Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna
After studying at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Josef Hoffmann was an employee in the studio of Otto Wagner. He became a founding member of the Vienna Secession (1897), professor at the Vienna School of Applied Arts (1899-1937) and artistic director of the Wiener Werkstätte, which he co-founded (1903-1931).
In addition to his work as an architect, he created designs for all branches of the arts and crafts. His most important buildings include the Purkersdorf Sanatorium near Vienna (1904/05), the Palais Stoclet in Brussels (1904-1911), numerous villas and country houses, the exhibition building for the "Kunstschau Wien 1908", the Austrian pavilions at the German Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne (1914), the International Arts and Crafts Exhibition in Paris (1925) and the Venice Biennale (1934).
His designs, even those for the simplest objects of everyday use, are always conceived as parts of a building concept. And therein lies the secret of why they carry their value." (Peter Behrens, 1928)
Ref.: C. Brandstätter, Design der Wiener Werkstätte 1903 – 1932, Vienna, p. 23
SILVER BOWL 
BREAD BASKET 
THREE SILVER BASKETS 
A PAIR OF VASES 
SILVER VASE 
INKWELL 
WRITING ACCOUTREMENT 
CENTREPIECE 
BUREAU 
COAT RACK 
MUSIC STAND 
SEVEN-BALL CHAIR 
10-PIECE MUSEUM-QUALITY CUTLERY SET 
FOUR ARMCHAIRS 
BUTTER DISH 
A LATTICEWORK VASE 
SILVER BASKET 
86-PIECE SET OF SILVER CUTLERY 
SALON CABINET 
A LOOP-HANDLED CENTREPIECE 
VASE 
PURSE WITH TWO CASES AND SPECTACLE CASE 
LEATHER PORTFOLIO 
SILVER TEA SERVICE 
SILVER BOX FOR DIRECTOR K. PLATZER