Hugo von Wiedenfeld
Hugo Ritter von Wiedenfeld (born April 3, 1852 in Vienna , † January 27, 1925 in New York City ) was an Austrian architect .
Life
He came from a Silesian civil servant and entrepreneurial family and was the son of court and court lawyer Eduard von Wiedenfeld († 1892) and Pauline Karnicki (1827-1852). His mother died in childbed on April 7, 1852.
Wiedenfeld studied at the Technical Universities of Vienna and Aachen and then worked for six years as construction manager for the Wiener Union-Baugesellschaft. His work in Vienna includes: a. the Turkish temple and the food research institute (both 1885–87), the insect powder factory Zacherl (1892/93) and in 1894 the Villa Carola on the Kahlenberg . Wiedenfeld was a member of the Künstlerhaus Vienna from 1885 to 1896 .
Wiedenfeld married Wilhelmine Anna Eisler (* 1856) in 1882, but the marriage was divorced again. The couple had the children Erich Hugo (1881–1916), Elsa (* 1883) and Friederike (1885–1948). In addition, Wiedenfeld had an illegitimate son.
Orders and decorations
- Imperial Turkish Mecidiye Order (1888)
- Royal Serbian Order of Takovo (1889)
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg: The spiritual Vienna. Volume 1: Belletristic-Artistic Part. 5th edition. Daberkow, Vienna 1893, ZDB -ID 1308834-8 .
- Wiedenfeld, Hugo von (knight) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 527 .
Web links
- Hugo von Wiedenfeld. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
- Hugo von Wiedenfeld. In: arch INFORM .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiedenfeld, Hugo von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiedenfeld, Hugo Ritter von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1925 |
| Place of death | New York City |