Ernst Epstein

Ernst Epstein (born January 4, 1881 in Vienna ; † May 21, 1938 there ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Ernst Epstein was of Jewish origin and the son of the owner of a "gas and water supply system" Max Epstein and his wife Johanna Kantor. He graduated from the state trade school in 1900 with the Matura, but then did not study, but took the master builder examination in 1906, after a few years of practical experience . From then on he was self-employed and ran his own master builder with great success. He erected around 100 buildings in Vienna. In 1903 Epstein resigned from the Israelite religious community. During the First World War he served in the military construction department, initially for a year in Lemberg , then in Vienna. In 1924 Epstein married Melanie Hügel, b. King. His wife died on February 21, 1936. The marriage remained childless. The very wealthy widower committed suicide with veronal in 1938, shortly after Austria was annexed to the German Reich . He left a fortune of around 800,000 Reichsmarks, which corresponds to around 3 million euros, and bequeathed it to living relatives and Israelite organizations according to his will of December 25, 1937. By order of the National Socialist administration, Epstein was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery , Israelite Department.

meaning

As an architect, Ernst Epstein was at home in all common architectural styles, which he used with great adaptability according to customer requirements. At the beginning of his career he mainly built residential and commercial buildings in the Secessionist style, which were alternately supplemented by older designs. Under the influence of Adolf Loos , his buildings became objectified. In the 1920s, Epstein built numerous villas that met the representational needs of their owners. On the housing program the City of Vienna Epstein was not involved, but the influence of the "Viennese municipal-style" from the year 1928 is not to be mistaken when he returned to the residential building of villas from.

Epstein's buildings, which are characterized by solid technical building skills and meet the functional requirements, are harmoniously balanced, have a representative character and always fit into the surrounding architecture. Most famous was his participation in Looshaus as a construction manager, as well as the construction of the administration building of the Phönix insurance on Otto-Wagner-Platz 5 in Vienna- Alsergrund .

