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Josef Hoffmann
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Austrian architect and product designer (1870-1956)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1870-12-15 ) 15 December 1870, Brtnice , Moravia , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 7 May 1956 (1956-05-07) (aged 85), Vienna , Austria
- Occupation
- Architect
- Children
- Wolfgang Hoffmann
- Buildings
- Sanatorium Purkersdorf , Stoclet Palace , Ast Residence, Skywa-Primavesi Residence
- Projects
- Wiener Werkstätte
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hoffmann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Vídeň
- Occupation
- interior designer
- Educated at
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Stoclet Palace
- Student of
- Karl von Hasenauer
- Field of work
- applied arts
- Image
- Josef-Hoffmann.jpg
- Work location
- Brtnice
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- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- Commons category
- Josef Hoffmann
- date of birth
- 1870-01-01
- date of death
- 1956-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- Josef Hoffmann
- member of
- Vienna Secession
- Commons gallery
- Josef Hoffmann
- has works in the collection
- Kunstmuseum Den Haag
- name in native language
- Josef Hoffmann
- affiliation
- Wiener Werkstätte
- described at URL
- arch-pavouk.cz/index.php/architekti/99-hoffmann-josef
- partner in business or sport
- Joseph Maria Olbrich
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Encyclopedic overview
Josef Hoffmann (15 December 1870 – 7 May 1956) was an Austrian-Moravian architect and designer. He was among the founders of Vienna Secession and co-establisher of the Wiener Werkstätte. His most famous architectural work is the Stoclet Palace, in Brussels, (1905–1911) a pioneering work of Modern Architecture, Art Deco and peak of Vienna Secession architecture.
Biography
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