August Ortwein

August Ortwein (born June 30, 1836 at Kornberg Castle in Styria , † September 22, 1900 in Graz ) was an Austrian architect . From 1876 to 1879 he was the first director of the kuk Staatsgewerbeschule in Graz, which was later named Ortweinschule after him.

life and work

Facade of Graz Sporgasse 3

In Graz you can find works by Ortwein at Haus Sporgasse 3, where he created the Art Nouveau facade, in the parish churches of St. Andrä in Gries (Graz) , in St. Leonhard and St. Veit , in which the painting on the ceiling in 1884 based on his designs was executed. For more than 17 years, from 1871 to 1888, August Ortwein published a nine-volume table on the art of the German Renaissance in individual deliveries , which documented not only arts and crafts but also works of architecture. "Without a recognizable chronological system, the building representations were published topographically as measurement tables and provided with short texts by various authors. The tables are less historical-analytical than documentary and, because of the great attention to detail, were often used as a compendium for the reconstruction of buildings and for the addition of components used. "

Honors

The Ortweinschule, Ortweinplatz and Ortweingasse in Graz are named after August Ortwein.

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Ortwein, August . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 21st part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 112 ( digitized version ).
with August Scheffers : German Renaissance. A collection of objects of architecture, decoration and applied arts in original recordings , Leipzig 1871–1888.

Web links

Literature by and about August Ortwein in the catalog of the German National Library
Ortweinschule in Graz
Ceiling painting in St.Veit

Individual evidence

^ Archive link ( Memento from March 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Parish Leonhard
↑ Walter Brunner on behalf of the City of Graz, Kulturamt (Ed.): Geschichte der Stadt Graz (in 4 volumes), self-published by the City of Graz 2003, ISBN 3-902234-02-4 ; (Volume 4, p. 356)
↑ Werner Broda, Hof: Search for traces of Nickel Hoffmann - A master builder of the 'German Renaissance' (~ 1515 - 1592), Diss. Philipps - University of Marburg, Marburg 1998.

personal data
SURNAME	Ortwein, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	June 30, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kornberg Castle
DATE OF DEATH	September 22, 1900
Place of death	Graz

[1] Archive link ( Memento from March 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Parish Leonhard

[Brunner-2] Walter Brunner on behalf of the City of Graz, Kulturamt (Ed.): Geschichte der Stadt Graz (in 4 volumes), self-published by the City of Graz 2003, ISBN 3-902234-02-4 ; (Volume 4, p. 356)

[3] Werner Broda, Hof: Search for traces of Nickel Hoffmann - A master builder of the 'German Renaissance' (~ 1515 - 1592), Diss. Philipps - University of Marburg, Marburg 1998.