It also investigates the messaging conveyed by consumers when choosing modernism and the changing roles for women in the late 1920s and early 1930s. This exhibition unlocks new scholarship on this rare interior and the significant contributions of Joseph Urban to the development of American modern design. One of Urban’s last commissions, this interior embodies the distinct modern design vocabulary that Urban developed and employed throughout his career, highlighting his talent as a colorist, his flair for the dramatic, and his skillful blend of Viennese artistic influences with the prevailing modern style now known as Art Deco. Over 90 years after its completion, the Wormser bedroom will go on public view for the first time, fully conserved and installed to reflect its original state as photographed in 1930. Elements from this bespoke interior now reside in the Cincinnati Art Museum and constitute the largest collection of Urban-designed furnishings in a public institution. The modern, fanciful bedroom that Urban designed for Elaine Wormser featured a daring combination of colors and pattern, black glass walls and a reflective silvered ceiling. Urban (1872–1933) was a prolific and broadly recognized artist whose work ranged from film, theatre and operatic sets to buildings, textiles, even cars. In 1929, Viennese-born architect and designer Joseph Urban was commissioned to create a bedroom for seventeen-year-old Elaine Wormser who lived with her parents in the Drake Tower, Chicago. Western & Southern Galleries ( Galleries 232 and 233) Unlocking an Art Deco Bedroom by Joseph Urban July 8 – October 2, 2022 In Gallery Chat with ASL Interpretation (On-site).In Gallery Chat with ASL Interpretation.Connect: A Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities and Their Caregivers.Access for All Virtual Artmaking Workshops.
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