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Show 12 VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 1908, 1910-191 betng a carver and dealer of tortofse shell and mother-of -pearl. Theft | son was Secretar of the Industrfal Soctety of Vienna,and both becam | ‘beneffcfal fn making indfspensable acquantances for Fal}\el, fncluding | Koloman Moser durin thef five-monthsojourn fn Vien Tt was ot long before Father becancaware that the Vienniese Mode ArtMovement,adistinctstyleof modernart wasapparenteverywh a0 10 places op would never drearm of oking:cvensa for afield ss thebutcher shops Theyar surely advanged n reardstomodern deey oratfon. Nearlyall the art manufacturing forall Europe fsdone herean atMunich, he related inalletter to his family: fnChlllfcothe e Rad the honour tomeet the leading Sezesstontsts,OttoWagner, Koloman Moser Josef Hoffomann, AdolLoosand severalothers He pas taken (Gl the SMiodel City e tened byasnes sbd nicationhe wro ere(xachuxchlhue,(Churchufiank( Leopeld Stetnhof the Sl s S by "Kolo" Moser whic] axetheonlyoneslnex(s(encecffllblicalflgu L dibliisrl it i e nand th finest [ hadever seen. St. Marks o St. Peters can'tfmprove upon ftal- | though ol st e oo e lin the mndetmstyeard foar thansny hete Tomsevectn e B zxenobmmum:hewholeplamndmspeople oaroun as they k he ‘Cty' consfsts of houses, stores and this church. The storesare very. ‘peculfarwithyardsin frontan pine trees cut fn squares. The vegetables re kept fn squar wo den boxesbanded in copper,and all kinds of mod ern tdeas extst." He goes further to relate: "We were taken to the storeof Hoffmann an Moser know W chstatte, It 65 verygoodan repatdmy trip to Europe f I had seen nothfng else.Issmal but has furniture jewelry, printing, silver-ware, glass, pottery, bool tnding, leather-work, textiles and minor things. The furniture s by farthe bes L ev tanother time he was conducted through th shopareawhereall these modernart objectswer created and remarked "Theyare working onacabinet insflverand glass having been workin on ¢ for two years. It set fn mother-of-pear witha good lot of carv fvory. It fs quit a large shop, about the sfzeofthe matnRoycrof This f5,of course, the. Eo They employ abou stxty people,all German. Here (Vienna) )anan(xuxnolmmld redahalf ritedtocl i i iyplace o th Unt ed S wingwasoneof Father's foremos ks o and o loe e s accomplished during this fvementh vists i Vienna, On oecaio Motherwould read English narratfves aloud as he worked, but she wa Digital Image© 2005 Marrioft Library University of Utah. All rights reserved |