View from Café Heinrichhof of the Imperial and Royal Court Opera Theater (Blick vom Cafe Heinrichhof auf das K.K. Hofoperntheater)

View from Café Heinrichhof of the Imperial and Royal Court Opera Theater (Blick vom Cafe Heinrichhof auf das K.K. Hofoperntheater) by Gustav Kalhammer|Wiener Werkstätte

Medium

Color lithograph

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Museum Accession, transferred from the Library

Accession Number

WW.412

Tags

RestaurantsInteriorsMenWomen

Art Historical Context

Step into the bustling café culture of imperial Vienna with Gustav Kalhammer's *View from Café Heinrichhof the Imperial and Royal Court Theater* (1911 a vibrant color lithograph by the innovative Wiener Werkstätte collective. From the cozy interior of Café Heinrichhof, the print gazes outward to the grand K.K. Hofoperntheater—today's Vienna State Opera—capturing elegant patrons, both men and women, amid the swirl of everyday elegance on the eve of World War I. Wiener cafés like Heinrichhof were vibrant social hubs in the Habsburg capital, where intellectuals, artists, and opera lovers gathere...

About the Artist

Gustav Kalhammer|Wiener Werkstätte · 18861919

Austrian, Vienna 1886–1919/20 (?) Vienna|

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