Viktor Schreckengost Dies at 101

[dhermann1]

I had never even heard of this guy till I stumbled on his obit. Clearly, he's a major artist of the Golden Era.
http://www.viktorschreckengost.org/inthenews/viktor-schreckengost-dies-at-101
Anyone here familiar with his work?

 

[LizzieMaine]

There's a great coffee-table book on his work, "Viktor Schreckengost and Twentieth Century Design" which collects a good sampling of his most striking designs. Fascinating stuff!

 

[dhermann1]

There seems to be a lot of broken links on his web site. But it's a real eye opener. Since I've been planning this move into a 1939 apartment bldg, I've been drenching myself in Art Deco and Art Moderne design stuff. He obviously influenced EVERYBODY after him. Charming stuff.

 

[Marty M.]

A long and talented life. God Bless him.
Marty Mathis

 

[Fletch]

Somebody invented the "little red wagon." And the banana seat. And the cab-over. Somebody had to.
This was the guy - a down home talent, modest to a fault.
Si quaeris monumentum, circumspice.
Rest well, Mr. S.

 

[dhermann1]

Interesting. That's not just design, that's engineering. I'm impressed. I saw some some great toys, dishes, theater sets, etc., etc., etc.

 

[MAGNAVERDE]

He was quite the well-known designer back in the 193Os, and I hunted for years (and in the pre-ebay world) for a cool little globe-shaped teapot he designed, but when the streamlined asesthetic fell out of favor, so did a lot of its designers, many of whom continued working for years afterward, but without their former acclaim. I'm just glad this guy lived long enough to see the renewed interest in his work. One of his Jazz bowls of the 192Os went for megabucks a few years ago, and it seems like somebody re-issued it in a limited edition.

[BTW, DHermann1, the coolest place I ever lived was my very first post college apartment, built in 1939/40: my apartment had curved walls, glass block or metal-framed casement windows, wide-slat enameled-metal Venetian blinds 12 feet wide, terrazzo floors in the kitchen & bath and the giddiest turquoise-yellow-& black bath I had ever seen, all perfectly intact under 30 years worth of grime. Once I cleaned the place up & painted every flat surface the same gray as the window's blinds, it was a beautiful. Be sure to post pics when you get it done. M.]

 

[dhermann1]

My place was just renovated about 3 years ago. They did it very nicely, but totally contemporary country kitchenish. Very nice, but slightly bland. I'll do what I can with a limited budget. Pix eventually.