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Hohe Warte. Halbmonatschrift zur Pflege der Künstlerischen Bildung und der städtischen Kultur. First editions.
ref. 16-5488Leipzig und Wien: verlage "Hohe Warte" and R. Voigtländers Verlag 1904-1908. 3 vols. bound in contemporary red cloth One cover with waterstains. 4to. 23.7 x 29cm. 3 of the 4 Jahrgangs-Jahregaenge are present. Jahrgang 1 with 416 VI pages; Jahrgang 2 with VI 318 pages; Jahrgang 4 with VIII 376 48 pages. Very rare.OCLC Number 648828960. Joseph August Lux was a modernist architectural critic founder and editor of the journal Das Interieur in 1900 and Hohe Warte in 1904 co-founder of the German Werkbund and author of biographies on Josef Hoffmann and Otto Wagner.He grew up in Vienna where he studied art history and philology. He travelled to Germany France and England and returned to Vienna in 1900. there he worked for art magazines. From 1905 to 1908 he published "Die hohe Warte". He was influenced by John Ruskin and William Morris and a strong supporter of Jugendstil and of the Wiener Werkstätte.From 1907 to 1910 he lived in Dresden where he managed a school for arts and crafts. In 1910 he settled in Munich and earned his living as an author. From 1919 to 1921 he published "Die weißen Hefte". In 1921 he converted to Catholicism. From 1926 onwards he lived in Anif near Salzburg. Leipzig und Wien: verlage "Hohe Warte" and R. Voigtländers Verlag, 1904-1908 hardcover
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