Works

photo	Construction year	Surname	Location	description	Metadata
BW	1906	Römerhof rental house	Vienna 16, Sautergasse 43 / Stöberplatz 9 (formerly Römergasse 75) location
Yes	1906	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 14, Hütteldorfer Straße 206 (formerly Vienna 13, No. 156) location
Yes	1906	Rental houses Severin Tesar	Vienna 14, Hütteldorfer Straße 208–212 (formerly Vienna 13, No. 158–168) location
BW	1907	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 7, Westbahnstraße 33 location
BW	1906-1908	Severin Tesar rental house	Vienna 19, Sieveringer Straße 107 location
BW	1908	Severin Tesar factory	Vienna 2, Alliiertenstraße 16 location
Yes	1908-1909	Residential and office building	Vienna 7, Seidengasse 30 location	Residential and office building M. Krüger's Sons
BW	1908	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 7, Seidengasse 33–35 (factory extension in the courtyard) location
Yes	1909	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 4, Wiedner Gürtel 26 Location
BW	1909	Residential building	Vienna 4, Schelleingasse 5 location
BW	1909	Rental house "Blaashof" Vienna 19	Hardtgasse 27–29 location	Leopold Goldman's house, whose apartment was furnished by Adolf Loos.
Yes	1909	Rental house	Vienna 8, Albertgasse 24 Location
Yes	1909	Rental house	Vienna 8, Albertgasse 26 Location
Yes	1909	Franz Orator residential and commercial building	Vienna 7, Schottenfeldgasse 46 location
Yes	1909-1910	Alexander Königstein paper goods factory	Vienna 7, Zieglergasse 63 location	Alexander Königstein paper goods factory
Yes	1909-1911	Looshaus, Goldman & Salatsch House BDA-ID: 30462 Wikidata	Vienna 1, Michaelerplatz 3 location	The house was planned by Adolf Loos . Ernst Epstein was the site manager.	Adolf Loos
Yes	1910	Residential and factory building	Vienna 7, Kandlgasse 23 (in the courtyard of factory farming shoe factory Steiner) Location
Yes	1910	Rental house	Vienna 8, Lerchenfelder Straße 54–56 Location
BW	1910	Rental house	Vienna 9, Nordbergstrasse 10 location
BW	1910	Rental house	Vienna 19, Hardtgasse 25 location
Yes	1910-1911	Rental houses	Vienna 5, Laurenzgasse 6 location
Yes	1910-1911	Rental houses	Vienna 5, Laurenzgasse 12 Location
Yes	1910-1911	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 8, Alser Straße 23 / Lange Gasse 69 Location
YesBW	1910-1911	Paulanerhof residential building	Vienna 4, Schleifmühlgasse 3 / Paulanergasse 12 location
YesBW	1910-1911	Residential building	Vienna 4, Schleifmühlgasse 5 / Paulanergasse 14 location
BW	1911	Rental house	Vienna 4, Argentinierstraße 26 location
YesBW	1911	Apartment block BDA-ID: 6655 Wikidata	Vienna 5, Siebenbrunnenfeldgasse 12–18 / Storckgasse 11–15 Location
BW	1911	Rental block	Vienna 7, Neustiftgasse 104 location
Yes	1911	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 8, Josefstädter Straße 21 location	Ernst Epstein and Siegfried Hönich's residential and commercial building
Yes	1911	Rental house	Vienna 18, Messerschmidtgasse 48 / Gersthofer Strasse 105 Location
Yes	1912	Residential and office building	Vienna 7, Seidengasse 14 location
Yes	1912	Residential and office building	Vienna 7, Kirchberggasse 33–35 Location
BW	1912	Rental house	Vienna 7, Neubaugasse 61 location
Yes	1912	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 6, Mariahilfer Strasse 57–59 / Barnabitengasse 11–15 Location
Yes	1912	Residential and office building	Vienna 18, Thimiggasse 19 Location
Yes	1912	Rental house	Vienna 19, Pyrkergasse 7 / Vormosergasse 1, 3 and 5 location
Yes	1912	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 7, Hermanngasse 8 location
Yes	1912	Kapsch AG	Vienna 12, Johann-Hoffmann-Platz 9 location
BW	1913	Office building and industrial building "Josef Weidinger's Sons"	Vienna 6, Apollogasse 6 location
Yes	1913	Grave temple of the Kornfeld family	Vienna 11, Zentralfriedhof Tor 1 51/18 / 58–60 Location
Yes	1912-1913	Residential business and office building "Bothe & Ehrmann - JW Müller AG" BDA-ID: 6486 Wikidata	Vienna 5, Schloßgasse 14 location	The business building Bothe und Ehrmann was built by Ernst Epstein in 1912/1913. The business area is accentuated by post structures and laterally inserted columns, but the residential area above is braced with the business area by the deepening of the side axes. The facade has neoclassical relief decoration. The original gates have been preserved, entrances, lift grilles and the vestibule cladding were reconstructed in 1983. In the media, this building is nicknamed the Epstein House.	Ernst Epstein
YesBW	1914	Rental house BDA-ID: 7745 Wikidata	Vienna 3, Reisnerstraße 40 location	Note: British Embassy until 1988
BW	1914	Rental house	Vienna 3, Hohlweggasse 30 location
BW	1919	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 16, Odoakergasse 25 Location
BW	1921	villa	Vienna 19, Peter-Jordan-Straße 48 location
BW	1921-1922	Villa Elfer	Vienna 19, Blaasstraße 31 location
BW	1922	villa	Vienna 19, Blaasstrasse 33 / Hans-Richter-Strasse location	Note: Libyan embassy today
Yes	1922	Rental house	Vienna 12, Längenfeldgasse 29 Location	Note: House at Flurschützstrasse 25–35
Yes	1922-1923	Knitwear factory PM Glaser	Vienna, 12, Flurschützstraße 25–35 Location
BW	1922-1923	Villa Siegfried Cantor	Vienna 18, Geyergasse 8 location
Yes	1923	villa	Vienna 19, Scheibengasse 13 location
BW	1923-1924	villa	Vienna 19, Weimarer Straße 108 location	Note: now the Japanese embassy residence
Yes	1924	villa	Vienna 19, Scheibengasse 11 location
Yes	1924	Wikidata rental house	Vienna 3, Neulinggasse 37 / Gottfried-Keller-Gasse 11 Location	Note: Wikidata object refers to the message.
Yes	1924-1925	Textile company Bernhard Altmann	Vienna 5, Siebenbrunnengasse 21 location
BW	1927	villa	Vienna 19, Peter-Jordan-Straße 35 location
Yes	1928-1929	Office and commercial building "General. Insurance company Phoenix ”, today the Financial Market Authority	Vienna 9, Frankhplatz 3 / Otto-Wagner-Platz 5 location	Note: today building of the ÖMV
Yes	1929	Rental house	Vienna 3, Gottfried-Keller-Gasse 13 location
Yes	1929	Rental house	Vienna 3, Jacquingasse 55 location
Yes	1929	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 6, Aegidigasse 5 location
BW	1929	Rental house	Vienna 13, Braunschweiggasse 26 Location
BW	1929	Rental house	Vienna 13, Auhofstraße 14 location
BW	1929	Rental house	Vienna 13, Lainzer Strasse 80, 82, 84; Stadlergasse 1, 3, 5 location
BW	1929	villa	Vienna 19, Cottagegasse 63 Location
BW	1930	Rental house	Vienna 13, Kupelwiesergasse 17, 19 location
BW	1930	Rental house	Vienna 13, Fichtnergasse 14 location	Note: Epstein's death house
BW	1930	Residential houses	Vienna 3, Rechts Bahngasse 24–28 location
Yes	1930	Residential houses	Vienna 19, Bauernfeldgasse 2 location
Yes	1931	Residential and commercial building	Vienna 23, Speisinger Strasse 119 location
Yes	1933	Rental house	Vienna 3, Traungasse 7 location
Yes	1935	Rental house	Vienna 12, Meidlinger Hauptstrasse 16-18 Location

literature

S. Alber: Architect Ernst Epstein . Thesis. University of Vienna, 2000
Ernst Epstein 1881–1938. The construction manager of the Looshaus as an architect . Exhibition catalog. ISBN 3-85493-065-8

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Web links

Commons : Ernst Epstein - collection of images, videos and audio files

Ernst Epstein. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
Literature by and about Ernst Epstein in the catalog of the German National Library
Exhibition in the Jewish Museum Vienna

personal data
SURNAME	Epstein, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	January 4, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	May 21, 1938
Place of death	Vienna