Othmar Schimkowitz

Othmar Schimkowitz (born October 2, 1864 in Tárts , Komorn County , † April 24, 1947 in Graz ) was an Austrian sculptor .

Life

Othmar Schimkowitz studied from 1886 to 1892 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna , worked in New York in the studio of the Austrian-American sculptor Karl Bitter , but also in Chicago and Philadelphia. From 1895 he owned a studio in Vienna. From 1897 he was a member of the Vienna Secession and was its president from 1929 to 1930. Othmar Schimkowitz was also a member of the German Association of Artists .

From 1914 to 1934 he taught plastic design and model making at the Technical University of Vienna .

The painter and graphic artist Herbert Schimkowitz (1898–1938) is his son.

Work

Vienna Secession Gorgons 1897
Sacred Heart statue in the parish church of Breitenfeld, 1898

Caller Linke Wienzeile 38 1898

Postal savings bank Engel 1904–1906

Steinhof Church Engel 1907

Various work for the Chamber of Commerce at Stubenring 8-10, 1907

Austrian National Bank, 1922

Ceramics at the Quarinhof , 1924

also

Soldier figures at the former Ministry of War
Bust of the monument to Josef von Schroll in Ölberg , 1901
Saint Luke at the cemetery church of Saint Charles Borromeo , 1908
Angel figures at the Margaretenkirche (left path of penance and right path of innocence , 1909) and the theater in Berndorf

literature

M. Pötzl-Malikova: Schimkowitz Othmar. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 140.

Web links

Commons : Othmar Schimkowitz - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Ordinary members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Schimkowitz, Othmar ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 19, 2016) @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Schimkowitz, Othmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tárts
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1947
Place of death	Graz

[1] uenstlerbund.de: Ordinary members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Schimkowitz, Othmar ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 19, 2016) @1@ 2