Lobmeyr, Ludwig#
b. Vienna, Aug. 2, 1829, d. Vienna, March 25, 1917. Manufacturer of decorative of glassware. Took over his father's company with his brother in 1855 (founded in 1823). Josef acted as commercial director, Ludwig was responsible for artistic realisation. L. improved coloured crystal glass and decorated the glass with elaborate pattern and shape cuts. His vases, bowls, lamps etc. were exhibited at numerous world exhibitions, greatly contributed to the modernisation of glass art and to the world-wide recognition of Vienna as a centre of good taste. L. was the first bourgeois industrialist to be made a member of the Upper Chamber of the Reichsrat.
Literature#
S. Rath, L., 1962; J. & L. L. vom Biedermeier bis zur Gegenwart, exhibition catalogue, Zurich 1979; W. Neuwirth, Orientalisierende Glaeser - J. & L. L., 1981; E. Joebstl, Die Trinkgefaesse der Firma J. & L. L. unter L. L., master's thesis, Salzburg 1988; W. Neuwirth, Glas 1905-1925, 1988; OeBL; NDB.