Specialties

• Architect, Sculptor & Designer born in Germany
• Influenced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
• Studied architecture in Munich.

1887

• Brunn’s Hohere Staatsgewerbeschule.

1892

• Akademie der bildenden Kunste.

1895

• Awarded the “Rome Prize,” a fellowship.

1897

• Founding member of the Vereinigung bildender Kunstler Osterreichs (Vienna Secession).

1899

• Professor at Kunstgewerbeschule until 1936.

1903

• With Koloman Moser, founded Wiener Werkstätte.
• Designed for Wiener Werkstätte until 1931.
• Goal was to provide quality goods for the home.

1920

• Founded Oesterreichische Werkbund.