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Joh. Loetz Witwe (also known as Joh. Lötz Witwe) , was an important art glass manufacturer in Klostermühle, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. Loetz's works are among the most outstanding examples of Art Nouveau[1]
History
In the Wottawattal of the Bohemian Forest was one of the oldest glassworks, which was bought in 1850 by Johann Lötz , the founder of the company, former owner of the glass factories Deffernik, Hurkental, Annatal and Vogelsang.[2]
In 1879 Max Ritter von Spaun , a grandson of Joh. Lötz, took over the factory from his grandmother and continued it under the old company "Joh. Lötz Witwe".[2]
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The factory was previously equipped with a not insignificant grinding shop, because it was here that heavily cut crystal and cut-through enameled flashing glass was manufactured and only started to produce the colored glass in the 1860s.[2]
Lötz'sche glass has always been a specialty because of its purity and fiery colors, and was initially purchased as raw glass by North Bohemian refineries, who refined the same through painting and grinding. Later, due to the good reputation of the glass, the production of specialties in luxury items was switched to. The company was the first to manufacture the so-called baroque glass, objects with applied glass decorations, in Austria. These products enjoyed great popularity and the fact that the company set up sufficient painting in time. Sample warehouses were located in Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, London, Brussels, Milan and Madrid and soon gave the products a worldwide reputation.[2]
The glass could artfully imitate all types of Onyx, Jasper, Carnelian, Malachite, Lapis, Inlaid glass, etc. The luxury glasses that emerged from the factory received the highest awards. In the anniversary exhibition in 1888, the "Kaiser Franz Josefs Vase", designed by Hofrat Storck and produced by the Lötz company in Grauonyx, was seen, the largest vase that had been blown from glass until then. Most of the world exhibitions were also loaded with special products from the company and were awarded the highest awards, including the Grand Prix Paris 1889, Prix de Progrès and Honorary Diploma Brussels 1888 as well as honorary diplomas from Vienna, Munich, Antwerp, Chicago, San Francisco, etc .[2]
Max Ritter von Spaun has received several awards for his services to the glass industry. In 1883 he received the high distinction of being allowed to carry the title kk priv. Glasfabrik and the imperial eagle in the shield and seal.[3] He was also in 1889 by the award of the Knight's Cross of the Order of Franz Josef, then the royal. Belgian Order of Leopold and the Order of the French Legion of Honor.[2]
Eduard Prochaska has served as director and employee since 1880. The sons and grandsons of the workers employed in Joh. Lötz's glassworks were the tribe of the factory staff, a testament to the good understanding between the employer and the worker.[2]
Similar to the glasses from Louis Comfort Tiffany , Loetz was able to produce glasses in phenomenal decor with metallic iridescent colored glasses at a very high level. The company had contacts with other manufacturers such as J. & L. Lobmeyr and E. Bakalowits Söhne in Vienna and with the Argentor plants. Well-known artists with whom he worked were Josef Hoffmann , Koloman Moser and the Wiener Werkstätte .[4] The highlight of the cooperation happened in the years after 1900. The company was at the World's Fair Awarded in Paris and received awards in Chicago and St. Louis.
The outbreak of the First World War and the collapse of the monarchy brought difficult times for the company. The Second World War and the expulsion of the German-speaking population of Czechoslovakia, and thus a large part of the employees, meant the complete end of the company.[5]
Literature
- Neuwirth, Waltraud; Landesmuseum, Oberösterreichisches (1986). Loetz Austria 1905 - 1918: Glas, glass, verre, vetri ; [Katalog zur Loetz-Ausstellung im Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, 20.11.1986 - 31.1.1987] (in German). W. Neuwirth. ISBN 978-3-900282-27-1.
- Ricke, Helmut (1989). Lötz : böhmisches Glas 1880-1940 (in German). Prestel-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7913-0984-2.
- Ploil, Ernst; Sharp, Toby (2017). Lötz 1900: die Glasfabrik Lötz auf der Pariser Weltausstellung 1900 (in German). Auktionshaus im Kinsky. ISBN 978-3-9503753-2-9.
External links
References
- ^ Conran, T. (2012). Lamps and Lighting. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4684-6659-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g Die Gross-Industrie Österreichs: Festgabe zum glorreichen fünfzigjährigen Regierungs-Jubiläum Seiner Majestät des Kaisers Franz Josef I. Dargebracht von den Industriellen Oesterreichs (in German). Weiss. 1898. p. 178.
- ^ E. Lebensaft, J. Mentschl: "Spaun, Max(imilian) (II.) Frh. von (1856–1909), Fabrikant". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 13, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5, p. 7 f. (Direct links to "p. 7", "p. 8")
- ^ Fleischner, Susanne. "Johann Lötz Witwe und Wiener Werkstätten: Collection area glass from Art Nouveau and Art Deco - part 6". www.kunstmarkt.com.
- ^ "Edles Glas aus dem Böhmerwald: die Geschichte der Firma Lötz". Radio Prague International (in German). 16 August 2009.