Josef HoffmannAustrian, 1870–1956Study for Bonbonier in Silver
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- 70.78
In the catalog
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- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © Minneapolis Institute of Art
Meanwhile, in the life of Josef Hoffmann
The whole life1899–1936
Employed by: University of Applied Arts Vienna
1920
Chief architect of Vienna
From 1920 he holds the post of chief architect of Vienna.
1920s
Public housing for workers
In the 1920s he becomes particularly interested in building public apartment blocks for working-class residents, to relieve the severe post-war housing shortage; he organises exhibitions of urban-planning projects featuring relatively cheap houses of simple construction.
