Isidore Canevale

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Isidore Marcellus Amandus Canevale (* 1730 in Vincennes ; † November 2, 1786 in Vienna ; first name also written Isidor or Isidoro ) was an Austrian architect of French origin. He is considered an important representative of early classicism .

In the new literature on the history of Vienna he is referred to as Isidor Ganneval .

biography

His first work in Vienna (for the interior of the Schönbrunn Palace ) still reveals a certain influence of the Rococo .

Since 1766 he was a real court architect . Above all, those buildings are significant that he undertook on behalf of Joseph II . This is related to the reform policy of Joseph II, who founded hospitals and dedicated parts of Vienna's Danube floodplains as public parks.

Canevale designed the Lusthaus in Vienna's Prater (1784) and the austere and martial-looking entrance gate to the Augarten (1775).

He probably also contributed to the expansion of the General Hospital of the City of Vienna , but only his authorship of its Narrenturm (1784) is certain . This, however, is considered the completion of early classicism , it has the purely geometric shape of a cylinder and is completely unadorned.

Its most famous building is the Josephinum (1783), which was dedicated as a training center for military doctors and today houses an institute, museum and library on the history of medicine. It is based on the model of a French city palace (even with a court of honor) - however, behind the traditional facade, a modern room layout is effective: behind the central projection, only the staircase is hidden.

Canevale also worked for other noble families, including Cardinal Migazzi (an opponent of Josephinism ), on whose behalf he worked out the plans for the cathedral in Waitzen in Hungary, built 1761–1777 .

Works (selection)

  • Josephinum

  • Lusthaus in the Prater

  • Tower of fools

  • Gate to the Augarten

  • Vác Cathedral

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manuel Swatek: The new Prater pleasure. On the creation of the Praterstern under Emperor Joseph II. In: Studies on Viennese history. Yearbook of the Association for the History of the City of Vienna. Volume 72/73 (2016/2017). Vienna 2018, p. 162
personal data
SURNAME Canevale, Isidore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Canevale, Isidore Marcellus Amandus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1730
PLACE OF BIRTH Vincennes
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 1786
Place of death Vienna