The Primavesi family and the Wiener Werkstätte

In this book Claudia Klein-Primavesi relates the story of her family and its relationship to the artists Josef Hoffmann and Gustav Klimt. She describes the artists' work and the long friendship that arose between them. She also tells of Mäda (Eugenia) Primavesi's first encounter with Klimt, when he was commissioned to make the two portraits Mäda and Mäda (Eugenia) Primavesi. Furthermore, the authoress writes about Hoffmann's sensational buildings, their friendship and the social gatherings at their country house in Winkelsdorf. Claudia Klein-Primavesi, the grand-daughter of Otto and Mäda (Eugenia) Primavesi, was born in Vienna. She attended fashion school and thereafter worked in the fashion house of Gertrude Höchstmann, who had previously also collaborated with the Wiener Werkstätte. Claudia Klein-Primavesi later worked in an art gallery. She has always taken a keen interest in the art of the Wiener Werkstätte. For some time now she has devoted herself to researching and reworking the history of her widely branching family. Zur W. W. Ausstellung 2006, in Brüssel