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Nationality
  
Austrian

Movement
  
Art Nouveau


Name
  
Othmar Schimkowitz

Othmar Schimkowitz

Born
  
October 2, 1864 (
1864-10-02
)
Tarts, Hungary

Died
  
April 24, 1947, Graz, Austria

Education
  
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Periods
  
Vienna Secession, Art Nouveau

Known for
  
Architectural sculpture

Othmar Schimkowitz (October 2, 1864 in Tárts, Komárom County – April 24, 1947 in Graz) was a Hungarian-born architectural sculptor who worked on the greatest landmarks of the Vienna Secession.

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Life

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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, and returned to Vienna in 1895. He joined the Vienna Secession in 1898.

Major works

His architectural sculpture includes:

  • Figurative ornamentation for the 1897 Gutenberg Monument, Vienna, Jože Plečnik, architect
  • The three gorgons on the 1898 Secession exhibition building in Vienna, Joseph Maria Olbrich, architect
  • The "calling women" (gutters heckling) of the 1898-1899 Wienzeile 38 apartment block, Vienna, Otto Wagner, architect
  • Exterior work on the Austrian Pavilion at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Rooftop angels of the 1904-1906 Austrian Postal Savings Bank in Vienna, also for Wagner
  • The 1905 Vienna Economic Chamber, Ludwig Baumann, architect
  • Angels on the 1907 Kirche am Steinhof in Vienna, also for Wagner

    • References

    Othmar Schimkowitz Wikipedia
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