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

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, 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" of the 1898-1899 of the Linke Wienzeile Buildings by 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
• Angels on the 1907 Kirche am Steinhof in Vienna, also for Wagner

Gallery

• Steinhof Church commemorative coin
• 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. 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.

References

1. Pötzl-Malikova, Maria (1976). Die Plastik der Ringstrasse : künstlerische Entwicklung, 1890-1918. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner. p. 147. ISBN 3-515-02391-7. OCLC 3076466.
2. ^ Waissenberger, Robert (1977). Vienna Secession. New York: Rizzoli. p. 132. ISBN 0-8478-0114-4. OCLC 3526351.
3. Nebehay, Christian M. (1977). Ver Sacrum, 1898-1903. Wiener Secession. New York: Rizzoli. p. 285. ISBN 0-8478-0115-2. OCLC 4043659.
4. Holme, Charles (1906). The Art-Revival in Austria. London: Offices of "The Studio". p. 34.
5. ^ 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Howard, Jeremy (1996). Art nouveau : international and national styles in Europe. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-7190-4160-0. OCLC 33863940.
9. 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.
10. Kalmár, János (2001). Otto Wagner. Renata Kassal-Mikula. Wien: Pichler Verlag. p. 56. ISBN 3-85431-242-3. OCLC 50784390.
11. ^ "Austrian Mint - Commemorative coins". 2010-09-22. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2022-11-14.

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