Expressionist Furniture

1900s Viennese Secessionist Rug by Julius Orendi Size: 12'6" × 16'1" (381 × 490 cm) This extraordinary early 20th-century Viennese Secessionist rug, attributed to Julius Orendi, is a...

Vienna secession serving table. Professionally stained and repolished.

Austrian bentwood 'Secessionist' beechwood loveseat with slat design and upholstered seat and back (J&J KOHN paper label under seat). Jacob & Jos...

Bentwood chairs with new silk-blend seat upholstery. Chairs designed by August Thonet, the son of original bentwood furniture designer Michael Thonet. August took over his father's b...

Secession desk chair no.6095 by Otto Wagner for Thonet. Professionally stained and repolished.

A fine find! These barrel armchairs model No. 729/2F, designed by Joseph Hoffmann, circa 1906. The simplicity of this chair design: is made up of a U-shaped horizontal rail that form...

Secession office chair attr. to Marcel Kammerer for Thonet in very nice original codition with signs of use.

Volkswagen by Max Wagner 1998 Hardcover Book. Cars, people, Love. This volume follows the amazing history of the Volkswagen Beetle, the popular bug which has become an American icon....

In this listing you will find a beautiful and very rare bentwood armchair, crafted by Marcel Kammerer (1878 – 1959), a Viennese architect and designer who immigrated to Canada after ...

Sea Light by Paul Liebhardt Hardcover Book. Sea Light, Semester at Sea. A Photographic Essay by Paul Liebhardt HC. Published by Institute for Shipboard Education, University of Pittsburgh...

Set of four aluminum coat hooks made in Austria about 1910.

Simple and elegant beech/plywood construction from the 1890s. Original condition Singed on the frame. Two pieces available. Price for both

Newspaper holder no.33 by Thonet in original condition.

Gerson Leiber "A Surge of Discombobulation" Oil on Linen, 2015 Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Gerson showed promise in his high school art classes. Later, while stationed in Hungary in...

Chagall: Love and the Stage 1914-1922. large hardcover 1st edition 1998, out of print. Marc Chagall, Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain). Merrell Holberton, 1998 - Art - 104 pages....

Late 20th century Expressionist Giacometti-like pair of french bronze candle holders By: Diego Giacometti (in the style of) Material: bro...

A fine find! These barrel armchairs model No. 729/2F, designed by Joseph Hoffmann, circa 1906. The simplicity of this chair design: is made up of a u-shaped horizontal rail that form...

A stunning pair of copper clad Riedel green aventurine vases -with the cased copper pieced in a pattern to show a typical Vienna Secessionist design -Green aventurine is a glass colo...

The ceramic charger is an example of the kind of work by which John Glick became so famous. He was seduced by the effects of the reduction kiln, which decreased the levels of oxygen during firing, inducing the flame to pull oxygen out of the clay and glazes changing the colors of the glazes depending on their iron and copper content. In this way he achieved the rich gradients of ochre and umber and variations in stippling and opacity. It is signed by the artist and stamped with Plum Street Pottery on the verso. John was an American Abstract Expressionist ceramicist born in Detroit, MI. Though open to artistic experimentation, Glick was most influenced by the styles and aesthetics of Asian pottery—an inspiration that shows in his use of decorative patterns and glaze choices. He has said that he is attracted to simplicity, as well as complexity: my work continually reflects my re-examination that these two poles can coexist… or not, in a given series. Glick also took influences from master potters of Japan, notably Shoji Hamada and Kanjrio Kawai, blending their gestural embellishments of simple forms with attitudes of Abstract Expressionism. He was particularly drown to the work of Helen Frankenthaler whose soak-stain style resonated with Glick’s multi-layered glaze surfaces, which juxtaposed veils of atmospheric color with gestural marks and pattern. He spent countless hours developing and making his own tools in order to achieve previously unseen results in his work with clay and glaze. Glick’s “Plum Tree Pottery” (now a designated historic landmark in Farmington Hills, Michigan) studio opened around 1965 and closed in the summer of 2016. It was a private studio space for John and a number of his students and assistants. He believed his shapes evolved guided by forces apparently outside his control. This was instinctual, intellectual and due to his openness to change, fusing into what he thought was the most positive force behind a potter’s approach: evolution and growth. Some have called it inspiration. John was not only a major figure in the Detroit creative community, but in the ceramics world at large. According to Shelley Selim in her book on John, “John Glick: A Legacy in Clay” John remains: “one of the most recognizable names in the field of studio pottery – known for lecturing, publishing, and offering workshops widely – and his work has been featured in well over a hundred local, national and international exhibitions since he was a college student in the late 1950s.” Along with this John has mentored over thirty studio apprentices over five and a half decades, received numerous grants and awards for his work, and has been prolific, with an estimated 300,000 ceramic wares throughout the world. He received his Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a legendary and influential teacher. Grotell was noted for her deep interest in the human connection to nature’s rhythms and patters. These ideas often grounded her dialog with her students including Glick, affecting, a profund and lasting influence on his future work. This famous Art Academy was designed by architect and faculty member, Eliel Saarinen who collaborated with Charles and Ray Eames on chair and furniture design. Numerous creative artists who are alumni of Cranbrook include: Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Donald Lipski, Duane Hanson, Nick Cave, Hani Rashid, George Nelson, Urban Jupena (Nationally recognized fiber artist), Artis Lane (the first African-American artist to have her sculpture, "Sojourner Truth," commissioned for the Emancipation Hall in the Capital Visitor Center in Washington DC), Cory Puhlman (televised Pastry Chef extraordinaire), Thom O’Connor (Lithographs), Paul Evans (Brutalist-inspired sculpted metal furnishings), Eugene Caples (small bronze images/abstract), Morris Brose (Bronze Sculptures), Herb Babcock (blown glass), Larry Butcher (mixed media) and Lauren Anais Hussey...

