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"tombstone": "Primavera [II], c. 1920\u201325. Josef Frank (Swedish, born Austria, 1885\u20131967), Haus & Garten (Austrian, est. 1925). Linen: tabby weave, block printed, loom width; overall: 95.7 x 77.9 cm (37 11/16 x 30 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1937.184",
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"title": "Primavera [II]",
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"Jewish artists",
"male"
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"technique": "linen: tabby weave, block printed, loom width",
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"department": "Textiles",
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"measurements": "Overall: 95.7 x 77.9 cm (37 11/16 x 30 11/16 in.)",
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"exhibitions": {
"current": [
{
"id": 202597,
"title": "Imagining the Garden",
"description": "Imagining the Garden. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).",
"opening_date": "2015-10-24T00:00:00"
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"description": "Likely purchased by Mrs. Ruth F. Ruggles in Vienna, Austria from \"Haus & Garten\"",
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"date": "1937",
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"did_you_know": "The beds of sprouting flowers are meant to evoke rejuvenation and spring, or \"primavera\" in Italian.",
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"description": "Though designed in Austria, this textile was block-printed by the English company G. P. and J. Baker based in London. In block printing every color requires a separate block, indicating that production of this design required 35 or more blocks. The design is now screenprinted, produced, and marketed by the Stockholm-based firm Svenskt Tenn. The name is derived from the Italian Renaissance painting Primavera by Sandro Botticelli dating to the late 1400s, which Josef Frank saw while visiting Florence. Botticelli\u2019s painting features a forest floor strewn with identifiable wildflowers, an approach that Frank incorporated whimsically by arranging recognizable tulips, daisies, and violets, among other species.",
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"citation": "See \"December, 1937.\" Education Department Annual Report, 1937, CMA Archives.",
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"biography": "Born to a Jewish family in Baden, Austria, Josef Frank was an architect and designer who came of age in pre-war Vienna. He graduated from the Technische Hochschule (Polytechnic) in 1910 and taught at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) until the mid-1920s. An associate of the Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte, Frank founded his own interior design firm Haus & Garten in 1925 with Oskar Wlach (1881-1963) and Walter Sobotka (1888-1972). During this venture Frank wrote several design treatises including Architektur als Symbol (1931). Frank married Anna Sebenius, a Swedish woman, in 1912 and in 1933 began designing for the Stockholm-based interior design company Svenkst Tenn. Although he immigrated to Sweden and adopted Swedish citizenship in 1938, Frank spent World War II in the United States teaching at the New School for Social Research in New York. In 1946 Frank returned to Sweden, continuing work with Svenkst Tenn until his death in 1967. Frank is considered to be one of the pioneers of Swedish modern design and the \u201cScandinavian Style.\u201d",
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"biography": "Established by Josef Frank (1885-1967), Oskar Wlach (1881-1963) and Walter Sobotka (1888-1972) in 1925, the Vienna-based interior design firm Haus & Garten worked concurrent with the Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte. Frank acted as lead designer with Wlach overseeing the business. Despite his immigration to Sweden in 1933, Frank continued working with the firm until giving up his partnership in 1938. Sobotka departed from the firm earlier in 1926.",
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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:47:54.507000"
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