Barnet, Peter, and MaryAnn Wilkinson. Decorative Arts 1900 Highlights from the
Private Collections in Detroit. Detroit: University of Washington Press, 1993. Print.
This work is a catalog for an exhibition shown at the Detroit Institute of Art from November 7, 1993-January 9, 1994. The work includes a comprehensive overview of decorative arts from the turn of the 20th Century from countries such as America, Great Britain, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, and Belgium. Although the work did not have much information about history, instead focusing on individual items, it was a valuable resource. Because the work is not specific to the Wiener Werkstätte, and instead focuses on the broader Arts and Crafts movement, it was useful for researching the influences of the movement. (HL)
Brandstatter, Christian. Wiener Werkstatte: Design in Vienna 1903-1932. 1. New York: Harry H Abrams, 2003. Print.
This book was written by one of Vienna's leading art historians who specializes in Fin de Siecle Vienna culture and art. It served primarily as a picture book to illustrate many of the individual items talked about in other sources. While this book provided a comprehensive overview of the time period it did not offer a detailed history and analysis of what was happening in the movement. This book provided us with a visual language to the time period with little analysis of each piece. (AR)
Dagobert Peche, Peter Noever, and Hanna Egger. Dagobert Peche and the Wiener Werkstätte: [in Conjunction with the Exhibition "Dagobert Peche and the Wiener Werkstätte" Neue Galerie New York, 11 October 2002 - 10 February 2003]. New Haven [u.a.]: Yale Univ. Pr., 2002. Print.
This book provided insight into the life and works of Dagobert Peche, including his upbringing, and his acceptance into the Wiener Werkstätte beginning with his first collaboration in 1911 as a fabric designer. His full induction as a member of the Wiener Werkstätte in the spring of 1915, and later his promotion to Director of the Zurich branch of the Wiener Werkstätte. In addition to the biographical information of Peche's short but incredible life the inclusion of writings about his work and detailed illustrations of his pieces are all included. (AOE)
Decristoforo, Bernadette. Portois & Fix a Viennese Equipment Companies in the Modern. Thesis. University of Vienna, 2009. Vienna: University of Vienna, 2009. Http://othes.univie.ac.at/. Web. 30 Mar. 2010.
This thesis by Decristoforo gave an all encompassing view of the fabricators Portois & Fix, while giving insight to the role they played with those involved in the Wiener Werkstätte, including K. Moser, J. Hoffmann, O. Wagner as well as others. Giving insight to the connection of those in the Wiener Werkstätte and the world of production. As well as the role that production encompassed during the transition between the 19th and 20th centuries in Vienna. (AOE)
Fahr-Becker, Gabriele, and Angelika Taschen. Wiener Werkstätte. 1. New York: Taschen America Llc, 2008. Print.
This book, much like the previous book, provided many detailed illustrations and pictures that aided us in understanding Wienner Werkstatte furniture. Like many Taschen books this book contained many beautiful color and black and white photographs. This book also contained a great deal of analysis on the period and allowed us to further understand some of the ideas within the movement. Including some background history of many techniques and ideas that led to the Wiener Werkstätte. While not as comprehensive, this book still gave a deep overview of the period. (AR)
Josef Hoffmann Designs-MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts Vienna. Ed. Peter Noever.Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1992. Print.
This is a catalog published for an exhibition on Josef Hoffmann’s designs, which was shown at the MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna from April 2, 1987-July 27,1992. The editor, Peter Noever, is himself a designer and architect in addition to curating and designing exhibits. He is also the director of the MAK. The book contains several brief scholarly articles about Josef Hoffmann, but mostly it contains images of his designs, a vast majority of them being sketches and rough drafts for final products. Most of the images of objects are in black and white, whereas the sketches are in color, which seems counter-intuitive to me. The sketches are of interest because they show Hoffmann’s planning process, and many sketches come from the MAK’s private collection. The articles provided some specific information about Hoffmann, but did not contain much general information about the time in which he was working, and when they did, it was brief. The individual images of his work did not contain analysis. This is a book for its pictures more so than for its content. (HL)
Kallir, Jane. Viennese Design and the Wiener Werkstatte. 1. New York: George Braziller, 1986. Print.
Jane Kallir's comprehensive work details the rise, success and decline of the popularity of the Wiener Werkstätte and its impact on modern design even today. This book, while somewhat short does a great job of going in depth on many of the ideals of the Wiener Werkstätte. For us, this book provided a great overview of the period and supplied us with many images and some analysis and background information used in the presentation. The images were primarily black and white and the text was dense and informative. (AR)
Neuwirth, Waltraud. Wiener Werkstätte--Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design.Vienna: Self Published--Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth, 1984. Print.
This book was self-published by Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth who has written many books on Austrian design. The book contains German and English text, side by side. This book was created to be a catalogue for a show put on by the MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts in 1984/85 titled Wiener Werkstätte Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design. The work is supposed to show the variety of creations made by the Werkstätte over its long history. This book has more images from the later days of the Wiener Werkstätte, and less images from the beginning of the movement, unlike my other sources. However, the images are mostly decorative items, and there is little about individual items of furniture. (HL)
Pichler, Gerd. "Selected Items of Furniture By Kolo Moser from the Production of the Wiener Werkstätte." Koloman Moser. Ed. Sandra Tretter. Vienna: Prestel, 2007. 203-215. Print.
This article is a brief overview and analysis of selected furniture pieces by Koloman Moser, designed during his time at the Wiener Werkstätte. The works are analyzed individually and in depth, which I found useful, because most of my other sources contained general information about furniture design, rather than specific information. The images were also reproduced in color, which was useful and allowed for a better sense of what Kolo Moser’s intent was. (HL)
Schweiger, Werner. Wiener Werkstätte--Design in Vienna. New York: Abbeville Press,1984. Print.
This book is written by Werner Schweiger, who is an art historian specializing in Vienna. The book provided a comprehensive history of the Wiener Werkstätte and the people who were involved in creating it. Although it contained many images, it was more about the history and the design philosophy of the movement than it was about individual works of art. It does have detailed information about the larger design projects undertaken by the group, as well as information on graphic design, glass, ceramics, and fashion, but did not have much information about individual objects of furniture, which is what I was primarily interested in. It was, however, a great resource for the history of the overall movement, and perhaps the most comprehensive source I had. (HL)
Witt-Dörring, Christian, and Michael Huey. Josef Hoffmann. Prestel
Pub, 2006. Print.
Witt-Dorring’s book offers a look into the painstaking process of assembling materials for Josef Hoffmann’s interiors and his final installations. Hoffmann, an Austrian architect, is one of the leading figures of the modern movement of the twentieth century, perhaps the finest furniture designer, and certainly one of the most significant figures in decorative arts. The book is illustrated with color photographs of Hoffmann’s masterpieces, focuses on significant aspects of his career: his early years as a member of the Secessionist Movement and founder of the Vienna Workshops, Wiener Werkstätte, his role in the intellectual rebellion that took place in Austria; and his progression toward a Modernist ethic. Hoffmann saw interior spaces as a place of organic unity wherein all the pieces worked together harmoniously. His four dazzling interiors in this book are furnished with his signature pieces of furniture in each room. The world is transported where form marries function and simplicity and refinement reign supreme. The text was indispensable in my research and for others, of the Vienna Workshop and the role that Josef Hoffmann created. (KR)
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