Vienna coffee house (18-19th century)

Turks and Armenians installed cafes in Vienna during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries where gradually various artists settled. Later these cafes came to be frequented by people from the most important social classes of Viennese society.

Turcos e Arménios terão instalado cafés em Viena durante os séculos XVIII e XIX onde pouco a pouco se instalaram diversos artistas. Mais tarde passaram a ser frequentados por pessoas das classes sociais mais importantes da sociedade Vienense.

Reinhold Völkel (1873-1838)-'the cafe Griensteidl, on Michaelerplatz, abode and home to Vienna literati around the turn of the century'-watercolor-1897   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anonymous Austrian painter-'view of a coffee house in Praterallee in Vienna'-aquatint-1810   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Laurens Janscha (1749-1812)-'rendez-vous of the fashionable world in the coffee houses around the main boulevard of Prater-gardens in Vienna'-coloured etching-1797   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Anonymous Austrian painter-'Vienna coffee house (18th century)   Private collection

Anonymous Austrian painter-' a Vienna coffee house at the begining of 19th century'-watercolor   Wien-Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien

Coffee drinkers (consumidores de café)

The diffusion of coffee consumption in Europe started at the beginning of the 17th century. At first it was done in appropriate places, and then continued at the stakeholders’ homes.

No começo do séc. XVII iniciou-se a divulgação do consumo de café na Europa; no começo em locais apropriados, seguidamente em casa dos interessados.

Charles André van Loo (1705-1765)-'a Sultana is a cup of coffee presented by a slave'-oil on canvas-1747 Paris-Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Henry Gervex (1852-1929)-'cafe scene in Paris'-oil on canvas.1877 Detroit-Art Institute

Peter Carl Geissler (1802-1872)-'suffering and joys in the bath Leuck'-illustration

Koelof Koetz (1650-1725)-'boy to each is father a cup of coffee'-oil on canvas

Wilhelm Schreur (1866-1933)-'the coffee drinking at the riverside'-oil on paper