Georg Wrba was a German sculptor and graphic artist. He created some 3,000–4,000 works, including as a collaborator of the Zwinger workshop.
Allegories of the Civic Virtues on the Altes Stadthaus, Berlin
Triton Centaur (1912) in the Hamburg Stadtpark
Bull Fountain in front of the former Dresden Abattoir, Grosses Ostragehege
Side marble doorway in the entrance hall of the Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe), 1908
The Deutscher Werkbund is a German association of artists, architects, designers and industrialists established in 1907. The Werkbund became an important element in the development of modern architecture and industrial design, particularly in the later creation of the Bauhaus school of design. Its initial purpose was to establish a partnership of product manufacturers with design professionals to improve the competitiveness of German companies in global markets. The Werkbund was less an artistic movement than a state-sponsored effort to integrate traditional crafts and industrial mass production techniques, to put Germany on a competitive footing with England and the United States. Its motto Vom Sofakissen zum Städtebau indicates its range of interest.
Building by Mies van der Rohe in the Weissenhof Estate (1927)
1914 exhibition poster
"Weißenhof chair", by Mies van der Rohe with canework upholstery by Lilly Reich (ca. 1927)