Die Fläche

Volume 1 1902

Die Fläche (The Surface) Volume 1, published 1902 by Felician Baron Myrbach, was a graphic arts periodical with two volumes issued. The second volume was published in 1911. This was essentially a catalog of the skills of the Vienna Secession artists. The Union of Austrian Artists is an art movement that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian painters, graphic artists, sculptors and architects that supported more traditional artistic styles than the closely related Art Nouveau movement.

Die Fläche featured the work of artists associated with the Wiener Werkstätte, Bertold Löffler, Moriz Jung, Franz Karl Delavilla, Urban Janke, Wenzel Oswald, Gustav Marisch, Karl Schwetz, and others. This issue contained contemporary applications of graphic design with examples of poster art, books, wallpaper, textiles, stained glass, inlay, embroidery, monograms, business cards, and costume jewelry.

The first had 192 pages. Copies of the original periodical are exceptionally rare. This web page shows the pages present when I obtained this partial issue from the estate of a Newton, Massachusetts printer. The magazine style book was in pieces and some pages were missing. The printer's business operated in Newton, Massachusetts in the 1920s to 1950s (estimated). Four are framed and hanging in my living room.(page 17, 67, 127, and 135). Most of the pages shown are original. Those missing are copied from a facsimile edition and marked with its page number and "c" for copy.

Front Cover to page 25	Pages 26 to 50	Pages 51 to 75
Pages 76 to 100	Pages 101 to 125	Pages 126 to 150
Pages 151 to 175	< Pages 176 to 192	Cover of Die Flache 2 (copy)

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