Vase Loetz Rudolf Holubetz Franz Hofstötter ca. 1901

Robert Holubetz (Gablonz 1880 – 20th century) was an artist of the Viennese Jugendstil. After attending the technical school in Gablonz, Holubetz studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Vienna from 1898 to 1902, where he was one of Koloman Moser’s most talented and important students. When people talk about the “Kolo Moser School” in connection with Viennese Jugendstil, they also mean artists like Robert Holubetz.

At the School of Arts and Crafts in Vienna, Moser’s students benefited from his connections with established manufactures. For example, he had some glass designs of his class produced by the Bohemian glass manufacturer Loetz via the glass distributor Bakalowits. In keeping with the Arts & Crafts postulate, Moser focused on radical form reduction combined with modern, simple and at the same time effective decorations. Robert Holubetz masterfully implemented these principles in his glass designs. His glass objects with their strict forms are well documented in specialist literature today.