Frida Kahlo The Brush Of Anguish By Zamora, Martha 1st Ed. 1990. Marilyn Sode Smith (Translator) Mexican author Martha Zamora captures the essence of one of Mexico's most prolific ...

Josef Hoffmann - Wiener Werkstatte - Art Deco Copper Hand Hammered Plates. We have 5 plates that will be sold individualy. WIENER WERKSTATTE The Wiener Werkstatte (Vienna Workshop) exerted an enormous influence on artists and designers throughout the first part of the 20th century. In 1897 a group of progressive artists and designers, led by architect Josef Hoffman and painter Koloman Moser, formed the Vienna Secession which became the Wiener Werkstätte Produktiv-Gemeinschaft von Kunsthandwerken, Wien (the Viennese Workshop and Production Cooperative of Art Works in Vienna) in 1903 when they received backing from a prominent businessman. This enabled them to equip workshops especially for working on modern design in a range of applied arts like glass, metalwork and jewellery.Online art courses The aim of the Wiener Werkstatte artists and designers was to bring good design and art into every part of people's lives. They also wanted to break with the past and bring new style to everything they produced. Emphasis was placed on the beautiful and unique as well as faultless craftsmanship. The concept was modeled after Charles Robert Ashbee's Guild of Handicraft. By 1905 it had over a hundred craftsmen, of whom 37 were masters of their trade, its strong point being handmade metalware whose reductive style proved its dependence on hand production. In addition to the workshops on its own premises, the Wiener Werkstätte had recourse to free-lance craftsmen, students at Kunstgewerbeschule of Vienna (the School of Applied Arts, where both Hoffmann and Moser taught) and contemporary industry. Furniture production, for example, though at one point part of the Werkstätte's program, was more congenially licensed to outside manufacturers such as Gebrüder Thonet and J. & J. Kohn. In 1907, the Wiener Werkstätte took over distribution for the Wiener Keramik, a ceramics workshop of kindred spirit headed by Michael Powolny and Berthold Löffler...

Fledermaus chairs no.423 by Josef Hoffmann in original vintage condition with signs of use.

This bronze sculpture captures a Maasai warrior in a moment of stillness and anticipation — poised at the very start of the hunt. I was inspired by the elegant silhouettes of tribal ...

1900s Viennese Secessionist Rug by Julius Orendi Size: 12'6" × 16'1" (381 × 490 cm) This extraordinary early 20th-century Viennese Secessionist rug, attributed to Julius Orendi, is a...

Mahogany folding table in style of vienna secession in excellent original condition with signs of use.

Butterflies in Amazonian Rain Forest Morpho Peleides. Oil on canvas by Columbian artist, Carlos Nariño, who lives and works in Paris since 1985. Abstract expressionist. Strong, vi...

This set of 2 armchairs was produced by Thonet (original paper labels are still under the seats as you may see in the attached picture) and most probably designed by Josef Frank. Thi...

Austrian Bentwood (19/20th Century) swivel chair with scroll pedestal base and caned seat and back with oval open arm design. (att: THONET)

Oval table by arch. Marcel Kammerer for Thonet. Professionally stained and repolished.

100 Getaways Around the World by Margit J. Mayer TASCHEN. 2014 Taschen "100 Getaways Around the World" by Margit J. Mayer. 2 Hardcover coffee table books in slipcase. new in wrap. La...

