Art & Design Discovery Activity - National Gallery of Victoria

NGV International
180 St Kilda Road
10am – 5pm
Closed Tuesdays
ngv.vic.gov.au
Exhibition dates:
18 June – 9 October 2011
Vienna: Art & Design
Open daily 10am – 5pm
Until 9pm Wednesdays
03 8620 2222
Prepared by Yvette Pratt,
Education and Programs NGV.
Principal Partner
NGV Partner
International Art
Support Sponsors
Exhibition organised with the Belvedere, Vienna and the Wien Museum, Vienna.
Did you find
my mother, Hermine
Gallia? Her portrait was
painted by a famous
artist called Gustav
Klimt. Notice how we
have dressed up for
our portraits.
Cover:
Ferdinand ANDRI
The Gallia children 1901 (detail)
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Victoria,
Melbourne
This page:
Gustav KLIMT
Portrait of Hermine Gallia 1904
(detail)
oil on canvas
The National Gallery, London
Reverse:
Josef HOFFMANN (designer)
Austria 1870–1956 Design for
an apartment (music room with
grey grand piano, mauve, green
and grey floral wallpaper) c. 1920
(detail)
ink and watercolour on board
Private collection
Melbourne Winter
Masterpieces
is a Victorian
Government
initiative
NGV KIDS
Discovery activity: Vibrant Vienna
Hello, my name
is Ernst.
Step back in time
and explore vibrant
Vienna with me!
My sisters and I lived in
Vienna over one hundred
years ago. A time when artists
and designers tried new ideas
and created change.
Have you ever had a
new idea?

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This chair has a back that
moves and can tilt backwards.
It is called a recliner.
• Have you ever sat in a
recliner?
• How do you change the
position of the back?
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This chair was in
Vienna’s Post Office
Savings Bank.
• Why do you think
the artist covered
the feet and curved
arms with metal?
• Name the materials
used.
• Are these materials
used in furniture
today?
Compare other chairs.
• What is the same, what is
different?
• Can you find chairs from
my home, the Gallia
apartment?
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1. Otto WAGNER (designer) GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer) Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna 1902 designed, 1904–06
manufactured. Ebonised Beech (Fagus sp.), aluminium, velvet, silk thread, jute, (other materials). National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2. Charles Rennie
MACKINTOSH (designer) FRANCIS SMITH & SON, Glasgow (manufacturer) Chair, for the Argyle Street tea rooms, Glasgow 1897. Oak (Quercus sp.), rush.
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney 3. Josef HOFFMANN (designer) J. & J. KOHN, Vienna (manufacturer) Adjustable-back chair c. 1905. Ebonised Beech (Fagus
sp.), plywood, steel. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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The back of this
chair is very high
and it has long
lines that go all
the way to the
floor. This design
makes the chair
look elegant.
• Find other tall
chairs.
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Artists created beautiful
artworks out of everyday
objects.
• Do they look like objects
you have in your home?
This vase has many shapes and lines.
• Name the shapes and lines you
can see.
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Look at the different tea sets.
• What colours can you see?
• Name the materials they are
made from.
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4. Jutta SIKA (designer) WIENER PORZELLAN-MANUFAKTUR JOSEF BÖCK, Vienna (manufacturer) Tea and coffee service 1901/02. Porcelain (hard-paste).
Ernst Ploil Collection. 5. Josef HOFFMANN (designer) WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, Vienna (manufacturer) Vase (Model no. M 1018) 1908. Painted zinc plated iron,
glass. Ernst Ploil Collection. 6. Koloman MOSER (designer) MEYR’S NEFFE, Adolfov (manufacturer) E. BAKALOWITS SÖHNE, Vienna (manufacturer) Four
liqueur glasses 1900. Glass. Ernst Ploil Collection
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Look at the tall and fragile glasses.
• Do they look new or old fashioned?
• Where do you keep special objects?

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Compare this chair with
another piece of furniture
from my apartment.
• Name three materials
that are the same.
• Name three materials
that are different.
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This was our dining room table. The legs
look like pillars from a building, strong
and majestic.
• Why did the artist make them this way?
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• What do you think this piece of furniture
was used for?
Look closely at the colours, some are
difficult to see.
• What colours can you see?
• Why do you think the designer chose
these colours?
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These pieces of
furniture were in my
apartment when I
was growing up. They
were designed by
Josef Hoffmann.
• What are they
made from?
1. Josef HOFFMANN (designer) J. SOULEK, Vienna (manufacturer) Dining table, from the Gallia apartment hall 1913. Ebonised wood. National Gallery of
Victoria, Melbourne 2. Josef HOFFMANN (designer) J. SOULEK, Vienna (manufacturer) Bureau, from the Gallia apartment boudoir 1913. Painted wood,
gilt, glass, silk, brass. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 3. Josef HOFFMANN (designer) J. SOULEK, Vienna (manufacturer) Armchair, from the Gallia
apartment hall c. 1912. Ebonised wood, (other materials). National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Artists and designers
experimented with
different shapes and
styles of boxes and
baskets.
• How many different
shapes can you
find?
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Have you found my
family yet?
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This sweet basket was designed for my mum.
• What type of sweets would you put in it?
• Do you have a lolly jar at home?
• Does it look like this?
4. Koloman MOSER (designer) Josef HOLI (silversmith) WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, Vienna (retailer) Sweet basket 1903. Silver, shell, lapis lazuli. National
Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 5. Dagobert PECHE (designer) WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, Vienna (manufacturer) Jewel box (S 4880) 1920. Silver-gilt. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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This jewellery box is made of
silver and covered with gold.
• What animal can you see?
• Do you have a jewellery
box that has people or
animals?

Explore, discuss and be inspired by Vienna: Art & Design. At home, cut out your favourite artworks or create your own to make your perfect room.