1867 Vienna School of Arts & Crafts
The present-day Universität für angewandte Kunst ("University of Applied Arts") was founded in 1867 as the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts attached to the
Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie ("Austrian Museum of Art and Industry").

Its aim was to train specialists both in crafts as well as in art, which was gaining in importance. The study of historic examples was to help contribute to the
development of new forms.

It ran the danger, however, of turning out mere stylistic imitations.The situation changed when, in 1899, at the initiative of Otto Wagner, new progressive artistic personalities such as the members of the Secession Josef Hoffmann, Kolo Moser and Adolf Roller were appointed as teachers at the school.

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