The Vienna Court Opera was destined for change once Gustav Mahler became its new director in 1897. Keen on reforming this institution and getting it…

“Any artist who wishes to work in the world of advertisements must be an experienced, versatile expert in the practicalities of real life who is…

“Vally Wieselthier, Viennese, student of Professor Hoffmann, began her career in the Wiener Werkstätte and already has a worldwide reputation. Her artistic speciality is ceramics….

A painting comes to life before your very eyes – the characters climb out and start talking to one another. We are used to scenes…

“It is the nature of a poster to confront people in the midst of comings and goings, captivating even the most indifferent, and give each…

In the late 19th century there was huge momentum in all areas of society, and many women made it very clear that they wished to…

In Austria and also throughout the world, Stephanie Glax was one of the first female poster designers. Indeed, quite generally in society, she refused to…

At the end of 1910, the “1. Ausstellung der Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs” (1st Exhibition of the Austrian Association of Women Artists) in the Vienna Secession…

“After a long break, the Perles bookshop is starting to organise graphic exhibitions again. It is to be warmly welcomed that it is starting with…

Vienna is a city where the poster adopted a dominant role as a means of advertising from the 19th century onwards, and this has continued…

“Viennese Posters. Art, Artists, Artwork.1868–1938” is a publication offering a series of explorations of specific aspects in Austrian cultural history which are linked to the…

One canary is doing a headstand, another seems to be walking around headless, and yet another is in the process of firing a canon. Next…

Between 1919 and 1938 Hans Neumann ran one of the most important Austrian graphic studios, with which he also achieved considerable international recognition.[1] In addition…

“I’m Sammy Slap, the bill-sticker, and you must all agree sirs, / I sticks to business like a trump, and business sticks to me sirs”…

What is the connection between ‘The New School for Social Research’ in New York and Vienna’s ‘Rathauskeller’, the cellar restaurant in its city hall? The…

Innumerable posters have been designed for circuses, cabarets, magicians, actors, animal shows and human zoos. Looking back to the beginnings of posters, as early as…