The University of Applied Arts Vienna (german: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, or informally just ''Die Angewandte'') is an arts university and institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university status since 1970.

History

The predecessor of the ''Angewandte'' was founded in 1863 as the ''k. k. Kunstgewerbeschule'' (Vienna School of Arts and Crafts), following the example of the South Kensington Museum in London, now the Victoria & Albert Museum, to set up a place of advanced education for designers and craftsmen with the Arts and Crafts School in Vienna. It was closely associated with the ''Österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie'' (Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry, today known as the

MAK Mak may refer to: People *Mak Dizdar (1917 - 1971), Bosnian poet *Muhammad Arshad Khan, Pakistani painter popularly known as "MAK" *Alan Mak (director) (born 1968), Hong Kong film director *Alan Mak (politician) (born 1984), British Member of Par ...

). It was the first school of its kind on the continent. In 1941 it became an institution of higher education. 1941-45 it was called "Reichshochschule fuer angewandte Kunst", and in 1948 was taken over by the

Austrian state Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states (German: ''Länder''). Since ''Land'' is also the German word for "country", the term ''Bundesländer'' (literally ''federal states'') is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitutio ...

as an academy. In 1970 it was awarded the title of a university and in 1998 it was renamed the ''Universität für angewandte Künste'' (''University of applied arts''). Famous artists such as

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's prim ...

, Oskar Kokoschka, Koloman Moser, Vivienne Westwood, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Paul Kirnig, Jil Sander, Pipilotti Rist, Matteo Thun,

François Valentiny François Valentiny (born 1953 in Remerschen-Schengen, Luxembourg) is a Luxembourgish architect. After his studies in architecture at the Ecole d'Architecture de Nancy and the University of Applied Arts Vienna, in 1980 he formed a partnership ...

, Hugo Markl and Stefan Sagmeister were part of the university's staff or student body. Today its faculty includes many distinguished artists and teachers, such as Judith Eisler, Erwin Wurm, Hartmut Esslinger, Hani Rashid (of Asymptote Architecture), Greg Lynn,

Wolf D Prix The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...

(of Coop Himmelb(l)au), Peter Weibel and the philosopher Burghart Schmidt.

Present

The university has currently ca. 1,800 students and c. 380 faculty. The students come from 70 different countries to study in the 29 disciplines of the school, structured in 60% Austrians, 25% Europeans and 15% from other countries. The outcome of their processes is made public in ca. 200 exhibitions a year and a multitude of different events and other public presentations.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni from the university are * Walter Bosse (1904–1979), modernist brass sculpture *

Dorrit Dekk Dorrit Dekk, born Dorothy Karoline Fuhrmann, (18 May 1917 – 29 December 2014) was a Czech-born British graphic designer, printmaker and painter. Early life Dekk was born in Brno, Margraviate of Moravia and trained at the Kunstgewerbeschule, ...

(1917-–2014), graphic designer, printmaker and artist * Augusta Kochanowska (1868–1927), Polish painter and illustrator * Brigitte Kowanz (born 1957), artist *

Matthias Laurenz Gräff Matthias Laurenz Gräff (also known as ''Matthias Laurenz Gräff Ilpenstein''; born 19 July 1984) is an Austrian academic painter, private historian, politician, political activist and organizer of the non-partisan platform Dialog im Kamptal fro ...

(born 1984), artist * Wiktoria Goryńska (1902 - 1945) *

(studied 1876 - 1883) * Hugo Markl (born 1964), artist * Pipilotti Rist (born 1962), visual artist *

Felice Rix-Ueno Felice "Lizzie" Rix-Ueno (1893–1967) was an Austrian textile, wallpaper, and craft designer. She lived in Japan, and became an influential figure in the Japanese modern art scene. Early life and education Felice Rix was born in Vienna. She st ...

(1893-1967), textile artist * Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962), designer *

Stylianos Schicho Stylianos Schicho (born 1977 in Vienna) is an Austrian painter. Life Schicho studied between 1998 and 2005 under Wolfgang Herzig at the University for Applied Arts. Harwig Knack, curator of the Kunsthalle Krems, wrote about his paintings: ...

(born 1977), artist * Eva Schlegel (born 1960), artist and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna * Pola Stout (1902–1984), textile designer *

Wolfgang Hoffmann Wolfgang Hoffmann (1900–1969) was an Austrian-American architect and designer active in the American modernism movement between 1926 and 1942. His reputation was overshadowed by that of his father, the architect and designer Josef Hoffmann, and ...

(1900-1969), architect and designer *

Ernestine Tahedl Ernestine Tahedl (born 1940) is a Canadians, Canadian painter. Born in Vienna, Tahedl studied at the Academy of Applied Arts Vienna, receiving her master of arts in graphic arts in 1961. For the next two years she worked with her father, Heinrich ...

(born 1940), artist * Matthias Tarasiewicz (born 1979), curator and researcher * Leo Wollner (1925–1995), textile designer * Erwin Wurm (born 1954), artist * Lisbeth Zwerger (born 1954), illustrator * Andreas Kronthaler (born 1966), designer for, and husband to Vivienne Westwood

References

External links

University official website
(German and English)
Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) official website
(German and English)
Information about art universities, translation based on the "Austria Lexicon"

{{DEFAULTSORT:Applied Arts Vienna, University of Educational institutions established in 1867 1867 establishments in the Austrian Empire Universities and colleges in Vienna Culture in Vienna Art schools in Austria Arts organizations established in 1867 Universities established in the 1970s

History

Present

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links