August Sicard of Sicardsburg
August Sicard von Sicardsburg (born December 6, 1813 in Buda , Hungary ; † June 11, 1868 in Weidling near Vienna ; also erroneously August Siccard von Siccardsburg ) was an Austrian architect, he built together with Eduard van der Nüll (1812–1868) the building of the Vienna State Opera (1861–1869). Sicard and van der Nüll won the architecture competition for the important opera building , the first monumental building on Vienna's new Ringstrasse .
origin
His grandfather, the registrar of the Imperial and Royal Artillery Main Office in Vienna, Dominik Sicard (* 1750) was raised to the hereditary nobility with the title of Sicardsburg on August 4th, 1820. His father Dominik Sicard von Sicardsburg was the cash controller of the kk priv. Nationalbank.
Life
Sicard attended the Stiftsgymnasium Melk and studied at the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna , where he became an assistant in 1835. At times he also assisted his teacher Peter von Nobile . With his fellow student van der Nüll, Sicard went on an extensive study trip from 1839 to 1843 , which became a permanent work and living community. In the professional part of this symbiosis, Sicardsburg was more responsible for the technical and organizational part and van der Nüll for the aesthetic and decorative part. In 1843 he became a professor at the Vienna Academy . Together with his partner van der Nüll, Sicard decisively shaped the Austrian architecture of late romantic historicism and later influenced the 19th century architectural style in the imperial capital and residence of Austria through his students (headed by Carl von Hasenauer ). Sicard died of tuberculosis shortly after his partner's suicide at the age of 55 . He was buried in the Grinzinger Friedhof (group MA, number 62) in a dedicated grave site .
The Siccardsburggasse in Vienna favorites is named after him.
Vienna State Opera (1861)
Mausoleum of August Sicard von Sicardsburg in the Grinzinger Friedhof
Memorial plaque on Sicardsburg and van der Nüll's house at Schadekgasse 4 in Vienna
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Known students
- Heinrich von Ferstel (1828-1883)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Sicard von Sicardsburg, August . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, pp. 204–207 ( digitized version ).
- Karl Weiß: Sicard von Sicardsburg, August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 142 f.
- Walter Krause : Sicard from Sicardsburg August. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 219 f. (Direct links on p. 219 , p. 220 ).
Web links
- Entry on August Sicard von Sicardsburg in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Wiener Zeitung - In the footsteps of the Viennese architects von Sicardsburg and van der Nüll ( Memento from February 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst - Volume 4 , Verlag EA Seemann , Leipzig 1869, p. 179
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sicard from Sicardsburg, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Siccard from Sicardsburg, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buda , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1868 |
| Place of death | Weidling near Vienna |