Auböck, Carl

(1900 - 1957)

Carl Auböck II (1900-1957) was an Austrian designer. The Werkstätte (workshop) Carl Auböck was founded in the late 19th century in Vienna by his father, specializing in bronze-casting. He attended the Bauhaus in post-World War I Weimar, and when he returned to the workshop, he brought inspiration from this new design movement. Expert craftsmanship and superior quality materials such as hand-sewn leather, polished bronze, and various woods became the signature of the Auböck workshop. In the 1940s and ’50s, Carl Auböck II worked closely with his son, the architect Carl Auböck III (1924–1993), who later took over the company.