Kolo(man) Moser (1868-1918)
The painter and graphic artist and designer was a co-founder of the Vienna Secession (1897), the WW (1903) and taught at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts from 1899 on.

In his painting Moser used rich ornamentation but moderately; this is reflected in the marquetry and mother of pearl or brass inlay work in his furniture designs.

Moser is stylistically linked to Josef Hoffmann by his tendency towards a rectilinear style.

Kolo Moser designed a series of extraordinary interiors, which are now scattered throughout the world and can only be reconstructed using contemporary magazines


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Kolo Moser (1868-1918)
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