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Fine lace handkerchiefs sold at the state building for $150 to $175 ({{Inflation|US|175|1904|fmt=eq}})  (quite expensive for the day).  Vases, glassware and other items could be purchased  as well.  
Fine lace handkerchiefs sold at the state building for $150 to $175 ({{Inflation|US|175|1904|fmt=eq}})  (quite expensive for the day).  Vases, glassware and other items could be purchased  as well.  
==After the Fair==
==After the Fair==
[[File:Austria -  Outdoor Fountain.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - Austrian Museum Hall.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - Austrian Museum.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - Carpet Display.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - Commissioner in Parlor.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - Front Entrance.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - Imperial Austrian Art.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - Interior.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - Painting of Railway System.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - Painting of Railway.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - Prague Art School.jpg]]
[[File:Austria - The Weaver Painting.jpg]]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery | class="center" | mode=packed-hover | widths=150px heights=150px>>
<gallery | class="center" | mode=packed-hover | widths=150px heights=150px>>
File:Admin-Post Office.jpg   |First Post office
File:Austria - Outdoor Fountain.jpg | Outdoor Fountain
File:Admin-Mailing Room.jpg | Mailing Room
File:Austria - Front Entrance.jpg | Front Entrance to the Austria Pavilion
File:Admin-Stationary Room.jpg | Stationary Room
File:Austria - Interior.jpg | Interior of the Austrian Pavilion
File:Austria - Austrian Museum Hall.jpg | Austrian Museum Hall
File:Austria - Austrian Museum.jpg | Austrian Museum Hall
File:Austria - Carpet Display.jpg | Carpet Display
File:Austria - Commissioner in Parlor.jpg | The Austrian Commissioner in the Parlor
File:Austria - Imperial Austrian Art.jpg | Imperial Austrian Art
File:Austria - Painting of Railway System.jpg | Painting of the Austrian Railway
File:Austria - Painting of Railway.jpg| Painting of the Austrian Railway
File:Austria - Prague Art School.jpg|Prague Art School Exhibit
File:Austria - The Weaver Painting.jpg |'The Weaver' Painting
</gallery>
</gallery>



Revision as of 02:15, 26 November 2022

Austria National Pavilion
LocationPlace of Nations
No. of Buildings1


Austria's pavilion was stylistically Viennese, and the only sample of the art nouveau among the foreign nations. It was first built in Austria, taken to pieces and reconstructed on the Place of Nations after its arrival at the World's Fair.


Description

The ground plan of the building was shaped like a capital T; the wing pointing toward the front. On either side of this front wing were gardens and fountains, embellished with sculpture. The front of the building was flanked by square towers, 47 feet high, of peculiar design in the style of the art nouveau and again, enriched with sculpture.

The exterior walls were adorned with paintings of pastoral scenes executed by Austrian artists, and the corner pillars of the wall which enclosed the gardens were capped with sculptural figures.

Inside the building were 13 salons- decorated in dark green and burlap, one for each of the governmental departments, in which special exhibits were kept. There were relief models of the Government mountain railroads, showing bits of fine scenery along the routes; also a model of the greatest railway bridge in the world over the Isanzo river.

A large portion of the Austrian art display was housed here, rather than in the Palace of Fine Arts.

The noted art exhibit showed samples of "new art, " as well as distinctive paintings of the Polish, Bohemian and Vienna artists' associations. The work of 46 art and crafts schools (including the imperial Royal School of Arts and Crafts), was also on display including a fine array of artistic wood carving.

Fine lace handkerchiefs sold at the state building for $150 to $175 (equivalent to $5,278 in 2021) (quite expensive for the day). Vases, glassware and other items could be purchased as well.

After the Fair

Gallery

See also

Notes

References

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