[Theater designed by Henry van de Velde in Cologne, Germany: interior, from stage] – Vintage Poster Wall Art
![[Theater designed by Henry van de Velde in Cologne, Germany: interior, from stage] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0a/0a8b481109cf-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Theater designed by Henry van de Velde in Cologne, Germany: interior, from stage] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Theater designed by Henry van de Velde in Cologne, Germany: interior, from stage]
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The view is taken from the stage of a theater that Belgian-born designer Henry van de Velde created for the 1914 Deutscher Werkbund exhibition in Cologne, so the building was meant to showcase modern German design rather than serve as a permanent playhouse. Van de Velde, a leading figure in Art Nouveau who later shaped the Weimar school of applied arts, carried his interest in unified interiors into the auditorium, where the seating, walls, and lighting work together as one composition. The exhibition opened that spring, and the outbreak of war that August cut short its ambitions. The photograph preserves the hall as it looked during that brief moment of optimism.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1914 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,199 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-120848 |
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