Josef Vytiska

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Josef Vytiska (born February 19, 1905 in Vienna ; † February 2, 1986 there ) was an Austrian architect .

Life

Josef Vytiska was born in Vienna as the son of the Czech master locksmith Anton Vytiska and his wife Anna Hlavata. His younger brother Franz later became a master builder. Josef Vytiska attended the Kunstgewerbeschule Vienna from 1920 to 1925 , where he was a student of Carl Witzmann and Oskar Strnad , only interrupted by an internship in 1922. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Peter Behrens . In addition to his studies, he was also employed by a construction company, and from 1929 onwards he worked as a freelance architect.

In 1936 he married his first wife Hildegard Stodola. In the same year he became known for the construction of the parish church St. Josef in the residential complex Sandleitenhof in Vienna- Ottakring . It was a prestige project of the corporate state at the time , which promoted the building of churches in workers' residential areas. In 1942 Vytiska was expelled from the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts because he professed to be part of the Czech nation. As a result, he could no longer work as an independent architect in the National Socialist state.

After the end of the war, he resumed his previous work and became one of the busiest and most successful architects of the reconstruction years in Vienna. After the death of his wife in 1951, he married Herta Krakora in 1954. He remained professionally active into old age. He was buried at the Meidlinger Friedhof .

St. Josef Church, Sandleitenhof (1936)
Parish Church of St. James in Guntramsdorf (1949–1952)
Leopold-Figl-Hof on Morzinplatz (1963–1967)

power

As an architect, Josef Vytiska created numerous business premises, residential buildings and, above all, churches from the post-war period. His church buildings are characterized by simple functionality and bright, spacious interiors, for which he often also designed the interior. Vytiska represented a moderate modernism .

buildings

literature

  • I. Hauser: The church buildings by Josef Vytiska as an important contribution to Austrian sacred architecture in the 20th century . unpublished diploma thesis, Vienna 2002.
  • O. Lowitzer: Church buildings in Austria 1945–1970 . Dissertation, University of Vienna, 2007. ( online as PDF)

Web links

Commons : Josef Vytiska  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Vytiska grave site , Vienna, Meidlinger Friedhof, Group G2, Row 2, No. 30.
personal data
SURNAME Vytiska, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1986
Place of death Vienna