minuten

SCHUTZMASSNAHMEN

 

MUSEUMSBESUCH + TEILNAHME AN FÜHRUNGEN

2G (geimpft, genesen) 
Während des gesamten Museumsbesuchs ist verpflichtend eine FFP2-Maske zu tragen. 
 

KOPFHÖRER

Für die Führung kommt ein Audiosystem zum Einsatz. Bitte nehmen Sie nach Möglichkeit Ihre eigenen Kopfhörer (3,5mm-Standard Anschluss) mit.
 

TREFFPUNKT 

MAK-Säulenhalle

SPRACHE

Deutsch 

1459977553881
Sat, 22.01.2022 2.00 pm –4.00 pm

MAK4FAMILY Kein Hamplpampl, Hompelpompel - ein Josef Hoffmann Hampelmann

MAK4FAMILY Kein Hamplpampl, Hompelpompel - ein Josef Hoffmann Hampelmann
Er war der Meister des karierten Papiers und konnte darauf fast alles entwerfen. Der große Architekt Josef Hoffmann kann einen wirklich zum Staunen bringen.
 
Jetzt ist er selbst zum Quadratlmuster geworden. Wir malen ihn an, schneiden ihn aus und kleben ihn zusammen. Bau deinen eigenen Hoffmann Hampelmann.
 

DAS FORMAT MAK4FAMILY

Jeden 2. und 4. Samstag im Monat (außer Juli, August, Dezember) von 14:00–16:00 Uhr findet im MAK ein Workshop und Führung für die ganze Familie (ab 4 Jahren) statt.  
 

ANMELDUNG

Begrenzte Teilnehmer*innen-Zahl: eine Anmeldung ist unbedingt erforderlich.
 

SCHUTZMASSNAHMEN

Bitte tragen Sie während einer Führung eine FFP2-Maske. Auch während der Führung gelten die allgemeinen Schutzmaßnahmen für den Museumsbesuch.
 

KOPFHÖRER

Wir bitten, wenn möglich, persönliche Kopfhörer (Standard 3,5 mm Anschluss) zu den Führungen mitzubringen. 
 

MATERIALBEITRAG

€ 4,50 pro Kind (bei freiem Eintritt), ermäßigter Eintritt für Begleitpersonen
 

TREFFPUNKT 

MAK-Säulenhalle
 

1459977554986
Sat, 22.01.2022 4.00 pm –5.00 pm

Guided Tour JOSEF HOFFMANN (in German)

Progress Through Beauty
fully booked
Sun, 23.01.2022 2.00 pm –3.00 pm

Guided Tour JOSEF HOFFMANN (in German)

Progress Through Beauty
fully booked
Tue, 25.01.2022 4.00 pm –5.00 pm

GUIDED TOUR FOR TEACHERS JOSEF HOFFMANN (in German)

in German
fully booked
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Video (in German)

JOSEF HOFFMANN – 150TH BIRTHDAY LIVE AUS DEM MAK

JOSEF HOFFMANN

in the MAK Collection online


Media

<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
 
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty </div><div>MAK Exhibition Hall</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty 
MAK Exhibition Hall
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty </div><div>Reconstruction of the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star]  </div><div>Paris World’s Fair, 1937 </div><div>Execution: Manfred Trummer, Johannes Ranacher, Glaserei Scharl, Johannes Falkeis, Marina Paric, Irina Huller, carpenter’s workshop  of the MAK, Vienna, 2014 </div><div>MAK Exhibition Hall</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty 
Reconstruction of the Boudoir d’une grande vedette [Boudoir for a Big Star]  
Paris World’s Fair, 1937 
Execution: Manfred Trummer, Johannes Ranacher, Glaserei Scharl, Johannes Falkeis, Marina Paric, Irina Huller, carpenter’s workshop  of the MAK, Vienna, 2014 
MAK Exhibition Hall
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty </div><div>MAK Exhibition Hall</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty 
MAK Exhibition Hall
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty </div><div>MAK Exhibition Hall</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty 
MAK Exhibition Hall
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty </div><div>MAK Exhibition Hall</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
JOSEF HOFFMANN: Progress Through Beauty 
MAK Exhibition Hall
© MAK/Georg Mayer