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Otto Prutscher (Austria,1880-1949) & Jacob Low (Austria/Israel,…
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Melbourne
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28-Jun-2020
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Otto Prutscher (Austria,1880-1949) & Jacob Low (Austria/Israel,1887-1968), Wiener Werkstatte Viennese sideboard, 1922, manufactured at the furniture maker August Knobloch's Nachfolger, Vienna 7, Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 10-12, to Prutscher's design and with ornate marquetry by Low. A Viennese modernist marquetry and walnut sideboard which features a cross-banded rectangular section with two central cupboard doors, inlaid with classical figures and animals in a landscape, flanked by four rectangular drawers similarly inlaid, on square legged stand with pierced interwoven stretchers to the undercarriage. Initialled in marquetry 'J.L.' to both central doors and dated to one '1922', 350 cm wide, 110 cm high, 60 cm deep, Otto Prutscher (1880–1949) was an architect and designer, an exhibition designer, teacher, and member of all the important Arts & Crafts movements — from the Secession to the Werkbund. He was one of the first students of the Vienna school of Arts & Crafts. Being taught by Josef Hoffmann and the painter Franz Matsch clearly left its mark on Prutscher's designs: this is evident in both their high-quality draftsmanship and their constant alignment with prevailing architectural trends. His known oeuvre comprises over 50 buildings, almost 50 exhibitions, some 170 interiors, 300 interior designs, and more than 200 pieces and sets of furniture. His designs were executed by over 200 companies, predominantly Wiener Werkstatte related firms like Backhausen and Augarten, Prutscher's work is the subject of an extensive exhibition which opened in November 2019 at the Museum of applied Arts in Vienna: 'Otto Prutscher - universal designer of Viennese Modernism'. The exhibition explores his complex creative work and his role in the development of Viennese Modernism, Otto Prutscher was a younger brother of the architect Hans Prutscher. He learned woodworking from his father before he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule under Franz Matsch and Joseph Hoffmann. In 1902 he started teaching and from 1909 to 1938 he was a professor at the Kunstgewerbeschule. He was a member of the Wiener Werkstatte and from 1922 to 1941 a member of the Kunstlerhaus in Vienna, in 1911 he married Helene Sußmandl and they had two daughters. His marriage led to his forced retirement in 1939 because his wife was Jewish. In 1947 he received the Austrian state prize for Architecture, Jacob low (1887-1968) was born in Galicia in 1887. He initially trained as a sculptor before he attended the college of sculpture in Zakopane. Between 1910 and 1915 he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna school and undertook study trips to Dalmatia, Italy and Paris. Low worked for the Wiener Werkstatte and was a member of the Hagenbund. He was honoured with an award for his design of the 1926 Austrian state medal. Various exhibitions, including at the Vienna Secession, followed. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938 Jakob low immigrated to Israel, We are delighted to be able to offer this large and impressive sideboard, formerly part of a suite of four pieces, long since dispersed.
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Furniture: Cabinets & Cupboards - Storage