Johann Hamza
(1850 - 1927)
The Flower Studio
Signed, lower right: J. Hamza Vienna
Gallery stamp on the reverse: Vytvarnébo umeni v Ostrave
Oil on canvas
25¼ x 32⅞ in – 64 x 83.5 cm
Frame size
33½ x 40¾ in – 85.1 x 103.5 cm
Gallery stamp on the reverse: Vytvarnébo umeni v Ostrave
Oil on canvas
25¼ x 32⅞ in – 64 x 83.5 cm
Frame size
33½ x 40¾ in – 85.1 x 103.5 cm
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Provenance
Galerie Salis, Salzburg, 1988;
Private collection, Vienna
This scene by renowned painter of interiors Johan Hamza, captures women at work in a Viennese silk flower studio in the late nineteenth century. Vienna had an international reputation for this specialist craft and silk flowers were popular among nobility and the bourgeoisie. The view through the window in the background is thought to be Mariahilfer Strasse (at the corner of Amerlingstrasse), at the time the city’s leading commercial thoroughfare, where are number artificial flower manufacturers were known to be situated. Later, The Guild of Artificial Flower Makers was founded in 1908 and based at Mariahilfer Strasse 87. Hamza’s own studio was located at number 72.
Private collection, Vienna
This scene by renowned painter of interiors Johan Hamza, captures women at work in a Viennese silk flower studio in the late nineteenth century. Vienna had an international reputation for this specialist craft and silk flowers were popular among nobility and the bourgeoisie. The view through the window in the background is thought to be Mariahilfer Strasse (at the corner of Amerlingstrasse), at the time the city’s leading commercial thoroughfare, where are number artificial flower manufacturers were known to be situated. Later, The Guild of Artificial Flower Makers was founded in 1908 and based at Mariahilfer Strasse 87. Hamza’s own studio was located at number 72.
Biography
Johann Hamza was born in Teltsch (Telc) in what was part of the Austria-Hungarian Europe and is now the Czech Republic. He settled in Vienna, the capital of the Empire studying at the Academy under the Professor Eduard von Engerth (1818-1897). Engerth was a well-travelled artist of historical and architectural subjects and portraits. He had himself studied at the Vienna Academy and before being appointed Professor had held the same position in Prague.
Hamza following his studies in Vienna established himself as a painter of figurative genre, narrative works depicting the social life of the wealthy bourgeoisie of Vienna. Many of his works portray weddings and baptisms set in the richly decorated Rococo interiors of churches in Vienna, or social gatherings in the grand Viennese town houses. Such works were popular throughout the Empire, Germany and the United States with collectors from Munich to Hamburg and New York. Hamza exhibited in Vienne, Dresden and Munich from 1879-1890 and achieved great success and renown.
Hamza died in Vienna in 1927.
Hamza following his studies in Vienna established himself as a painter of figurative genre, narrative works depicting the social life of the wealthy bourgeoisie of Vienna. Many of his works portray weddings and baptisms set in the richly decorated Rococo interiors of churches in Vienna, or social gatherings in the grand Viennese town houses. Such works were popular throughout the Empire, Germany and the United States with collectors from Munich to Hamburg and New York. Hamza exhibited in Vienne, Dresden and Munich from 1879-1890 and achieved great success and renown.
Hamza died in Vienna in 1927.
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