Otto Wagner Chair

The postsparkasse series was designed in 1906 by otto wagner for the headquarters of the post office savings bank in vienna and represents a clear expression of modern viennese art.

Otto wagner chair.

Otto koloman wagner german. Ton czechoslovakia bentwood dining chair beech wood thonet ton. 2 original thonet bentwood backrest chair mid century modern mcm. Furniture for the vienna post office savings bank otto wagner vienna c.

Otto koloman wagner was born on july 13 1841 in vienna austria. Bent beech wood origine. Essentially wagner catapulted fin de siècle vienna into the 20th century by celebrating the beauty of simplicity. This is not what one immediately associates with functionalist design yet within otto wagner s austrian postal savings bank it is the very materiality of the finely crafted stone concrete glass wood and metal that makes the building decidedly.

78 x 56 x 58 cm. Many of his works are found in his native city of vienna and illustrate the rapid evolution of architecture during the period. Choose from 8 authentic otto wagner armchairs for sale on 1stdibs. He made also use of the ultra modern material of aluminium.

13 july 1841 11 april 1918 was an austrian architect and urban planner he was a leading member of the vienna secession movement of architecture founded in 1897 and the broader art nouveau movement. 6 elegant dinning chairs style of otto wagner ton thonet. Explore all seating created by otto wagner. Polished marble ebonized beech wood nickel plated and aluminum detailing and everywhere broad panels of curved and beveled glass.

With his post office savings bank on stubenring otto wagner created a pioneering icon of 20th century architecture the interior of which was designed on purely functional lines. Das interieur iv 1903 p 7. Unlike any other austrian architect furniture designer and interior decorator otto wagner holds the key to viennese modernist and art nouveau architecture. The solid bent beech wood structure is both embracing and ergonomic.