Watercolours by Hans J. Wegner furniture design the West’s resistance to

the West’s resistance to

Einzelhäuser und Ensembles

national scene and international influences

In the early 1970s

Watercolours by Hans J. Wegner furniture design the West’s resistance toHans Wegners sophisticated chair designs, paragons of the midcentury modern style, are beloved and imitated the world over, but scant few are familiar with his masterly watercolors. Wegner often used the medium to finish and finalize the drawings made in his workshop. Although woodworking and watercolor were both increasingly considered traditional in the New Media Age, Wegners artistic temperament saw him use both these mediums to boundary breaking