{"id":78273,"date":"2024-12-08T13:13:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T12:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=78273"},"modified":"2025-05-12T15:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:50:05","slug":"dagobert-peche-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/dagobert-peche-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Dagobert Peche exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpechesmall1.jpg\" alt=\"exhibition banner\" class=\"wp-image-78479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpechesmall1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpechesmall1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The design legend Josef Hoffmann called Dagobert Peche (1887-1923) an &#8220;ornamental genius.&#8221; Find out why in the <em>PECHE POP<\/em> exhibition at the MAK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enjoy Peche&#8217;s creative brilliance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Furniture, jewelry, fabric patterns etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dialogue with contemporary designs reveals his ongoing influence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Around 700 objects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Dec 11, 2024 &#8211; May 11, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7100\">MAK museum overview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#design\">Design exhibitions in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peche Pop<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpeche1.jpg\" alt=\"Cupboard made in 1913\" class=\"wp-image-78269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpeche1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpeche1-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Dagobert Peche, salon cabinet, 1913; execution: Jakob Soulek; pearwood, stained black; limewood, carved, gilt; MAK H 2814; press photo \u00a9 MAK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to descriptions, the designer Dagobert Peche has had a few as flowery as his wallpaper patterns. I often seem him titled as the enfant terrible of the Wiener Moderne, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peche&#8217;s designs across the roughly ten-year period he was active drew inspiration from nature and mythology. He enjoyed experimentation and revelled in adding a complexity and opulence that often defied the expectations and norms of the time. A touch quixotic, eccentric and capricious, perhaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>PECHE POP<\/em> exhibition at the MAK gives us the chance to see for ourselves why Peche continues to inspire designers over 100 years after his all-too-early death in 1923.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our enfant terrible originally trained as an architect but the closest he came to architecture was designing exhibition displays and interiors.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpeche3.jpg\" alt=\"View of exhibition rooms\" class=\"wp-image-78352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpeche3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpeche3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(View of part of the exhibition; press photo \u00a9 MAK\/Christian Mendez)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, Peche turned his eye to broader design. And, like many of the great creative geniuses, he filtered various influences through his own experiences and vision to produce something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peche also proved a multitalent who worked with a range of materials and a variety of objects: furniture, jewelry, household items, fabrics and more. All of which we get to see in the MAK&#8217;s exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>PECHE POP<\/em> presents the works thematically with such section titles as &#8220;Boudoir&#8221; or &#8220;Uncanny&#8221;, which already tell you that this was no ordinary designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The displays reveal that unique ability to bring something joyous and\/or something artistic to the mundane. A playfulness seems to flow through many works.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpeche2.jpg\" alt=\"Writing desk from 1922\" class=\"wp-image-78270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpeche2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dagobertpeche2-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Dagobert Peche, desk for Eduard Ast, 1922; execution: Johann Jonasch; walnut, solid and veneered on softwood: loan from Ernst Ploil; press photo \u00a9 MAK\/Georg Mayer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside Peche&#8217;s designs, you also find juxtaposed works by around 30 contemporary designers in acknowledgement of his lasting influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much as you can enjoy the actual designs, a number of intriguing photos also offer a window into times past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example: inside the Z\u00fcrich branch of the Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte from 1917. Peche was the local manager and designed the interior (one of the chest of drawers is on display nearby).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather poignantly, you also see photos of Peche&#8217;s apartment on his return to Vienna. Viewing the appalling living conditions of a man of his stature, you realise the state the city found itself in after World War I. And understand the need for the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/social-housing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35479\">social housing programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dive into Peche&#8217;s magical world of design from December 11th, 2024 to May 11th, 2025. An entrance ticket for or from the MAK includes access to this special exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Vienna&#8217;s museum of applied arts, the wider MAK is, of course, full of design inspiration. But I would urge you particularly to visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/aut-now-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"74958\">AUT NOW special exhibition<\/a> (until May 18th, 2025), which features the best of modern Austrian design and runs throughout <em>PECHE POP<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The MAK&#8217;s Vienna 1900 permanent exhibition, which focuses on the designs, arts and crafts of the era of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/wiener-moderne\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28303\">Viennese Modernism<\/a> and the work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/wiener-werkstatte\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28911\">Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte<\/a> (who, as noted above, also put Peche&#8217;s talents to work)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the MAK<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Just follow the advice at the bottom of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mak\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"7100\">main MAK article<\/a>. The museum is easy to reach on foot from the centre of town or by subway and tram (Stubentor station is outside with its U3 subway and tram line 2 stop).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1G1JqCaIFJT9xk7v01SX4IL93otIsKj2D\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josef Hoffmann called Dagobert Peche the &#8220;ornamental genius.&#8221; Find out why in the PECHE POP exhibition at the MAK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-museums","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78273"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83299,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78273\/revisions\/83299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}