!!!Löffler, Bertold

b. Sept. 28, 1874 Ružodol, Czech Republic (then Nieder-Rosenthal), 
d. Vienna, March 23, 1960, painter, graphic artist and artisan. 
Studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts under F.  Matsch 
Senior and K.  Moser; from 1900 onwards freelance painter and 
illustrator, in 1906 he and M.  Powolny founded the "Wiener Keramik" 
group. From 1909 to 1935 taught at the Vienna School of Arts and 
Crafts and was O.  Kokoschka´s teacher; Founding member of the 
Oesterreichischer  Werkbund. Tile and ceramic designs, also for 
architecture projects by J.  Hoffmann: Fledermaus (revue theatre), 
Sanatorium Purkersdorf, Palais Stoclet.

!Literature
B. L., exhibition catalogue, Vienna 1978; E. Patka 
(ed.), B. L., exhibition catalogue, Univ. f. angew. Kunst, Vienna 
2000; NDB.



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