GERMAN DESCRIPTION:
MANUFACTURE:
VIENNA WORKSHOP
PRODUCTION:
1916-1921
MATERIAL: GLASS BEADS, SILK, GOATSKIN, WOOD
DRAFT: MARIA LIKARZ-STRAUSS (1893 - 1971)
Maria Likarz married Strauss was a designer, graphic artist and employee of the Wiener Werkstätte. From 1908 to 1910, Likarz went to the art school for women and girls in Vienna, where she was a student of Otto Friedrich, among others. She studied art at the Vienna School of Applied Arts under Josef Hoffmann, Rosalia Rothansl and Anton Kenner from 1910 to 1914. While she was still studying, she worked as a graphic designer for the Wiener Werkstätte. Likarz later was a teacher at the Burg Giebichenstein School of Applied Arts from 1916 to 1920, where she was the first female member of the teaching staff to set up a workshop for enamel work.
From 1912 to 1914 and from 1920 until its dissolution in 1931 she worked at the Wiener Werkstätte, where she worked mainly in the area of advertising graphics. She designed postcards, advertisements, posters, wrapping paper, stationery and marbled paper (tunk paper). She later devoted herself more to ceramics and enamel before turning to fashion. Her work has been shown many times in exhibitions.
PEARL BAG
Exceptional, rare bucket bag with abstract bead embroidery in bright orange, beige, dark brown and white, crocheted on the upper edge, drawstrings with olive-shaped wooden beads, lining made of light goatskin.
Design attributed to the artist Maria Likarz-Strauss, as similar examples can clearly be attributed to the artist.
Client: Wiener Werkstätte 1916 to 1921
Execution: among others Austrian Hausindustrie, Vienna
WW - Wiener Werkstätte: The Wiener Werkstätte GmbH was a production community of visual artists. The founding members in 1903 were Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and the industrialist Fritz Waerndorfer, who made a name for himself as a patron of the arts. On 2. In September 1905, WW signed Carl Otto Czeschka as an additional designer. The model was the British 'Arts and Crafts Movement'. The aim of the workshop was to renew the concept of art in the field of applied arts. Here she worked with the Vienna Secession and the Vienna School of Applied Arts. Everyday objects as well as jewelry and furniture were produced.
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 20.0cm
Width: 16.0cm
PROOF:
Online archive of the MAK, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, archive of the Wiener Werkstätte, inventory number: WWF 109-17-3, similar copy, inventory number: WWF 106-12-3, similar decor.
CONDITION:
VERY GOOD
- usual signs of age and wear
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION:
MANUFACTORY:
'WIENER WERKSTÄTTE' / VIENNA WORKSHOP
DATING:
1916-1921
MATERIAL: GLASS BEADS, SILK, GOATSKIN, WOOD
DESIGN:
MARIA LIKARZ-STRAUSS (1893 - 1971)
Maria Likarz, married Strauss, was a designer, graphic artist and member of the Wiener Werkstätte. From 1908 to 1910, Likarz attended the Art School for Women and Girls in Vienna, where she was a student of Otto Friedrich, among others. She studied art at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts under Josef Hoffmann, Rosalia Rothansl and Anton Kenner from 1910 to 1914 and worked as a graphic designer for the Wiener Werkstätte while still a student. Likarz later taught at the Burg Giebichenstein School of Arts and Crafts from 1916 to 1920, where she was the first female member of the teaching staff to set up a workshop for enamel work.
From 1912 to 1914 and from 1920 until its dissolution in 1931, she worked at the Wiener Werkstätte, where she was mainly active in the field of advertising graphics. She designed postcards, advertisements, posters, wrapping paper, stationery and marbled paper. Later, she devoted herself increasingly to ceramics and enamel, before turning her attention entirely to fashion. Her work has been shown in many exhibitions.
BEADED BAG
Exceptional, rare pouch bag with abstract bead embroidery in bright orange, beige, dark brown and white, crocheted at the upper edge, cords as drawstrings with olive-shaped wooden beads, lining made of light-colored goatskin.
Design aria Likarz-Strauss, as similar examples can be clearly attributed to her.
Commissioned by: Wiener Werkstätte 1916 to 1921
Execution: among others: 'Österreichische Hausindustrie, Wien' Austrian Domestic Industry, Vienna
WW - Wiener Werkstätte / Vienna Workshop: The 'Wiener Werkstätte GmbH' was a production association of visual artists. Founding members in 1903 were Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and the industrialist Fritz Waerndorfer, who made a name for himself as an art patron. On September 2, 1905, WW signed Carl Otto Czeschka as another designer. The role model was the British 'Arts and Crafts Movement'. The aim of the workshop was to renew the concept of art in the field of arts and crafts. Here she worked with the Vienna Secession and the Vienna School of Applied Arts. Everyday objects as well as jewelry and furniture were produced.
MEASURES/DIMENSIONS:
height: 7.87 inches
width: 6.29 inches
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Online archive of the MAK, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Archive of the Wiener Werkstätte, inventory number: WWF 109-17-3, similar example, inventory number: WWF 106-12-3, similar decoration.
CONDITION:
VERY GOOD
- usual signs of age and use
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