Othmar Schimkowitz
Austrian Art Nouveau sculptor

Othmar Schimkowitz

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Austrian Art Nouveau sculptor
Gender:
Male
Places:
Hungary
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Work field:
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Birth:
2 October 1864
Death:
24 April 1947(Graz, Austria)
Star sign:
Libra
Education:
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
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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 byOtto 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