Carl Auböck

The Werkstätte Carl Auböck is an active workshop in Vienna. It was founded in the 19th century as a metal workshop by Karl Heinrich Auböck. The workshop has been located at Bernardgasse 21 and 23 since 1912. It produces a current collection of about 450 items, handmade in the workshop.

The Werkstätte Carl Auböck was founded in the 19th century as a metal workshop by Karl Heinrich Auböck (1872-1925) producing 'Viennese bronzes' in a different location than it is today in the 7th district of Vienna. Later on in 1912, the workshop was installed in the premises of Bernardgasse 21 and 23 where it is still located. Karl I sent his son Carl II (1900-1957) to art courses at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna at a very young age. Later on, he was trained as a bronze worker and chaser in the family business. Also studying at a course led by Johannes Itten in Vienna, Itten invited him as a student to the Weimar Bauhaus, where he was co-founder. There, Carl II attended metalwork as a subject. He met and later married sculptor and textile artist Mara Utschkunova. One year later their son Carl Auböck III (1924-1993) was born. When Karl I passed in 1925, Carl II took over his parents' business and slowly began to incorporate the aesthetics of early Bauhaus experimental modernism into his product range. At a very early stage, Carl II found business partners in the US that helped him guide collection perspectives into the future. His sculptures, trays and objects of manifold kind made the Werkstätte Carl Auböck famous and brought the traditional genre of 'Viennese bronzes' into the modern age. Soon, international design galleries became aware of these works and the collection enjoyed growing popularity. His son Carl Auböck III, who grew up in the workshop, shared his passion for craft and design. He concentrated on his gift as an architect and industrial designer.

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