Vienna International Eucharistic Congress Church Art Exhibition

Original antique art exhibition poster for the Wien 1912 zum XXIII Internationalen Eucharistischen Kongress unter D. Hohen protektorate seiner eminenz des Herrn Kardinals fursterzbischofes Franz Xaver Nagl Austellung fur Kirchliche Kunst / Vienna 1912 the 23rd International Eucharistic Congress under D. Hohen protectorates of His Eminence the Cardinal Prince Archbishop Franz Xaver Nagl Exhibition of Church Art held at the K. K. Osterreichisches Museum fur Kunst und Industrie / Museum for Art and Industry (now the MAK Museum Angewandte Kunst Wien / Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna) from 8 September to 15 December. Great arts and crafts design by the founder of the Osterreichischer Werkbund, Remigius Geyling (1878-1974), featuring a smoking thurible in which incense is burning with the chains lying on a table against a dark orange shaded background, the stylised lettering in the border above and below. Eucharistic congresses are religious ceremonies held by the Catholic Church to bear witness and promote devotion to and belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist; the first International Eucharistic Congress was held in Lille France in 1881. Acceptable condition, repaired tears, paper losses at margin, strip of cardboard at the bottom at the back.