Baryshnikov in Back and White By Mikhail Baryshnikov Collectible Art Book. The only collection of photographs documenting the last three decades of Mikhail Baryshnikov's brilliant career. Universally acknowledged as the most celebrated artist in the dance world ( Time magazine proclaimed him 'the greatest living dancer') Mikhail Baryshnikov's defection from the Soviet Union in 1974, at the age of twenty-six, breathed new artistic freedom into an already astonishing career. Working with American Ballet Theatre (where he was Artistic Director for ten years), the New York City Ballet (with George Ballanchine), and finally forming his own company in 1990 with Mark Morris, White Oak Dance Project, Baryshnikov has, over these past decades, changed the face of dance. Baryshnikov in Black and White presents, in over 175 photographs, the remarkable breadth of his achievement between the years 1974 and 2000. From his legendary roles in the classic ballets Giselle and Don Quixote , to his work with some of the world's greatest contemporary choreographers, Baryshnikov is shown here in both rehearsal and performance. Captured by the leading dance photographers, his vitality and genius are evident on every page. With an inspired and richly detailed essay by the New Yorker dance critic (and Baryshnikov biographer) Joan Acocella, a complete chronology of his roles, and extensive annotated captions, Baryshnikov in Black and White is the definitive book on his remarkable career in the West. From the moment of his first, spectacular North American appearance--in 1974, at the age of 26--Mikhail Baryshnikov was viewed as one of ballet's great virtuosos. But few could guess that his experimental spirit would lead him from princely roles in the classics to trailblazing collaborations with modern dance choreographers. Baryshnikov in Black and White reveals key moments of the dancer's artistic evolution from 1974 to 2000 in more than 175 starkly expressive black-and-white photographs. Glimpses of performances with American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and the White Oak Dance Project join a few well-chosen studio rehearsal shots. They demonstrate Baryshnikov's enormous range, from the classical purity of Apollo to the improvisational HeartBeat: mb, from partnering Natalia Makarova...

Rare pair of Austrian Viennese bentwood chairs produced by J. and J. John. handcrafted beechwood frames featuring a round handwoven cane seat. Supported by four round legs conjoined by a round stretcher. Each seat is stamped JJ Kohn Austria...

Secession side table by Thonet. Professionally stained and repolished.

Unusual and handsome piece; the round dished brass top embossed and etched with a stylized flowerhead on a punched ground with stud-mounted edge; raised on four turned supports; on a...

These vintage and all original medium sized lights have been rewired for USA. Wall or ceiling light with opaline glass, pictured in brass, designed for the Viennese trams. We are sel...

Jugendstil side table professionally stained and repolished.

Treescape. Oil on canvas with brush strokes to create and suggest dense foliage. Columbian Expressionist artist, Carlos Nariño, who lives and works in Paris since 1985. This painting...

'He , He , He' by James Surls, circa 1994 Lino cut print, Hand Signed Printers Proof in Black & White. Professionally framed. Dimensions: 43" x 56.5", sans 36" x 48"

Dressing table No.1134 by Josef Hoffmann for J&J Kohn in very good original condition.

Abstract agate sculpture on wood base.

Secession side table by Jacob & Josef Kohn. Professionally stained and repolished.

Wall shelf by Koloman Moser for Wiener Werkstätte in very good original condition.

“In Step” is a very personal piece for me — a bronze sculpture that captures the quiet tenderness between a mother elephant and her calf. I was moved to sculpt this moment after watc...

1940s French or German Iron table,,Sculptural modest design,High Style,, In the manner of Joseph Hoffmann

This is a wonderful small scale game table for tight spaces. Made of high quality ebonized oak and finished with a soft deep green suede game playing top. Dominoes, cards, just hav...

Austrian Bentwood Secessionist (19/20th Century) table desk with spindle gallery & 3 drawers and brown leather top (attributed to: HOFFMAN)

Wicker armchair painted designed by Hans Vollmer circa 1900 in Vienna for Prag-Rudniker Korbwaren-fabrication. Original used condition.

Pair of ceramic planters signed Austria. Vienna Secession period, circa 1900.

Beech bentwood Thonet Nr. 1 first time mentioned in the catalogue from the 1880s. This one is from 1910s-1920s. Chair is fully restored, walnut stained and shellack polished with ne...

A journey in bronze 'Going to the River', features two Kudu Bulls. One of the most recognisable silhouettes of the African bush my latest sculpture pays homage to this magnificent be...

Set of 4 dining chairs by Thonet Debrecen in very nice original condition.

Vintage Framed Oil Painting on Panel by Dieudonne Damoiseaux (1918-2000) is a charming work depicting the hay harvest. Two steadfast steeds stand ready to draw the impressively full cart that thanks to its cargo of hay is not terribly heavy. A group of farmers gather around the cart as the last bit of hay is tossed to the top, ready to take a short break before beginning the task anew on the next empty cart...

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas signed Rainbo depicts the interior of a cathedral, most likely the most prominent church in the city. The artist has used a superb sense of per...

Degas by Jean Sutherland Boggs Hardcover Book Met Museum of Art 1st Ed. 1988. Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas al...

Joseph Hoffman for Khon signed,barrel chair,Mahogany wood,creme upholstery,and open section on bottom to see original paper label,1880's early design .

Picasso and the Weeping Women, the Years of Marie-Therese & Dora Maar Art Book by Judi Freeman. In a book that examines the powerful body of work in which Picasso developed his pote...

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz carpet with a garden design typically seen in persian bakhtiari carpets. The border has a Persian love poem in-scripted ...

Bentwood plant stand attributed to Otto Wagner for Thonet in original vintage condition with signs of use.

Jugendstil plant stand atr. Josef Hoffmann from the conservatory. Finding Art Nouveau villa in Vienna. Original condition with signs of usage.

Red Wine Glass Art Nouveau Design Otto Prutscher by Meyr's Neffe Adolf Bohemia 1907. Fantastic Red Glass by Otto Prutscher. Extraordinary collectible Drinking Glass in perfect condit...