Six conic glasses Otto Prutscher Meyr’s Neffe ca. 1908
Six colored glasses with conical cuppa, Otto Prutscher for E. Bakalowits Sohne, Meyr’s Neffe, ca. 1908, mod.no. I 198, cut glass
Bib.: Archive of the Wiener Werkstatte at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, „Weinglas Nr. 198“, Inv.no. WWF 89-15-1 Depicted in Torsten Bröhan (ed.), Glaskunst der Moderne, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munic 1992, stemmed glasss nr. 56 (yellow), p. 156
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Description
Otto Prutscher’s stemmed glasses are among the most beautiful Jugendstil glass designs for the upscale dining culture. Their bright colours stimulate our senses and cover the entire colour spectrum in differently coloured variations.
Prutscher uses the square as a decorative element and decorates the rim of the glass. At the shaft he varies the geometric cut in a modified form. He applies the cut in a chain-like manner creating the impression that the stem is composed of glass cubes arranged in offset rows.
Only the most experienced glass makers mastered this difficult technique in the glassworks of Meyr’s Neffe in today’s Adolfov/Czech Republic. If one accidentally slipped while cutting the decoration, the entire glass was irreparably defective and unsuitable for sale as a faulty work.
Otto Prutscher created a decorative classic with these colourful glasses in the geometrically austere decor, which should not be missing in any glass collection of Viennese Jugendstil.
Artist
The Viennese architect and arts and craftsman Otto Prutscher (Vienna 1880 - 1949 Vienna) was an important representative of Austrian Jugendstil. As a student of Josef Hoffmann and Franz Matsch, he created numerous designs for the Wiener Werkstätte and Viennese residential buildings. He was not only active as a designer and architect, but also as a teacher at the School of Arts and Crafts in Vienna. While his style was clearly influenced by Hoffmann's works at first, a clear stylistic independence can be seen as early as 1906. Between 1906 and 1915, he produced delightfully reduced works entirely in the spirit of the "Gesamtkunstwerk" (total work of art) of Austrian Jugendstil. The works of the 1908 "Kunstschau" and the 1914 "Werkbundausstellung" deserve special mention too. From 1915 onwards, the influence of Prutscher’s colleague Dagobert Peche became noticeable in his designs. His style became more modern and floral, but not as delicate as Peche's works. Otto Prutscher never lost his individuality and inspiration. The glass works from 1908 to 1916 also deserve a special mention here. His wine and liquor glasses from this period are, today, in great demand by collectors all over the world.
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