The bookplate or ex libris has put bread and butter on many an artist’s table, and over the course of time has developed into a flourishing art form all of its own. I don’t pretend to know very much about the history and development of ex libris, but seem to have acquired some anyway. I think this little group of Austrian, Czech and German bookplates of the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) period are particularly charming. They come from the Vienna art revue Die Graphischen Künste, from the years 1911, 1912, and 1914.
Maximilian Liebenwein (Austrian, 1869-1926)
Ex libris Josef Kundrat
Lithograph, 1910
Maximilian Liebenwein
Ex libris Karl Stark
Lithograph, 1910
Maximilian Liebenwein
Ex libris der Verbindung von Wiener Kunstakademikern “Athenaia”
Lithograph, 1910
Alfred Cossmann (Austrian, 1870-1951)
Ex libris Arthur Graf
Etching, c.1912
Alfred Cossman
Ex libris Franz J. Kaiser
Etching. c.1912
Alois Kolb (Austrian, 1875-1942)
Ex libris Gertrud Kolb
Etching, c.1914
Rudolf Junk (Austrian, 1880-1943)
Ex libris Rudolf Junk
Lithograph, c.1914
Arnošt Hofbauer (Czech, 1869-1944)
Ex libris Leopold Heyrovsky
Lithograph, c.1914
Emil Orlik (Czech, 1870-1932)
Ex libris Martha Poensgen
Lithograph, c.1914
Martha Hofrichter (Czech, 1872-1960)
Ex libris Anna Boeck
Lithograph, c.1914
Ex libris Otokar Štáfl
Lithograph, c.1914
Felix Hollenberg (German, 1868-1945)
Ex libris Albert Gussmann
Etching, c.1914
Julius Diez (German, 1870-1957)
Ex libris Toni Stadler
Lithograph, c.1914
