![]() ![]() © 1994-2013 Artifice, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Early Practice Joined Otto Wagner office in 1896 Josef Hoffman set up on his own in 1898. In eight years, the group held 23 exhibitions in Joseph Maria Olbrich’s Secessionist Gallery, alongside a monthly publication, Ver Sacrum, that promoted the art of the Vienna Secessionists. Special thanks to our sustaining subscribers including Notable members of the Vienna Secession included Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Carl Moll, in addition to Wagner and Klimt. ![]() Quick Search by name of Building, Architect, or Place:Įxamples: "Parthenon", "Corbu", "Helsinki" Advanced Search Send this to a friend Contribute Subscribe Link Credits Media Kit Photo Licensing Suggestions Subscribe free to design and building newsletters by ArchitectureWeek! ![]() We appreciate your suggestions for links about Josef Hoffmann. Josef Hoffmann at Archiplanet Find, add, and edit info at the all-buildings collaboration Search the RIBA architecture library catalog for more references on Josef Hoffmann The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. The functional clarity and abstract purity of his later works mark him as an important precursor of the Modern Movement.Ī highly individualistic architect and designer, Hoffman's work combined the simplicity of craft production with a refined aesthetic ornament. In 1903 he helped found the Wiener Werkstate.Īlthough Hoffman's earliest works belong to a Secessionist tangent of the Art Nouveau, his later works introduced a vocabulary of regular grids and squares. He actively supported the group by designing its exhibitions and writing for the magazine Ver Sacrum. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, a group of revolutionary artists and architects. Hoffman established his own office in 1898 and taught at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule from 1899 until 1936. He won the Rome prize in 1895 and the following year joined the Wagner's office. He studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Carl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner, whose theories of a functional, modern architecture profoundly effected his architectural works. Josef Hoffman was born in Pirnitz, Moravia (now Chechoslovakia) in 1870. ![]()
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