Arthur Baron

Arthur Baron (born May 15, 1874 in Vienna , † August 30, 1944, presumably in the USA) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Arthur Baron came from a Jewish family who moved to Vienna from Hungary shortly before he was born. After finishing secondary school, he attended the technical college , where he was a student of Karl König and Karl Mayreder . He completed his studies with the so-called strict examination , an early form of the diploma examination, in 1899 and received the Gegha scholarship, which enabled him to spend a longer period abroad.

Then Baron was assistant at the chair for descriptive geometry at the Technical University, from 1901 he worked as a freelance architect. Until 1904 he worked together with Oskar Neumann . His office was very busy until the First World War, where he built villas, residential and commercial buildings in particular, but also some printing works. Not infrequently he was also the client of his own projects. Karl Limbach , who later became self-employed, also worked in his studio . When the economic situation deteriorated sharply, he withdrew into private life at an early age. After 1914 there are no more traces of his buildings. Baron entered into a marriage with the painter Kitty Kassowitz, who must have remained childless.

After Austria's annexation to the German Empire , Baron had to emigrate as a Jew at a very old age . He left Vienna in 1940, but it is not known where he was going. Since his brother lived in the United States, it could be that he moved there too. The date of his death is known, but the place of death is not. He was married to the painter Kitty (Katharina) Kassowitz (1882–1952). She returned to Vienna in 1948.

From 1903, Baron was a member of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects.

meaning

Arthur Baron began as a student of Karl König with historicist buildings, then switched to a style characterized by secessionist forms in line with contemporary tastes. Baron's interest in modern building techniques and materials is characteristic. He already used the concrete post construction and used glass and metal. His functionalist tendencies make him an important representative of early Viennese modernism.

Works

f1 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

photo	Construction year	Surname	Location	description
	1900	Savings bank building in Frýdek	Frýdek-Místek , Czech Republic Coordinates are missing! Help.	Competition, 1st prize, with Oskar Neumann
Yes	around 1902	Rental house u. hotel	Vienna 4, Schikanedergasse 2-4 / Margaretenstraße 24 location	with Oskar Neumann
	around 1902	Werthner printing house	Spengergasse 21, Vienna 5 location	destroyed
BW	1904	villa	Stadlergasse 13, Vienna 13 location	with Oskar Neumann
Yes	1905	Rental house	Hamerlingplatz 4, Vienna 8 location
BW	1905	Rental house	Klesheimgasse 4 / Kupkagasse 4, Vienna 8 location	Note: Double entry with the same house. Stylistically more like 1905 than 1901.
Yes	1906	Rental house	Florianigasse 55, Vienna 8 location
Yes	1907	Stadtparkhof rental house	Vordere Zollamtsstraße 11, Vienna 3 location
Yes	1909-1910	Orendihof residential and commercial building BDA-ID: 30818 Wikidata	Fleischmarkt 1, Vienna 1 location	also Residenzpalast
BW	1911	Rental house	Gredlerstraße 4, Vienna 2 location
Yes	1911	Rental house	Invalidenstrasse 5–7, Vienna 3 location
YesBW	1911-1912	Residential and commercial building	Zollergasse 13, Vienna 7 location
BW	1912	Rental house	Vienna 6, Marchettigasse 14 location
Yes	1912	Rental house	Vienna 4, Margaretenstraße 22 location
Yes	1912	Linen shop Herzfeld (Grillparzerhof)	Bauernmarkt 10, Vienna 1 location
Yes	1912-1913	Rental house	Vienna 4, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 64, location
YesBW	1913	Steyrermühl printing works	Vienna 1, Fleischmarkt 3 location
	1913-1914	villa	Sternwartestraße 61, Vienna 18 location	destroyed
BW	1913-1914	Print shop building	Fleischmarkt 5, Vienna 1 location
Yes	1914	Rental house group	Tiefendorfergasse 11–13, Vienna 14 location
BW		Lingerie store Herzfeld	Vienna 1, Kärntnerstraße 4 location
Yes		Jewelery	Graben 16, Vienna 1 location	destroyed