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Josef Hoffmann

1870 - 1956

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Josef Hoffmann (15 December 1870 – 7 May 1956) was an Austrian-Moravian architect and designer. He was among the founders of Vienna Secession and co-establisher of the Wiener Werkstätte. His most famous architectural work is the Stoclet Palace, in Brussels, (1905–1911) a pioneering work of Modern Architecture, Art Deco and peak of Vienna Secession architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Hoffmann is the 69th most popular architect (down from 64th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 78th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Architect.

Josef Hoffmann is most famous for being a furniture designer and architect. He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1876 and died in 1957. He is most famous for the Vienna Secession movement and for designing the Wiener Werkstätte.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Josef Hoffmann ranks 69 out of 518. Before him are Sostratus of Cnidus, Capability Brown, Ferdinand Cheval, Peter Zumthor, Bruno Taut, and Michelozzo. After him are François Mansart, Mario Botta, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Guarino Guarini, and Charles Garnier.

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Among people born in 1870, Josef Hoffmann ranks 24. Before him are Lavr Kornilov, William G. Morgan, Maurice Denis, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Edwin S. Porter, and Gustav Bauer. After him are Clara Immerwahr, John Boland, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Georgy Gapon, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, and Major Ritchie. Among people deceased in 1956, Josef Hoffmann ranks 26. Before him are Alfred Kinsey, Bolesław Bierut, Reinhold Glière, Alexander Rodchenko, Émile Borel, and Ernest King. After him are Kenji Mizoguchi, H. L. Mencken, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Anastasio Somoza García, Wilhelm Miklas, and Alexander Dovzhenko.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Hoffmann ranks 91 out of 1,200. Before him are Max Wertheimer (1880), Ludmila of Bohemia (860), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), Petr Pavel (1961), and Victor Lustig (1890). After him are Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), Henry of Bohemia (1265), Johann Stamitz (1717), Christoph Schönborn (1945), Alois Senefelder (1771), and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Czechia

Among architects born in Czechia, Josef Hoffmann ranks 2. Before him are Adolf Loos (1870). After him are Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867), Balthasar Neumann (1687), Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689), Jan Santini Aichel (1677), Adolf Lang (1848), Josef Gočár (1880), Jan Kotěra (1871), and Jan Kaplický (1937).

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