Hans Schlesinger (architect)

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Hans Samuel Schlesinger , also Samuel Schlesinger (* 1890 in Vienna ; † after 1938), was an Austrian architect.

Life and works

Hans Schlesinger was a son of Bernhard and Helene Schlesinger and had several siblings.

The houses Jagićgasse 10 and 8

After 1900 he gave up his Jewish first name Samuel. He studied at the Technical University of Vienna. At times he shared a studio with Willy Wiesner . Wiesner and Schlesinger took part in a weekend house competition together in 1929. In 1930, Schlesinger designed a floorboard in the Vienna Künstlerhaus for the exhibition Book and Contemporary Space . Together with Wiesner, he set up Clemens Holzmeister's house number 23 at Jagićgasse 10 in Vienna for the Wiener Werkbundsiedlung . In 1931 he gave lectures in the advice center for interior design of the Austrian Association for Housing Reform "Best".

Schlesinger evidently designed mainly portal buildings and weekend houses. He emigrated to the USA in 1938.

literature

  • Anita Aigner et al., Werkbundsiedlung Vienna 1932. A manifesto of the new way of living. 383rd special exhibition of the Wien Museum. Wien Museum Karlsplatz, September 6, 2012 to January 13, 2013 , Vienna 2012, ISBN 9783990140710

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ He is not identical with the young Viennese painter of the same name, whose works and especially his immaturity were discussed in the journal Kunst und Kunsthandwerk in 1907 , cf. Hans Schlesinger , in: Kunst und Kunsthandwerk 10, 1907, p. 56 ( digitized version ) and Anna Staudacher: "... announces the departure from the Mosaic faith". Peter Lang, 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-55832-4 , p. 526 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ^ Antje Senarclens de Grancy: Architecture. To forget. Böhlau Verlag Wien, 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78472-2 , p. 73 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ↑ a b Hans Schlesinger. Retrieved November 4, 2019 . , on werkbundsiedlung-wien.at
  4. ↑ Willy Wiesner. Retrieved November 4, 2019 . , on werkbundsiedlung-wien.at
  5. ↑ A mention of the lectures can be found in the communications of the Österreichischer Werkbund in Die Form , April 15, 1931, p. 46.
personal data
SURNAME Schlesinger, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schlesinger, Hans Samuel (full name); Schlesinger, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH after 1938