Arnold Matteus
Arnold Matteus (born December 1 . Jul / 13. December 1897 greg. Farm Leiso in the rural community Kärgula ; † 2. November 1986 in Tartu ) was an Estonian architect .
Life and architecture
Arnold Alvil Matteus was born as the second child of smallholder August Matteus and his wife Miina-Auguste Matteus (née Kärssin). He had an older brother and a younger sister.
Matteus first attended the community school in Kärgula and the parish school in Urvaste , before he graduated from the secondary school in Tartu from 1914 to 1918. In 1918 he enrolled in the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Tartu . In 1919/20 he took part in the Estonian War of Independence against Soviet Russia .
In 1921 Matteus first moved to Darmstadt to study . From 1921 to 1925 Matteus then studied architecture at the Technical University in Karlsruhe, Baden .
From 1926 to 1935 and from 1941 to 1944 Matteus was a city architect in Tartu in southern Estonia. From 1944 to 1960 he was the city's chief architect at the same location.
From 1931 to 1935 Matteus was chairman of the Tartu artists' association Pallas . From 1942 to 1944 he was director of the Pallas Higher Art School. From 1945 to 1953 Matteus taught at the State Art Institute in Tartu.
Architectural work (selection)
- " Emajõgi " swimming pool in Tartu (1928, demolished 1985)
- Planning for the Tartu district of Tähtvere (1928)
- House of prayer of the Adventist community in Tartu (1928)
- Residential building, Tahme-Straße 28, Tartu (1928, destroyed in World War II)
- House, Näituse-Straße 15, Rakvere (1929)
- Restoration of the Tartu parks in the Karlova and Tähtvere districts (1930–1932)
- Tartu house and studio of the artist Anton Starkopf (1931)
- Apartment houses at 20 Tallinna Street, Rakvere (1933)
- Tartu branch of Eesti Pank (1935, together with Karl Burman ; today seat of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Estonia)
- Tower of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kambja (1937)
- Corporation house of the student association "Ugala" in Tartu (1938)
- Hotel at 40 Vallikraavi Street, Tartu (1940)
- Antsla House of Culture (1950)
- Abja House of Culture (1950)
- Department store in Elva (1953)
- Department store in Keila (1953)
Awards
In 1984 Matteus was awarded the Honorable Architect of the Estonian SSR .
Private life
In 1932 Matteus married Elsbet Põderson. The couple divorced three years later. In 1935 Matteus married Juta Otsason (1914–1943). In 1936 the daughter Hella-Mare Matteus was born.
literature
- Eesti elulood. Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus, Tallinn 2000, ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 283. (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14)
Web links
- Detailed biography (Estonian)
- CV (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://rotary.tartu.ee/liikmed/liikmed_1932/matteus_arnold.htm
- ↑ http://www.korpugala.ee/dokumendid/rait.htm
- ↑ http://e-ope.khk.ee/oo/2011/historical_tartu/estonian_republic_in_the_1930s.html
- ↑ http://www.visittartu.com/?class=document&action=print§ion=9490
- ↑ http://rakvere.virtuaalmuuseum.ee/index_html?action=1&tag_search=1&otsi=Arnold%20Matteus
- ↑ http://www.hm.ee/index.php?148581
- ↑ http://www.teelistekirikud.ekn.ee/de_kirik.php?id=104 ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www2.kirmus.ee/biblioserver/isik/index.php?id=2154
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matteus, Arnold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Matteus, Arnold Alvil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farm Leiso, rural community Kärgula |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2nd 1986 |
| Place of death | Tartu |