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Encyclopedia > Joseph Maria Olbrich

Josef Maria Olbrich (22 December 18678 August 1908) was an Austrian architect. December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An Architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ...

Ornaments by Olbrich at Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station
Ornaments by Olbrich at Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station

Olbrich was born in Opava. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and won several prizes. In 1893, he started working for Otto Wagner and probably did the detailed construction for most of Wagner's Wiener Stadtbahn (Metropolitan Railway) buildings Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1293x706, 101 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station Joseph Maria Olbrich ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1293x706, 101 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station Joseph Maria Olbrich ... Illustration of Karlsplatz-Vienna 2005 Subway Station Karlsplatz in the morning sun Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station is a former station of the Viennese Stadtbahn. ... Coordinates: Country Czech Republic Region Moravian-Silesian District Opava First mentioned 1195 Mayor ZbynÄ›k Stanjura Area    - City 90,61 km² Elevation 257 m Population  - City 59 843 Postal code 746 01 Website: http://www. ... The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (German Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is an institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Otto Wagner Otto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841–11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect. ... Opening of the Wiener Stadtbahn (postcard 1898) The Wiener Stadtbahn (German for Vienna City Railway) was a public transportation system that operated from 1898 to 1989. ...

Secession building
Secession building

In 1897, Otto Wagner, Gustav Klimt, Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser founded the Vienna Secession artistic group. Olbrich designed their exhibition building. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1008 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Vienna Secession Joseph Maria Olbrich Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1008 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Vienna Secession Joseph Maria Olbrich Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Otto Wagner Otto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841–11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect. ... Gustav Klimt, 1902 Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. ... Josef Hoffmann (December 15, 1870 - May 7, 1956) was an Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods. ... Venus in the Grotto (ca. ... The secession building at Vienna, built in 1897 by Joseph Maria Olbrich for exhibitions of the secession group another view The Vienna Secession or (also known as Secessionsstil, or Sezessionsstil in Austria) was part of that highly varied movement that is now covered by the general term Art Nouveau. ...


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Olbrich died at the age of 40 from Leukemia in Düsseldorf. Hermann Bahr (1904 by Emil Orlik) Hermann Bahr (July 19, 1863 - January 15, 1934) was an Austrian writer, playwright, director, and critic. ... Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hessen in Germany. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... Leonhard Tietz (born March 3rd 1849 in Birnbaum an der Warthe(Kreis Birnbaum, today MiÄ™dzychód), Poland - died November 14th 1914) was a German merchant of Jewish origin. ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... Leukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). ...


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Joseph Maria Olbrich Summary (961 words)
Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867-1908) was a leading architect of the Austrian Art Nouveau and one of the founders of the Vienna Secession.
Olbrich was a founding member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten (Association of German Architects) in 1903 and of the Deutscher Werkbund in 1907.
Olbrich died at the age of 40 from Leukemia in Düsseldorf.
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Olbrich besuchte zunächst das Gymnasium in Troppau, welches er jedoch vorzeitig verließ, um bei einem Bauunternehmer als Zeichner zu arbeiten.
Zu diesem Zweck holte er Olbrich nach Darmstadt, der schnell zum inoffiziellen Führer der Künstlerkolonie wurde und auch das höchste Gehalt bezog.
Olbrich war damals der einzige Architekt in der Künstlergruppe, denn Peter Behrens betätigte sich ursprünglich nur als Maler und Graphiker.
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