Koloman Moser

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caption = Photograph of Koloman Moser (1905)
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birthdate = 30 March 1868
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nationality = Austria-Hungarian
field = Painting, Drawing, Postage Stamp, Printmaking, Ceramics, Stained glass
training = 1885-1892 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
1893 - 1895 Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbeschule)
movement = Vienna Secession, Jugendstil
works = founder of the Wiener Werkstätte, Stained glass of Kirche am Steinhof
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Koloman Moser (March 30, 1868 – October 18, 1918) was an Austrian artist who exerted considerable influence on twentieth-century graphic art and one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and a co-founder of Wiener Werkstätte.

During his life, Moser designed a wide array of art works - books and graphic works from postage stamps to magazine vignettes; fashion; stained glass windows, porcelains and ceramics, blown glass, tableware, silver, jewelry, and furniture - to name a few of his interests.

He studied at the Wiener Akademie and the Kunstgewerbeschule, where he also taught from 1899.

His designs in architecture, furniture, jewelry, graphics, and tapestries helped characterize the work of this era. Moser drew upon the clean lines and repetitive motifs of classical Greek and Roman art and architecture in reaction to the Baroque decadence of his turn-of-the-century Viennese surroundings.

In 1901/1902, he published a portfolio titled Die Quelle (The Source) of elegant graphic designs for such things as tapestries, fabrics, and wallpaper.

In 1903, Moser and his colleague Josef Hoffmann founded Wiener Werkstätte, whose studios and artisans produced a number of aesthetically and functionally designed household goods, including glassware, flatware, silverware, and textiles. In 1904, he created the Apse mosaic and glass windows for the Kirche am Steinhof in Vienna.

In 1905, together with the Klimt group, he separated from the Vienna Secession. The same year, he married Editha (Ditha) Mautner von Markhof, the daughter to one of Austria's great industry fortunes.

In 1907 Kolo Moser, due to internal conflicts and as his plans for reorganising the Werkstätte (to cope with financial problems) weren't realised, withdrew from the Wiener Werkstätte.

Koloman was one of the designers for Austria's leading art journal "Ver Secrum."' This art journal paid great attention to design and was designed mainly by Moser, Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann.

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One of Moser's most prominent designs used in a building (The Steinhof Church) was selected as a main motif of one of the most famous euro collectors coins: the Austrian 100 euro Steinhof Church commemorative coin, minted in November 9 2005. On the reverse of the coin, the Koloman Moser stained glass window over the main entrance can be seen. In the center of the window is God the Father seated on a throne. The window is flanked with a pair of bronze angels in Jugendstil style, originally designed by Othmar Schimkowitz.

References

*cite book | last = Moser | first = Koloman | title = Turn-of-the-Century Viennese Patterns and Designs | publisher = Dover Publications | location = New York | year = 1998 | isbn = 9780486402697 |others= Dover Pictorial Archives
*cite book | last = Fenz | first = Werner | title = Koloman Moser | publisher = Residenz Verlag | location = Salzburg | year = 1984 | isbn = 3701703698
*cite book | last = Rennhofer | first = Maria | title = Koloman Moser: Master of Viennese Modernism| publisher = Thames & Hudson | location = London | year = 2002 | isbn = 9780500093061
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External links

* [http://wiener-werkstaette.com Wiener Werkstätte (de/en)]
* [http://woka.com/infos/english/designer/moser.asp Koloman Moser at WOKA (de/en)]

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NAME= Moser, Koloman
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Painting, Drawing, Postage Stamp, Printmaking, Ceramics, Stained glass
DATE OF BIRTH= 30 March 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH= Vienna, Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH= 1918-10-18
PLACE OF DEATH= Vienna, Austria-Hungary