XBD122944a

A 811/F Armrestchair, by Joseph Hoffmann, produced for Thonet, 1930th.

Condition report: Partially repainted, abrasion due to contact patina on both sides of the handrail, signs of use on the basket weave, a small age-related crack on the front right of the seat. The overall condition is stable. The chair can be used. Further questions about the state of preservation on request.

"Josef Hoffmann was born on December 15, 1870 in Pirnitz, in a middle-class house. His father was mayor of Pirnitz in the Moravia district. According to his father's wishes, Hoffmann was supposed to become a lawyer, but he felt more drawn to technology. Whereupon his parents sent him to the state trade school in Brno, from where Josef Hoffmann brought home excellent grades. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. With the banker Fritz Wörndorfer and the painter Koloman, he founded the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903, for which he designed many products. Out of a fundamentally apolistic nature, Hofmann welcomed the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany in 1938. Hoffmann promised that the connection would bring economic growth and revitalize his architectural practice. After World War II, Hoffmann took on various official tasks, such as Austrian Secretary General, the Venice Biennale and membership in the Austrian Art Senate. In 1950, together with Albert Paris Gütersloh, he founded the Federation of Modern Visual Artists. Hoffman died at the age of 86 on May 7, 1956.

Joseph Hoffmann, unknown photographer

As a co-founder of the Vienna Secession (1897) and the Wiener Werkstätte (1903), Hoffmann is one of the key architects and designers of Art Nouveau. With his main work, the “PalaisStoclet” in Brussels, he created one of the most important works of this era in 1911 in collaboration with Gustav Klimt. Inspired by the formal language of the Glasgow School of Arts and the innovations of the Wiener Werkstätte, a total work of art of unprecedented proportions was created. The balancing act of contrasts, the strict geometric shapes and the characteristic ornamentation of Art Nouveau is particularly groundbreaking." Source,:Maia Ernst, Bröhan-Museum, Berlin Charlottenburg

Dimension: 78 x 52 x 52 cm
Weight: 4,4 kg

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