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
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1900 | Savings bank building in Frýdek |
Frýdek-Místek , Czech Republic |
Competition, 1st prize, with Oskar Neumann |
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around 1902 | Rental house u. hotel |
Vienna 4, Schikanedergasse 2-4 / Margaretenstraße 24 location |
with Oskar Neumann |
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around 1902 | Werthner printing house |
Spengergasse 21, Vienna 5 location |
destroyed |
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1904 | villa |
Stadlergasse 13, Vienna 13 location |
with Oskar Neumann |
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1905 | Rental house |
Hamerlingplatz 4, Vienna 8 location |
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1905 | Rental house |
Klesheimgasse 4 / Kupkagasse 4, Vienna 8 location |
Note: Double entry with the same house. Stylistically more like 1905 than 1901. |
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1906 | Rental house |
Florianigasse 55, Vienna 8 location |
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1907 | Stadtparkhof rental house |
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 11, Vienna 3 location |
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1909-1910 |
Orendihof residential and commercial building BDA-ID: 30818 Wikidata ![]() |
Fleischmarkt 1, Vienna 1 location |
also Residenzpalast |
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1911 | Rental house |
Gredlerstraße 4, Vienna 2 location |
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1911 | Rental house |
Invalidenstrasse 5–7, Vienna 3 location |
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1911-1912 | Residential and commercial building |
Zollergasse 13, Vienna 7 location |
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1912 | Rental house |
Vienna 6, Marchettigasse 14 location |
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1912 | Rental house |
Vienna 4, Margaretenstraße 22 location |
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1912 | Linen shop Herzfeld (Grillparzerhof) |
Bauernmarkt 10, Vienna 1 location |
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1912-1913 | Rental house |
Vienna 4, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 64, location |
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1913 |
Steyrermühl printing works |
Vienna 1, Fleischmarkt 3 location |
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1913-1914 | villa |
Sternwartestraße 61, Vienna 18 location |
destroyed |
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1913-1914 | Print shop building |
Fleischmarkt 5, Vienna 1 location |
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1914 | Rental house group |
Tiefendorfergasse 11–13, Vienna 14 location |
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Lingerie store Herzfeld |
Vienna 1, Kärntnerstraße 4 location |
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Jewelery |
Graben 16, Vienna 1 location |
destroyed |
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literature
- U. Prokop: Baron, Arthur . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).
Web links
- Arthur Baron. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
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SURNAME | Baron, Arthur |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1874 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1944 |