Austrian architectural sculptor (1864–1947)
Othmar Schimkowitz (2 October 1864 in Tárts ,[1] [2] Komárom County – 24 April 1947 in Graz) was a Hungarian-born architectural sculptor who worked on the greatest landmarks of the Vienna Secession .[3] [2]
Life
Schimkowitz studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna , lived for three years in New York as friends with the Austrian-American sculptor Karl Bitter ,[4] and returned to Vienna in 1895. He joined the Vienna Secession in 1898.[5] [6]
Major works
His architectural sculpture includes:
Gallery
The 1898 Secession Building
Wienzeile 38 apartment block, Vienna
Oesterreichische Nationalbank Building: Relief
See also
One of Schimkowitz's most prominent designs used in a building, (the Kirche am Steinhof ), was selected as a major motif for one of the most famous euro collectors coins: the Austrian 100 euro Steinhof Church commemorative coin , minted on November 9, 2005.[11] On the reverse of the coin, the Koloman Moser stained glass window over the main entrance can be seen. In the center of the window is God the Father seated on a throne. The window is flanked by a pair of bronze angels in Jugendstil style, originally designed by Othmar Schimkowitz.[11]
References
^ Pötzl-Malikova, Maria (1976). Die Plastik der Ringstrasse : künstlerische Entwicklung, 1890-1918 . Wiesbaden: F. Steiner. p. 147. ISBN 3-515-02391-7 . OCLC 3076466 .
^ a b Waissenberger, Robert (1977). Vienna Secession . New York: Rizzoli. p. 132. ISBN 0-8478-0114-4 . OCLC 3526351 .
^ Nebehay, Christian M. (1977). Ver Sacrum, 1898-1903 . Wiener Secession. New York: Rizzoli. p. 285. ISBN 0-8478-0115-2 . OCLC 4043659 .
^ Holme, Charles (1906). The Art-Revival in Austria . London: Offices of "The Studio". p. 34.
^ a b Vergo, Peter (1981). Art in Vienna, 1898-1918 : Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their contemporaries (2nd ed.). Oxford, OX: Phaidon. pp. 108, 244. ISBN 0-7148-2222-1 . OCLC 12578040 .
^ Mahler, Alma (1999). Diaries, 1898-1902 . Antony Beaumont, Susanne Rode-Breymann. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-8014-3654-0 . OCLC 39765160 .
^ Krečič, Peter (1993). Plečnik, the complete works . Jože Plečnik. New York, N.Y.: Whitney Library of Design. p. 17. ISBN 0-8230-2565-9 . OCLC 27034223 .
^ Howard, Jeremy (1996). Art nouveau : international and national styles in Europe . Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-7190-4160-0 . OCLC 33863940 .
^ Alofsin, Anthony (2006). When buildings speak : architecture as language in the Habsburg Empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933 . Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-226-01506-8 . OCLC 61200687 .
^ Kalmár, János (2001). Otto Wagner . Renata Kassal-Mikula. Wien: Pichler Verlag. p. 56. ISBN 3-85431-242-3 . OCLC 50784390 .
^ a b "Austrian Mint - Commemorative coins" . 2010-09-22. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2022-11-14 .
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