Otto Koloman Wagner (1841-1918), österreichischer Architekt.
Otto Wagner(1841-1918)
Otto Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.
Wagner studied architecture in Vienna and Berlin. After completing his education, he returned to Vienna to work. Wagner became a proponent of Architectural Realism. It was a theoretical position that enabled him to mitigate the reliance on historical forms. In 1894, when he became Professor of Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, he was well advanced on his path toward a more radical opposition to the prevailing currents of historicist architecture.
In 1897, he joined Gustav Klimt and others shortly after they founded the "Vienna Secession" artistic group. From the ideas of this group he developed a style that included quasi-symbolic references to the new forms of modernity.
Wagner had a strong influence on his pupils at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, the "Wagner School".
Wagner studied architecture in Vienna and Berlin. After completing his education, he returned to Vienna to work. Wagner became a proponent of Architectural Realism. It was a theoretical position that enabled him to mitigate the reliance on historical forms. In 1894, when he became Professor of Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, he was well advanced on his path toward a more radical opposition to the prevailing currents of historicist architecture.
In 1897, he joined Gustav Klimt and others shortly after they founded the "Vienna Secession" artistic group. From the ideas of this group he developed a style that included quasi-symbolic references to the new forms of modernity.
Wagner had a strong influence on his pupils at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, the "Wagner School".
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