Koloman Moser (Austrian artist) 1868 - 1918
Exlibris Fritz Waerndorfer, ca. 1903
bookcover design
pencil, ink on squared paper
28 x 20.5 cm.
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria
Fritz (Friedrich) Wärndorfer (Waerndorfer), 1868-1939, was an Austrian entrepreneur, patron and founding member of the Wiener Werkstätte.
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Kolo Moser exerted considerable influence on twentieth-century graphic art and one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and was a co-founder of Wiener Werkstätte. During his life, Moser designed a wide array of art works - books and graphic works from postage stamps to magazine vignettes; fashion; stained glass windows, porcelains and ceramics, blown glass, tableware, silver, jewelry, and furniture - to name a few of his interests.vKoloman was one of the designers for Austria's leading art journal Ver Sacrum. This art journal paid great attention to design and was designed mainly by Moser, Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann.
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