Art Of The Day Weekly
#537 - from 13 December 2018 to 19 December 2018
Koloman Moser, Fromme’s Calendar, 1899 © MAK
Moser, the centennial
VIENNA – A renovator of decorative arts that were then at the center of the world, and consequently of the European vocabulary, Koloman Moser is part of the generation that disappeared in 1918, as if to mark the end of a certain world. He was older than Schiele, younger than Otto Wagner, and when he died at the very young age of 50, he could undoubtedly have created a lot more. The exhibition is nourished by the very rich collection Museum of Decorative Arts (MAK), and includes pieces rarely seen. It reviews the artist’s full career and timely reminds us that before being the spearhead of a new design, Moser was a painter and he came back tot his first love at the end of his life. In parallel, the Theatermuseum studies the relations Moser had with the performing arts.
• Koloman Moser at the MAK, from 19 December 2018 to 22 April 2019.