Designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich (German, 1867-1908)
Germany, Darmstadt
Candlestick, Model no. 1819
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Designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich (German, 1867-1908)
Germany, Darmstadt1902
Candlestick, Model no. 1819
Designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich (German, 1867-1908) Germany, Darmstadt →candleholder - candlestickcandleholder
Date
1902
Medium
Pewter
Dimensions
H.: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.); Base: 17.2 × 11.1 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Wendel Fentress Ott Endowment Fund, Mrs. Robt. D. Graff Fund, Mrs. Frank Woods Fund, Mary Waller Langhome Fund, Leslie Fund, Mrs. Richard Lydy Fund, Kate Buckingham Fund, General European Decorative Arts Fund, European Decorative Arts Purchase Account
Joseph Maria Olbrich was a central figure in the revolutionary modern art movements that took place in Vienna at the end of the 19th century. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession in 1897 and designed the group’s striking exhibition hall, surmounted by a dome of three thousand gilt laurel leaves, which still stands in Vienna today. Olbrich exhibited this anthropomorphic and now iconic design for a candlestick at the Saint Louis World’s Fair (called the Louisiana Purchase Exposition) in 1904.