Bird vessel Werkstatte Hagenauer ca. 1935
Bird vessel, Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna, ca. 1935, brass nickel-plated, marked
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Description
At the end of the 1930s, the Hagenauer workshop produced various vessels in the shape of birds. They started out with objects that had details like feet and wings but as they progressed, it got more and more abstract. This piece, which is beaten out of a single sheet of brass, is a perfect example of such reduced and humoristic objects.
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Werkstätte Hagenauer – stylistic evolution and importance
Today, the Werkstatte Hagenauer is rightfully among the most important Austrian Arts & Crafts manufacturers of the 20th century. The clear, strict formal language combined with dynamic poses and the usage of brass, nickel-plated, patinated or bare, along with copper, alpaca and exotic wood shows a high level of recognition.
However, it took the siblings Karl and Franz Hagenauer quite some time until they developed their own unique style. Karl and Franz both attended the Vienna School of Arts & Crafts and studied under Josef Hoffmann, Oskar Strnad, Anton Hanak and Dagobert Peche.
Until the closure of the Werkstatte Hagenauer on December 30, 1987, art objects of outstanding quality were still being produced. The siblings Karl and Franz Hagenauer strongly contributed in coining the term „design“ through their legacy and are surely among the most influential Austrian artists of the 20th century.
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