Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis

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Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis

Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis (* 23 May July / 4 June  1834 greg. In Riga ; † 19 March July / 31 March  1891 greg. In Riga) was a German Baltic architect . He designed around 150 buildings including several Orthodox churches in Livonia Governorate as well as the stages of the first three singing festivals .

Life

After finishing school, Baumanis did an apprenticeship as a carpenter . From 1856 to 1860 he worked in Heinrich Scheel's architectural office . The support of his next employer Ludwig Bohnstedt enabled Baumanis to study at the Bauakademie Berlin and the Kunstakademie St.Petersburg , which he graduated in 1865. Together with Robert Pflug, he won a competition to build the knighthood house, which today houses the Saeima . From 1870 to 1880 Baumanis was chief architect of the Livonia Governorate . Later he was councilor in Riga and co-founder of the Riga Chamber of Crafts (1865), the Riga Latvian Society (1868) and the Riga Architects' Association (1879). He was an active organizer and participant of the first Latvian song festivals, for which he also designed the spacious stages. In southern Estonia and in Vidzeme , 17 Orthodox churches were built according to Baumani's plans, in Riga more than 150 private and public buildings. The new buildings in the area of ​​the demolished Riga city fortifications were largely planned by Baumanis, plus around a third of the development on the boulevards of the New Town. When he died in 1891, tens of thousands of people, including top state officials, attended the funeral.

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old postcard with the Riga District Court

Baumanis' buildings belong to the eclectic style that was prevalent at the time. Regardless of their function, the facades are decorated in a regular rhythm with recurring decorative elements from past styles.

Buildings in Riga:

  • Alexander-Gymnasium (1870-1875) (today Latvian Music Academy, Krišjāņa Barona ielā 1)
  • State Bank (1877) (Pils ielā 12)
  • Residence on the Daugava bank (1883) (November 11th krastmala 9)
  • Riga District Court (1888) (Brīvības bulvāris 34)
  • Riga Circus (1889) (Merķeļa ielā 4)

literature

  • Oļǵerts Buka, Jānis Lejnieks (ed.): Latvijas arhitektūras mostlyari . Zvaigzne ABC, Riga 1995. ISBN 9984-04-059-3 .
  • Kristīne Čakstiņa: Ieskats arhitekta Jāņa Frīdriha Baumaņa daiļradē. Maģistra darbs . Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija, Riga 2010.
  • Pauls Kampe: Architect Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis, 1834–1891. Viņa dzīve un viņa mūža darbs . Izulītības Ministrijas Mēnešraksts, Riga 1927.
  • Jānis Krastiņš: Jānis Fridrihs Baumanis . Zvaigzne ABC, Riga 1989.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Letonika.lv
  2. ↑ Michael Garleff : The Baltic countries. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania from the Middle Ages to the present. Pustet, Regensburg 2001, ISBN 3-7917-1770-7 , p. 215.

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personal data
SURNAME Baumanis, Jānis Frīdrihs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1891
Place of death Riga