Moriz Jung

Moriz Jung and the Wiener Werkstaette Postcard Tradition

Moriz Jung (1885-1915) was an Austrian graphic artist whose postcard designs for the Wiener Werkstaette have become some of the most recognised graphic works of the early twentieth century. Working within the formal language of the Vienna Secession — flat colour, bold outline, decorative pattern — Jung brought a wit and energy that set his work apart from the movement's more restrained tendencies.

His subjects ranged from Viennese cafe society and vaudeville performers to animals rendered with sharp graphic humour — greyhounds, bulldogs, each given a distinct personality through line and posture. The Beethoven Enthusiast and Naturally Gifted Singer show his talent for capturing character in a few decisive strokes. Every composition balances decorative refinement with an immediacy that feels almost cartoon-like in the best sense.

Jung died in the First World War at the age of 30, leaving a body of work that is small but extraordinarily concentrated. These postcard designs were never meant to be large-scale gallery pieces — they were commercial graphic art, produced for reproduction. That origin makes them particularly well suited to fine art prints: the flat colours, clean outlines, and compact compositions translate directly from postcard to wall art without any loss of impact.

Printing and Framing

Every print in this collection is produced in our Berlin studio on 225g matte fine art paper using archival pigment inks rated for 100+ years of colour stability. The matte surface is the right match for Jung's flat colour fields and graphic linework — no glare, no distortion, clean edge definition across every size.

Framing options include oak, black, and walnut brown. For Jung's work specifically, the black frame adds a gallery-weight contrast that suits the strong outlines, while oak brings warmth to the decorative colour palette. Available sizes: A3, 50x70cm, 70x100cm, A0.

More Vienna Secession and Art Nouveau at Kuriosis

For more work from the same visual tradition, the Art Nouveau collection includes Alphonse Mucha, Koloman Moser, and other defining figures of early twentieth-century decorative art. Alphonse Mucha shares Jung's commitment to flat colour and ornamental composition, though in a very different register. For more graphic-forward poster art from the same era, the vintage poster collection spans travel, theatre, and commercial art across Europe. And for contemporary artists working with bold graphic line and colour, Bea Mueller brings a similar illustrative confidence to figurative and botanical subjects.