For Julie ♥ Happy Birthday !!!✿ http://www.youtube.com/user/KistoDreams Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban - Austrian Secession Heinrich Lefler - Wien, 7 November 1863 - † 17 March 1919 Joseph Urban - Wien, 26 Mai 1872 - † New York, 10 July 1933 Heinrich Lefler (1863-1919) and Joseph Urban (1872-1933) are Austrian artists associated with the Golden Age of Illustration - they are particularly linked with the Jungendstil movement (the German variant of Art Nouveau). Lefler and Urban were brothers-in-law and often worked in collaboration. The pair founded in 1900 the Hagenbund - an exhibiting society similar to the Secessionists. Lefler was a painter and Urban was skilled as an architect, book illustrator, exhibit designer, interior decorator and set designer. Heinrich Lefler studied from 1880 to 1884 at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. In 1891 he became a member of the Society of Austrian Artists and from 1900 to 1903 was - under the direction of Gustav Mahler -- chief designer at the Vienna Court Opera. From 1903 to 1910 he held a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts (this professorship was awarded to him leaving out Richard Klimt, who also applied for it) and at the same time was chief designer at the Burgtheater. Lefler and Urban, in addition to designs for more than 20 theatrical productions, including the stage sets for the production of Wagner operas at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, collaborated also on a number of illustrated books, mostly children ones. Soon after the publication of "Andersen Kalender" (and "Csoda Album" - including images from "Andersen Kalender" - in Hungary) in 1911, Urban emigrated to the United States where he established a reputation in set design for such productions as the Boston Opera Company, the Ziegfield Follies and the Metropolitan Opera. At one time, he was Art Director for William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Studios. He also created landmark architecture, including the Paramount Theatre Building, Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida and the New School and Hearst Magazine Building in New York. Music: Concierto para piano No. 21. Andante. Mozart

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1. Aha I thought you may have a film created for this and I do remember it from before now. The more I look at the illustrations I love them. The design and how delicate they are put together :)
2. It took a girl like Amalia from Spain, to make me aware of two remarkable "Fellow Austrians". Throughout my life in Austria, I had never heard (or seen) of them. So it was nice indeed to find them here on Julie's Birthday-Page of last year.
   Have a wonderful weekend my friend! Hugs & Kisses from Canada ... Karin
3. Muchas gracias mi querido Christian! siempre es un placer para mí leer tus comentarios! me halagan y a la vez son muy entrañables. Me alegra mucho mucho que te haya gustado este video, porque a nosotros nos encantó hacerlo, y una vez terminado hasta a nosotros nos gustó el resultado ;) Un besito, tu amiga, Amalia
4. Mozart se invita " guest Star " en tu gente ilustrada. Que es bello, simplemente bello. Tengo la impresión de estar en un espectáculo privado y de ser mimado por el dueño de los lugares, la gran Amalia. Gracias por esto fabuloso momento. Buena tarde a usted dos.
5. Gracias querida Liza, me alegra mucho que te haya gustado este video, a nosotros nos encantó hacerlo! Besitos mil Amalia
6. Que maravilla! Gracias querida Amalia!
7. Sí Emilio, este es uno de esos que al terminarlo, nos gustó incluso a nosotros !!! Me alegra mucho mucho que te haya gustado! Besitos y feliz tarde Amalia
8. Hola Amalia, un gran video, me ha gustado mucho, felicidades...un abrazo. Emilio.
9. Muchas gracias mi querida Casey! es un placer que te haya gustado este video, me encantó hacerlo y el resultado ;) Muchos besitos guapa, Amalia
10. Gracias mi querida Anke, nos encantó hacer este video y es un placer que te haya gustado! Muchos besos Amalia
11. Gracias mi querida Ange Marie! me alegra mucho que te haya gustado este video especialmente, porque es uno de los pocos, que a veces sucede, que cuando lo terminas tu misma te sientes satisfecha del resultado!!! Ha sido un enorme placer compartirlo contigo! Muchos besos Amalia
12. Magnifique toutes ces illustrations, mais aussi ce concerto de Mozart est un chef d'oeuvre, il nous prend l'âme. Merci chère Amalia ta vidéo est un chef d'oeuvre. Grosses bises. Ange-Marie.
13. I love imagining myself into those lovely paintings, Amalia! Great video, my lovely woman...
14. Querida Amalia, me encanta esta música y las fotos son geniales, una fantástica combinación de arte y la música, el mejor trabajo! ********* Tener una buena noche y un gran fin de semana, muchos saludos, besoooooo, judie :))
15. Magicas siempre las ilustraciones de tus vídeos...Siempre un placer ver tus vídeos ..Besotes de Olga ..(¯`•¸•´¯)
16. Un video lleno de belleza y encanto! Gracias querida Amalia!
17. iMe encantan las líneas! Es un video muy bello. Necesito 25 horas en un día para cubrir tu obra aqui, Amalia. :) He metido el video en mis favoritos. Año tras año hay tantos tesoros aqui. Besote, E
18. Lovely :)
19. I will PM you :))
20. wonderful,Amalia....thank you...:):):)