Wien 1900

Around 1900, the Viennese Secession and the Wiener Werkstätte turned Vienna into the birthplace of modernism. This opulent publication on Viennese modernism (1890-1918) focuses on famous ornamental works by Gustav Klimt, erotic depictions of the body by Egon Schiele and a young Oskar Kokoschka, and works by other artists, architects, furniture designers, and craftspeople from the Viennese Secession and the Wiener Werkstätte. Adolf Loos, Otto Wagner, Koloman Moser, Joseph Maria Olbrich, and Josef Hoffmann count among the most prominent representatives of this period. Early works by Oskar Kokoschka, oil paintings by Richard Gerstl, and several paintings by Arnold Schönberg are also featured in this volume. Exhibition: Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel (26.9.2010 - 9.1.2011).