Josef Franz Dex

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Josef Franz Dex (born December 28, 1899 in Linz , † July 31, 1945 in New York City ) was an Austrian architect , interior designer , designer and painter .

Life

Dex attended the arts and crafts school in Linz. Initially, in the 1920s he attended the painting school of Matthias May , after which he studied from 1923 to 1926 Architecture at Peter Behrens at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . In 1926 he became a member of the artists' association MAERZ and in 1931 of the Central Association of Architects in Austria .

Double house at Jagdschlossgasse 76, 78; around 1930

After returning from his stay in Rome, he initially worked for Mauriz Balzarek and Julius Schulte , among others, and then became self-employed as an interior and furniture designer. The only known building designed and realized by him is the twin house of the Werkbundsiedlung in Vienna , Jagdschlossgasse 76 and 78 (1932).

In 1940/41 he emigrated to New York, where he ran the furniture store Josef Dex, Interior Designer , until 1945 .

Awards

  • State Prize 1st Class (1925)
  • State travel grant (Rome grant), (1926)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josef Franz Dex , in: Exile archive web presence queried on December 21, 2015
  2. ^ Josef Franz Dex. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
personal data
SURNAME Dex, Josef Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect, interior designer, designer and painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1945
Place of death New York City