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Florian Kolhammer art since the turn of the 20th century

13/10/2026

Ceramic vase with geometric decoration • Michael Powolny • Wiener Keramik • ca. 1913

07/10/2026

Michael Powolny’s Four Seasons cycle combines allegorical tradition with the formal language of Viennese decorative arts around 1900. The four putti embody spring, summer, autumn, and winter through their characteristic attributes, translating the cycle of nature into a decorative sculptural idiom.

Powolny was one of the defining ceramic artists of Viennese Jugendstil and a co-founder of Wiener Keramik. His work is distinguished by the combination of sculptural clarity, the expressive qualities of ceramic material, and a distinctive sense of lighthearted stylization. This cycle is an exemplary expression of how figurative representation, ornament, and applied art merged into an independent artistic language in Vienna around 1900

06/10/2026

Karl Klaus – Dancer (“Salome”), Vienna, ca. 1912

A striking example of Viennese ceramic art around 1910: this expressive dancer was designed by Karl Klaus, a student of Josef Hoffmann at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts, and executed by Ernst Wahliss in Vienna.

Her dramatic pose is matched by the extraordinary decoration. The almost white body contrasts with a richly ornamented dress in deep blue, black and green, highlighted with gold. Geometric patterns and delicate scrolling motifs cover the surface, turning the figure itself into a combination of sculpture and ornament.

The figure was made in Serapis faience, a special type of ceramic introduced by Ernst Wahliss in 1911.

The model is generally known as “Salome”, although contemporary and museum sources also simply describe it as a Dancer. An example in the collection of the GRASSI Museum in Leipzig is dated 1912/13 and was acquired directly from Ernst Wahliss in 1915.

Dancer (“Salome”)
Karl Klaus
Executed by Ernst Wahliss, Vienna
Serapis faience, polychrome glazed and gilt
ca. 1912

02/10/2026

During our recent stay in Brussels, we took a closer look at this exceptional bookcase by Otto Prutscher, incorporating two reliefs by Georg Klimt, the younger brother of Gustav Klimt.

The motifs reference Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze and the Vienna Secession — a wonderful example of how closely architecture, decorative arts and fine art were intertwined in Vienna around 1900.

The bookcase is jointly offered by our gallery and .traudeskinder and will soon be back on view with us in Vienna.

01/10/2026

There is something almost magical about Loetz glass.

Light, colour and iridescence are constantly shifting across the surface, making each piece appear different from every angle. More than a century after they were made, these extraordinary glasses have lost none of their fascination.

Vienna around 1900 — geometry meets the flowing lines of Art Nouveau.At the centre, a gentleman’s desk, c. 1910, attribu...
29/09/2026

Vienna around 1900 — geometry meets the flowing lines of Art Nouveau.

At the centre, a gentleman’s desk, c. 1910, attributed to Fritz Nagel, a student of Josef Hoffmann at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. Its strict symmetry and restrained geometric brass fittings reflect the increasingly rational language of Viennese design at the beginning of the 20th century.

Above it hangs an exceptional signed work by Wilhelm Steinhausen, based on Alphonse Mucha’s Crépuscule (Dusk) of 1899. Rather than simply reproducing the lithograph, Steinhausen translated Mucha’s composition into a highly individual mixed-media work on wood, with carved and pyrographed contours and painted surfaces.

Steinhausen exhibited at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, where he received a mention honorable — at precisely the moment Mucha’s Crépuscule was circulating in the contemporary Parisian art press.

27/09/2026

A striking portrait by one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession.

Anton Nowak (1865–1932)
Portrait of a Woman
Vienna, c. 1901
Oil on canvas
180 × 100 cm

There is nothing shy or coquettish about her. Proud, self-assured and almost detached, she confronts the viewer with remarkable composure. The exposure of her breasts is neither coy nor conventionally seductive; it appears almost matter-of-fact, reinforcing the striking confidence and modernity of her presence.

The luminous yellow of her richly ornamented gown, the deep green fabric and the dark background heighten her extraordinary presence. Nowak’s free, confident brushwork and his treatment of skin, fabric and jewellery make this almost life-size figure particularly powerful.

A founding member and later president of the Vienna Secession, Anton Nowak was closely connected to the movement for more than two decades.

Currently on view at .art.square at , Rue Lebeau 55, through tonight, Sunday 27 September. Afterwards, the painting will return to our gallery in Vienna.

Presented in cooperation with .traudeskinder

✨ Brussels Art Square 2026 ✨We are delighted to be taking part in the Brussels Art Square for the third time, once again...
22/09/2026

✨ Brussels Art Square 2026 ✨

We are delighted to be taking part in the Brussels Art Square for the third time, once again as guests of our esteemed colleagues at Artimo Fine Art.

We are very happy to return to Brussels and to present a selection of newly acquired works, including several pieces that will be shown for the first time.

Swipe through for a few sneak peeks of what we will be bringing with us — just a small selection of the works awaiting you at BAS.

We look forward to welcoming you in Brussels!

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