Otto Wagner

Otto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841–11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect. Image File history File links 1wagner. ... Image File history File links 1wagner. ... July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... take you to calendar). ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ...

Wagner was born in Penzing, a suburb of Vienna. He studied in Berlin and Vienna. In 1864, he started designing his first buildings in the historicist style. In 1884, he became a teacher in the school of architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Penzing is the 14th District of Vienna and consists of the boroughs of Penzing, Breitensee, Baumgarten, Hütteldorf and Hadersdorf-Weidlingau. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: Beč, Czech: Vídeň, Hungarian: Bécs, Romanian: Viena, Romani: Bech or Vidnya, Russian: Вена, Slovak: Viedeň, Slovenian: Dunaj) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... This article is about the capital city of Germany. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (German Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is an institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. ...

Wohnhaus in the Neustiftgasse, Vienna

In the 1890s, he designed several building in the Art Nouveau style. He was very interested in urban planning - in 1890 he designed a new city plan for Vienna, but only his urban rail network, the Stadtbahn, was built. In 1895 he published a textbook entitled Modern Architecture in which he expressed his ideas about the role of the architect. His style incorporated the use of new materials and new forms to reflect the fact that society itself was changing. In his textbook, he stated that "new human tasks and views called for a change or reconstitution of existing forms". In pursuit of this ideal, he designed and built structures that reflected their intended function, such as the austere Wohnhaus (apartment building). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 163 KB) Summary Wohnhaus von Otto Wagner in der Neustiftgasse, Vienna VII, 2005-10-16 selfmade photo Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Otto Wagner... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 163 KB) Summary Wohnhaus von Otto Wagner in der Neustiftgasse, Vienna VII, 2005-10-16 selfmade photo Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Otto Wagner... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... Art nouveau /É‘Ê€ nuvo/ (French for new art) is a style in art, architecture and design that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

In 1897, Otto Wagner, Gustav Klimt, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser founded the "Vienna Secession" artistic group. From the ideas of this group he developed a style that included quasi-symbolic references to the new forms of modernity. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Gustav Klimt 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. ... Joseph Maria Olbrich (22 December 1867–8 August 1908) was an Austrian architect. ... 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. ...

Wagner died in Vienna in 1918.

Major works

Metro bridge

Postsparkasse

• Floodgate, Nussdorf near Vienna, built in 1894
• Viennese Stadtbahn, metropolitan railway system (1894-1902), e.g. Karlsplatz Metropolitan Railway Station
• Majolikahouse, Vienna (1898-1899)
• Post Office Savings Bank Building, Vienna (1894-1902) (Video of Model)
• Kirche am Steinhof, Vienna (1903-1907).
• Rumbach Synagogue, Budapest

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External links

• Great Buildings Online
• Images of several Wagner buildings
• Otto Wagner at WOKA (de/en)

References

• Otto Antonia Graf (1985): Otto Wagner - Das Werk des Architekten, ISBN 3-205-98224-X
• Günter Kolb (1989): Otto Wagner und die Wiener Stadtbahn, ISBN 3-89235-029-9
• Carl E. Schorske "The Ringstrasse and the Birth of Urban Modernism" in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture. Vintage Books, 1981. ISBN 0394744780

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