Hansi Lehner-Rosner (1903–1993)
”Charming and gracious, coupled with a fine feeling for decorative style: such are the works of this artist, whose gentle, female hand lends her pictures…
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War Posters and their Influence on the Visual Culture of the Political Propaganda in the First Austrian Republic
In Austria, political posters were in existence before the First World War, but they were essentially just filled with text. It was a different story…
Henry Steiner – Bridging East and West
Henry Steiner is one of the most influential graphic designers of our time. Brigitte Willinger has written a vivid and interesting portrait of the renowned…
Mihály Biró: “Art“ or Political Posters
These two conceptions would seem to hang together like Siamese twins. Every expert would say so and every reader would find it paradoxical to attempt…
Censored: Gustav Klimt
“The arrangement of the first exhibition by the Vereinigung bildender Künstler Oesterreichs (Secession) [Association of Visual Artists in Austria] has now nearly reached its completion,”…
Joseph Binder – Colour follows function
“Binder was a city lover whose thinking was entirely modern.” These were the words of Joseph Binder’s wife and long-standing companion Carla Binder, as she…
Ottokar Mascha, a Viennese Connoisseur
Ottokar Mascha was the first in Austria to deal with the subject of “Posters”, not only as a skilled collector, but also as a well-informed…
Heinrich Lefler
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…
JULIUS KLINGER: THE HOLY EVERY DAY
We reproductionists love that Every Day on which our sober work celebrates fantastic feasts. On holidays the prearranged thoughts of those who work without fire…
Robert Haas: From “Officina Vindobonensis” to the “Ram Press”
“Multi-talented” and “versatile” are probably the best words to describe the Viennese-born artist, Robert Haas. His interests ranged from photography, his first love, to calligraphy…
Hermann Kosel: From Rikola to the Buchkontor
The Vienna-born poster and commercial graphic artist Hermann Kosel (1896–1983) had, since 1921, business ties with the Rikola publishing company, which was founded in December…
Julius Klinger and the path to annihilation
At the beginning of November 2016, the exhibition “Final Sites before Deportation” opened at Vienna’s Heldenplatz in the Outer Castle Gate, portraying the four deportation…
Hermann Kosel as book designer. His work for the publisher Fiba-Verlag, Vienna–Leipzig
As a rule, Hermann Kosel (1896–1983)[1] (Fig. 1) is regarded and appreciated in commemorative exhibitions as a poster and commercial artist who created advertisements for…
Julius Klinger and Verlagsbuchhandlung Moritz Perles in Vienna
Born in Prague on December 15, 1844, Moritz Perles founded his bookshop in 1868 after his application for a concession as a bookseller had been…
The History of the Poster Collection of the Vienna City Library
After the Austrian National Library and the University Library, the Vienna City Library is the third largest academic library in Vienna. The focus of its…
Emil Ranzenhofer – An Early Advertising Expert
Emil Ranzenhofer was one of the first academically trained artists in Austria who made advertising his profession. But there is also another reason that makes…
Henry Steiner: “A very ‘weanerisch’ Sensibility”
Henry Steiner’s experience and reputation are international. Born in Vienna and raised in New York, he was educated at Yale – where he studied with…
The Poster and Art
“Artistic work with the medium of the poster is so interesting for me because it means that, among other things, art need no longer be…