b'88620OTTO PRUTSCHER (AUSTRIA,1880-1949) in Vienna: Otto Prutscher - Universal Designer of Viennese& JACOB LW (AUSTRIA/ISRAEL,1887-1968) Modernism. The exhibition explores his complex creative work Wiener Werksttte Viennese Sideboard, 1922 and his role in the development of Viennese Modernism.Manufactured at the furniture maker August KnoblochsOtto Prutscher was a younger brother of the architect Hans Nachfolger, Vienna 7, Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 10-12, toPrutscher. He learned woodworking from his father before he Prutschers design and with ornate marquetry by Lw. studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule under Franz Matsch and A Viennese Modernist Marquetry and Walnut Sideboard whichJoseph Hoffmann. In 1902 he started teaching and from 1909 features a cross-banded rectangular section with two centralto 1938 he was a professor at the Kunstgewerbeschule. He was cupboard doors inlaid with classical figures and animals in aa member of the Wiener Werksttte and from 1922 to 1941 a landscape, flanked by four rectangular drawers similarly inlaid, onmember of the Knstlerhaus in Vienna.square legged stand with pierced interwoven stretchers to theIn 1911 he married Helene Smandl and they had two undercarriage. Initialled in marquetry J.L. to both central doorsdaughters. His marriage led to his forced retirement in 1939 and dated to one 1922. because his wife was Jewish. In 1947 he received the Austrian 350cm wide, 110cm high, 60cm deep. State Prize for Architecture.Otto Prutscher (18801949) was an architect and designer, anJacob Lw (1887-1968) was born in Galicia in 1887. He exhibition designer, teacher, and member of all the importantinitially trained as a sculptor before he attended the college of Arts and Crafts movementsfrom the Secession to thesculpture in Zakopane. Between 1910 and 1915 he studied at Werkbund. He was one of the first students of the Viennathe Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna School and undertook study School of Arts and Crafts. Being taught by Josef Hoffmann andtrips to Dalmatia, Italy and Paris. Lw worked for the Wiener the painter Franz Matsch clearly left its mark on PrutschersWerksttte and was a member of the Hagenbund. He was designs: this is evident in both their high-quality draftsmanshiphonoured with an award for his design of the 1926 Austrian State and their constant alignment with prevailing architecturalMedal. Various exhibitions, including at the Vienna Secession, trends. His known oeuvre comprises over 50 buildings, almostfollowed. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 50 exhibitions, some 170 interiors, 300 interior designs, and1938 Jakob Lw immigrated to Israel.more than 200 pieces and sets of furniture. His designs wereWe are delighted to be able to offer this large and impressive executed by over 200 companies, predominantly Wienersideboard; formerly part of a suite of four pieces, long since Werksttte related firms like Backhausen and Augarten. dispersed.Prutschers work is the subject of an extensive exhibition which$20,00030,000opened in November 2019 at the Museum of Applied Arts'