Erich Gschöpf

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Erich Otto Gschöpf (* 19th December 1874 in Rosenberg , today Ruzomberok ( Austria-Hungary ); † 14. May 1933 in Vienna ) was an Austrian architect of Art Nouveau . His most important work was the design of the mental hospital Mauer near Amstetten .

Life

Erich Gschöpf attended the secondary school in Waidhofen an der Thaya and then went to Vienna, where he completed the state trade school and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts . From 1889, one year after completing his studies, Gschöpf worked in the Lower Austrian State Building Authority, where he worked primarily on the establishment of the Kaiser Franz Joseph State Sanatorium in Mauer near Amstetten, Lower Austria (1898-1902) von Carlo von Boog was responsible for the "architectural part". Around 1908 Gschöpf became Lower Austrian State Engineer Adjunct, from 1911 Lower Austria State Building Inspector.

As a self-employed architect, Gschöpf won the second prize in the competition for the new construction of the grammar school in Waidhofen an der Thaya and was entrusted with the execution of this important construction contract (1908–1909). The last known factory that Gschöpf built is the liqueur factory in Vienna 22, Stadlauer Straße 39 A (1924).

From 1903 he was a member of the cooperative of the visual artists of Vienna, from 1908 of the central association of architects of Austria and the architects club of the cooperative of the visual artists of Vienna.

Erich Gschöpf was married to Marie (née Egeler) and had two children, Hetty and Herbert. He died in Vienna at the age of 59.

style

Although Erich Gschöpf received training from Viktor Luntz at the Academy of Fine Arts above all in the application of historical styles, his work is characterized by a remarkably early use of the secessionist vocabulary of forms.

Similar to Max Hegele , who built the Central Cemetery Church and was also a Luntz pupil, Erich Gschöpf also shows that it was possible, with a conservative education, primarily oriented towards medieval styles, as an independent architect to produce respectable works of Art Nouveau to accomplish. As a teacher, Viktor Luntz attached great importance to the detailed copying of traditional motifs. It may be that this sharpened the eye for a coherent application of modern, secessionist forms.

Works

  • 1898–1902 Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt in Mauer near Amstetten
  • 1900 Establishment of the Lower Austrian dairy sales point
  • 1907 Pavilion for Georg Rothschild on the site in Mauer
  • 1908–1909 grammar school, Waidhofen ad Thaya
  • 1924 Liqueur factory, Vienna 22, Stadlauer Strasse 39 A

Awards

literature

  • W. Aichelburg: The Wiener Künstlerhaus 1861-2001. Vol. 1. The artists' cooperative in its historical development and its rivals Secession and Hagenbund. Vienna 2003
  • Anonymous: The Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt in Mauer-Öhling. in: Der Architekt 9.1913, p. 39ff
  • R. Schmidt: The Wiener Künstlerhaus 1861–1951. Vienna 1951, pp. 160, 266

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State building inspector Erich (Otto) Gschöpf. In: arch INFORM ; accessed on August 28, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Gschöpf, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gschöpf, Erich Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Art Nouveau architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Rosenberg , today Ruzomberok, Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1933
Place of death Vienna