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Emanuel Josef Mangold (attr.), J. & L. Lobmeyr (retailer), Fachschule Haida vase c. 1911

EMANUEL JOSEF MARGOLD attr. (1888-1962)
J. & L. LOBMEYR (founded 1823) Vienna, Austria
FACHSCHULE HAIDA Bohemia
Vase c. 1911
Stylized birds perched in highly stylized scrolling vine motif, abstract geometric circular forms and concave carved “windows”, “Schwarzlot” technique further accented with gilt highlights
For more information see: Das Böhmische Glas 1700-1950, Band IV Jugendstil in Böhmen, Alena Adlerová, c.s. (Passau: Passauer Glasmuseum, 1995) pp. 202 – 210; Glaskunst der Moderne: von Josef Hoffmann bis Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Torsten Bröhan (Munich: Klinkhardt & Biermann,1992),
***The “Schwarzlot” technique is finely pulverized iron that is in liquid form and painted as the graphic design. The piece is than “fired” and the painted surface creates a soft iridescent metallic charcoal grey surface. This technique also has a similar coloration to the liquid form metallic used in the silver / jewelry technique “Niello”. “Schwarzlot” was a labor intensive technique used in artistically painted glass in Bohemia immediately following the turn of the 20th Century and through the 1920’s.
H: 7 1/4″ x Dia” 4 1/2″
Price: $6,450
Emanuel Josef Margold (1888-1962)
The architect, designer for the arts and graphic artist Josef Emanuel Margold was trained as a carpenter at the College for woodworking in Königsberg an der Eger. He then studied at the School of Applied Arts in Mainz Anton Huber, then at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the Master School of Architecture at Josef Hoffmann. 1908-10 he carried out works in Bohemia and Austria. He then became assistant Josef Hoffmann at the master class and employees of the Wiener Werkstätte. During the study period Margold participated in numerous Ideenwettbewerben. The Darmstadt publisher Alexander Koch became aware of him and published from 1907 Margolds designs in various journals.The 1911 Margold was appointed to the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony and established a studio in the Ernst-Ludwig-Haus. He made numerous designs for all areas of arts and crafts such as jewelry, porcelain, glass, fabrics and wallpapers. Documented from this period are also several residential and office equipment. His cookie jars made of sheet metal for the manufacturer Bahlsen from Hanover, which he made from 1912 to 1918 were known. In Darmstadt, he designed the establishment of the lamp business August Wilk and designed grave times in the expressionist style.In 1929 he moved to Berlin, where he still designed several houses in the style of the new style. In 1938 he became a professor at the School of Applied Arts
Emanuel Josef Mangold (attr.), J. & L. Lobmeyr (retailer), Fachschule Haida vase c. 1911
HUBERT SCHMALIX (1952-) Austria
Mount Washington 2005/06
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated on back: Schmalix 05 06
Provenance: Hubert Schmalix Vienna
For related works by Hubert Schmalix see: Hubert Schmalix, Lóránd Hegyi exhibition catalog (Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien) November 19, 1994 – January 1995.
H: 69” x W: 51”
Hubert Schmalix was born in Graz, Austria, on December 17, 1952 and studied at the Vienna Art Academy from 1971 to 1976. By 1979 Schmalix was showing work at the forward-looking exhibition ‘Europa 79 – Kunst der 80er Jahre’ in Stuttgart. In 1983 the London Tate Gallery invited Schmalix to present work at ‘New Art’, an important survey of contemporary art. Schmalix has become well-known world-wide as an exponent of ‘New Art’, working with a retrospective glance at both classical art history and modern art. Schmalix focuses on the world of things and the human figure. Although the expressive gesture was the dominant feature of his 1980s work, it yielded early in the 1990s to stringent tectonic composition. In 1984 Hubert Schmalix went to the Philippines and on to the US, moving to Los Angeles in 1987. In 1986-87 Schmalix taught at the Academy for the Decorative and Applied Arts in Vienna and from 1997 he has been a professor at the Vienna Art Academy. Schmalix is a visiting professor at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). In 1993 his work was featured at the Venice Biennale and in 1998 he was awarded the Fine Art Prize of the City of Vienna. Schmalix has done several large fresco cycles in Salzburg and his work has been shown extensively at numerous international solo and group shows and most recently at Art Basel 2006.
Peter Canty received his BA in art from the Chouniard Art Institute, Los Angeles (now California Institute of the Arts) and an MA from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1969. Heavily influenced by the Post-Impressionist masters Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne, in his own he words he describes his interest in landscapes, believing they are, “the best vehicle for motion, force, and color dynamics.” Although his work reference realistic subjects, Canty’s imagery is drawn strictly from his own imagination.