Seating ensemble Otto Wagner J. & J. Kohn ca. 1902
Seating set, design Otto Wagner, execution J. & J. Kohn, consisting of 2 Fauteils a bench and a table model 412, ca. 1902
Description
Otto Wagner was one of the ground-breaking architects of Vienna’s modernism or, to quote a statement by the influential Viennese Salonière Berta Zuckerkandl: “Otto Wagner proclaims the architectural style of the 20th century(transl.)”. Among his main projects in Vienna are the Postsparkassengebäude, the church at Steinhof and the three so called “Wienzeilenhäuser”.
As a pioneer, he made use of the new technique of bentwood for his furniture designs. Wagner designed this sitting room suite in 1901 and it was manufactured from 1902 on by the company J. & J. Kohn, which together with Thonet, was the leading producer of bentwood furniture at that time. The curved armrests emphasize the advantage of this new technique. Visible brass studs help to stabilize the furniture and at the same time form an adorning element. This sitting room suite has been upholstered with fabric by Backhausen, designed by Koloman Moser.
ARTIST
Otto Wagner (Vienna 1841 – 1918 Vienna) was one of the pioneering architects of Viennese Modernism, who led Austria to abandon the overloaded historicist style. Both in architecture and design, he implemented his postulate that form must follow function and systematically used new materials in his projects, such as aluminium or bentwood.
His main works include the Postsparkassengebäude (postal savings bank building) and the Steinhof church in Vienna, as well as the three Wienzeilenhäuser (residential houses). He also set urban development standards with his project for the Vienna tramway network.
As an already established architect, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1894 to 1915 and thus exerted great influence on the next generation of Viennese architects.
In the years 1899 to 1905, he was a member of the Viennese Secession and became an important mentor of renowned students and co-workers, including Joseph Maria Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann and Gustav Siegel.
With his buildings, he proclaimed the architectural style of the 20th century, as Berta Zuckerkandl put it, and he created iconic classics in his furniture design, with a sense of aesthetics far ahead of their time.
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