Candlestick, Model no. 1819
1902 · Pewter
H.: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.); Base: 17.2 × 11.1 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Joseph Maria Olbrich
Austrian, 1867
Opava, Czech Republic
PrintmakingArt Nouveau
Representation
None documented
5
Institutional Exhibitions
10
Works in Collection
16
Assets Indexed
4
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Movements
- • Art Nouveau
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The Modern Poster
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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The Symbolist Aesthetic
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980–1981
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Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
No image
Art Nouveau
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
No image
Three Modern Styles
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950
About
Why this artist matters now
Joseph Maria Olbrich was an Austrian architect and designer central to the Vienna Secession movement. Working in residential architecture, interior design, and decorative arts, he developed a distinctive vocabulary of geometric ornamentation and organic forms that rejected historical revivalism in favor of modern materials and functional clarity. His landmark Secession Building, completed in 1897, became the movement's emblematic structure. Olbrich's work across architecture, furniture, and graphic design established principles that would influence early twentieth-century modernism across Europe.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
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Art Nouveau
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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