Adolf Loos

Loos and Kokoschka met in 1909. A friend of Kokoschka, Loos helped Kokoschka to sell his paintings and would often persuade his own clients to commission portraits from Kokoschka. Loos encouraged Kokoschka, acting as a big brother or father figure to him. While Kokoschka was wounded, he sent Loos to see if Alma would come to his bedside.

Adolf Loos published "Ornament and Crime" in 1918. He was an architect who wanted his designs to be simple and functional. While his exteriors lacked ornament, his interiors were very comfortable. Loos rarely designed his own furniture, but would find existing furniture for his interiors. In 1911, be designed Loos haus in Vienna, which was originally the Goldmann and Salatsch department store. The plain exterior of the building became quite a scandal when it was built. In architecture, Loos was the forerunner to Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe.

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