Koloman Moser - All-Rounder of the Vienna Secession

More+Events ♦ Published: February 7, 2019; 19:06 ♦ (Vindobona)

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of one of the great visionaries of Viennese Modernism, Koloman Moser, both the MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts and the Theatermuseum pay tribute to his work. Both exhibitions can be seen until April.

Koloman Moser: Venus in the Grotto (ca. 1915) / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Koloman Moser [Public Domain]

Koloman Moser (1868 – 1918) was a Viennese artist who exerted considerable influence on twentieth-century graphic art and one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and a co-founder of Wiener Werkstätte.

He designed a wide array of art works, including books and graphic works from postage stamps to magazine vignettes, stained glass windows, fashion, ceramics…