Anton Viktor Barvitius

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Anton Viktor Barvitius

Anton Viktor Barvitius (born July 14, 1823 in Prague , Austrian Empire , † July 20, 1901 ibid), also called Antonín Barvitius , was a Bohemian architect of historicism .

Life

Barvitius attended the Art Academy in Prague. He worked on several construction projects together with the architect Vojtech Ignaz Ullmann . From 1855 to 1865 they carried out the reconstruction of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome as a residence for the Austrian ambassador and from 1871 to 1872 the construction of the Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof in Vienna.

His estate of graphics and ornamental engravings ended up in the graphics collection of the Prague Museum of Applied Arts .

Barvitius was the elder of two brothers. His younger brother Viktor Barvitius specialized in genre and horse painting.

buildings

  • 1855–1865 renovation of the Palazzo Venezia in Rome
  • 1871–1872 Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof in Vienna, together with Vojtech Ignaz Ullmann
  • 1871 Villa Gröbe in Prague
  • 1872 Villa Lanna in Prague, together with Adalbert Ignaz Ullmann
  • 1881–1885 St. Wenceslas Church in Prague- Smíchov
  • Drafts for the interior of the Church of St. Michael in Engelhaus near Karlsbad

Fonts

  • Anton Barvitius: Report on the existing buildings of the KK embassy hotel in Rome called il Palazzo di Venezia. With a history of the palace as an introduction to the reports , manuscript, Rome 1858 ( digitized version )

literature

Web links

Commons : Antonín Viktor Barvitius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ O nejstarší sokolovně, která se stala inspirací a slouží dodnes .
  2. ↑ Ornamental prints online ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ornamentalprints.eu
  3. ^ Bratři Antonín Victor and Victor Barvitiové . Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  4. ↑ Pictures
personal data
SURNAME Barvitius, Anton Viktor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barvitius, Antonin Viktor; Barvitius, Anton; Barvitius, Antonín Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION bohemian architect of historicism
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1901
Place of death Prague , Austria-Hungary