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Otto Wagner

Austrian architect (1841–1918)

Otto Koloman Wagner (German:[ˈɔtoˈkoːlomanˈvaːɡnɐ]^ⓘ; 13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau movement. Many of his works are found in his native city of Vienna, and illustrate the rapid evolution of architecture during the period. His early works were inspired by classical architecture. By mid-1890s, he had already designed several buildings in what became known as the Vienna Secession style. Beginning in 1898, with his designs of Vienna Metro stations, his style became floral and Art Nouveau, with decoration by Koloman Moser. His later works, 1906 until his death in 1918, had geometric forms and minimal ornament, clearly expressing their function. They are considered predecessors to modern architecture.^[1]

Education and early career

Wagner was born in 1841 in Penzing, a district in Vienna. He was the son of Suzanne (née von He

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Otto Wagner (1841 – 1918), Austrian Architect and Designer

Architect Otto Wagner was one of the leading figures in the Vienna Secession.

Education

After studying architecture at the Vienna Technical High School (1857–1860) and the Vienna Academy (1861–183), he worked in various historical styles for many years until he joined the Secession. The latter was founded in 1898 as a focal point for opposing the prevalent academicism of the establishment of fine arts, which also believed in painting and sculpture’s superiority over the applied arts.

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Biography

Wagner’s work took on a more functional appearance by supporting the idea of the unity of the arts familiar to many avant-garde designers, architects and artists at the turn of the century. This mainly showed in the Post Office Savings Bank (Thonet-designed). In his book Modern Architektur (1896), which emphasised the need for functionality, practical construction, and new material, he strengthened his role as an influential figure in modern architecture and design develo

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Otto Wagner was born on the 13th July 1841 in Vienna.
His father died when he was 5 years old. In 1850 he visited during two years the Vienna academic high school. He studied from 1857-1862 in the polytechnic institute of structual design and later in the academy of visual arts by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll. Before he became an architect, he was among other things a wall apprentice. Otto Wagner designed famous buildings, but many of his projects were never realised. Otto Wagner had two sons with Sophia Paupie, but he wasn´t married with her.Therefor, he adopted his two sons. Afterwards Otto Wagner was married twice, his first marriage happened under the pressure of his mother. In the first marriage with Josephine Domhart he had two daughters. In the second marriage with Louise Stiffel he had a son and two daughters. On the 11th April, 1918 Otto Wagner died at the age of 77 years.

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