9 The banished visionaries—from Vienna to the US

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Introduction 9
4. I. A History of Viennese Furniture Design from Its Beginnings to 1960
5. 1 Furniture design—a look back: from draftsman to designer 15
6. 2 Biedermeier—furniture artistry from Vienna 19
7. 3 Bentwood furniture: Gebrüder Thonet and Jacob & Josef Kohn 21
8. 4 Vienna 1900 25
9. 5 From Bauhaus to International Style 35
10. 6 Visionary Vienna—letting loose of Loos 43
11. 7 Glamorous Art Deco and Viennese furniture in Paris 91
12. 8 A fissure in time—1938 and the consequences for Viennese furniture design 94
13. 9 The banished visionaries—from Vienna to the US 98
14. 10 Furniture design of 1950s Vienna 115
15. 11 Scandinavian furniture and Viennese furniture design in Sweden: Josef Frank 124
16. 12 Bel Design from Italy 128
17. 13 Industrially produced furniture in English exile 131
18. 14 From Vienna to Palestine—furniture design for the newly created State of Israel 133
19. 15 The intellectual message from Vienna 136
20. II. Furniture Designers— Biographies
21. Oskar Strnad 144
22. Ella Briggs 148
23. Oskar Wlach 150
24. Ernst Lichtblau 152
25. Josef Frank 156
26. Paul Theodore Frankl 164
27. Walter Sobotka 166
28. Frederick Kiesler 168
29. Paul Engelmann 170
30. Richard Neutra 172
31. Ernst Freud 178
32. Liane Zimbler 180
33. Jacques Groag 184
34. Felice Rix-Ueno 188
35. Felix Augenfeld 190
36. Ernst Schwadron 194
37. Franz Singer 198
38. Friedl Dicker 202
39. Bruno Pollak 206
40. Jacqueline Groag 210
41. Walter Loos 214
42. Anna Szabo 216
43. Dora Gad 218
44. Martin Eisler 220
45. Forgotten names 224
46. III. Interviews with Experts, Collectors, and Designers
47. Friedl Dicker & Franz Singer—Georg Schrom on the visionary joint studio 232
48. Five generations of design from Vienna—Maria Auböck on the Carl Auböck workshop 240
49. IV. Glimpses into Apartments, Houses, and Cafés
50. A house and garden for the soul—the Krasny house today 250
51. The house of a hundred steps—Villa Beer 260
52. Designer living room in a museum: Salonplafond 264
53. A journey in time back to the 1950s: Café Prückel 268
54. When time stands still: original furniture design from the 1950s 272
55. The Guesthouse Vienna—a brasserie with Viennese furniture design 276
56. A bohemian life above the rooftops of Vienna 280
57. Mid-Century Modern furniture design in an elegant palace 284
58. Bibliography 290
59. Illustration Credits 294
60. About the Author 294
61. Acknowledgments 295
62. Publishing Information 296