Joseph maria olbrich architecture

 

Biography

Born in Opava, in Austrian Silesia (now part of the Czech Republic), the son of a prosperous brick manufacturer, whose business stimulated Olbrich's initial interest in building construction, Olbrich studied architecture at the Wiener Staatsgewerbeschule and afterwards at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Otto Wagner.

At the Academy, Olbrich won several prizes, including the Prix de Rome, which also led to his joining Wagner's architectural studio, where he worked for five years.

Vienna Secession House

In , along with Gustav Klimt, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser, Olbrich founded the Vienna Secession (Wiener Sezession), an avant-garde art group committed to modernising Austrian art by acquainting it with the latest modern art movements, including the latest trends in Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, as well as various styles of decorative art, including Sezessionstil.

The organization published its own journal Ver Sacrum (Sacred Spring) () to promote unity in the arts, including folk art, while Olbrich designed the organization's spectacular headquarters building (Haus der Wiener Sezession). This exterior of this iconic structure was crowned by a metal cupola decorated with Art Nouveau floral designs, while its interior was marked by a church-like entrance hall, and an industrial-style exhibition space.

Twenty-three exhibitions were staged in the new building from to , introducing the public to French Impressionism, as well as Symbolism, the English Arts and Crafts movement, Japonism and Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints, and various strains of international Art Nouveau.

The Vienna Secession House earned Olbrich immediate notoriety and numerous commissions between and Indeed, he quickly became recognized as the most gifted and inventive of the Viennese Secession architects.

Darmstadt Artist Colony

In , Olbrich went to Darmstadt at the invitation of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, to design and build a number of buildings and galleries for the newly formed utopian Darmstadt/Mathildenhohe artist colony.

Architect joseph maria olbrich Darmstadt Artist Colony. Indeed, he quickly became recognized as the most gifted and inventive of the Viennese Secession architects. Art Nouveau: Utopia — Reconciling the Reconcilable. Other Famous 19th Century Architects.

He completed six houses, including the Ernst Ludwig House - a central hall containing meeting rooms and artist studios, borrowing elements from the architecture of Scottish designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh () in the process. He also designed the multi-storey Wedding Tower (Hochzeitsturm), an exhibition centre with multiple galleries, marked by several avant-garde features including an Art Deco style superstructure and modernist bands of windows.

In , Olbrich acquired Hessian citizenship and later accepted the post of Professor of Architecture from the Grand Duke.

Other Designs

During the s Olbrich completed a number of other diverse architectural designs - including the design of the Leonhard Tietz department store in Vienna. In addition, inspired by the Wiener Werkstatte (Vienna Workshop) - a decorative arts studio founded by Hoffmann and Moser that employed gifted young Viennese painters like Oskar Kokoschka () and Egon Schiele () - Olbrich also experimented with other types of applied art, including ceramics, book binding, musical instruments and furniture.

He contributed several designs to the Louisiana Exhibition in St. Louis, USA, and - thanks to the good offices of Frank Lloyd Wright () - was elected an associate member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Biography Born in Opava, in Austrian Silesia now part of the Czech Republic , the son of a prosperous brick manufacturer, whose business stimulated Olbrich's initial interest in building construction, Olbrich studied architecture at the Wiener Staatsgewerbeschule and afterwards at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Otto Wagner. We have detected that you are using extensions to block ads. This square-meter Secession Pavilion is set in a culturally vibrant area of Vienna holding its own identity as an icon of innovation and optimism against a variety of larger institutional frameworks. Joseph Maria Olbrich.

(See also: American Architects.) He was also a member of the Deutscher Werkbund (German Work Federation) - see also the Munich Secession () and the Berlin Secession movement (). Other buildings designed by Olbrich during this final phase include: the Opel Workers House (, Darmstadt), and Josef Feinhals House (, Cologne).

Unfortunately for 20th century architecture, Olbrich died from leukemia in August, , aged only

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