Julius Kunkler
Gottfried Julius Kunkler (born May 10, 1845 in St. Gallen ; † July 13, 1923 in Rorschach ) was a Swiss architect and painter .
Life
The son of Johann Christoph Kunkler studied from 1863 to 1865 at the Eidgenössisches Polytechnikum Zürich with Gottfried Semper . He then worked for Léo Châtelain in Neuchâtel before completing his studies at the Technical University of Stuttgart . From 1870 he worked as an architect in Vienna, Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Munich and Prague. In Prague he became a member of Corps Austria , but lost contact with this corporation after his return to Switzerland. In 1884 he returned to St. Gallen. From 1893 to 1915 he lived in Zurich.
From 1909 Kunkler devoted himself primarily to painting and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1915 . From 1918 he lived in Heiden and Rorschach, where a series of portraits and landscapes were created.
Architectural work
1876–78, the classicist Helvetia building on Helvetiaplatz was built according to the plans of father and son (demolished in 1977, today the cantonal bank is located there). In 1885–87, Kunkler built the Talhof school building as a representative, castle-like exposed brick building with Wilhelm Dürler (1849–1894), who was tied for competition . In 1885, Kunkler expanded the administration building in Olten with an attached concert hall to include the office building (today the courthouse). In 1887 he won second prize in the competition for the Tonhalle Zurich . His most popular building in Zurich is the administration building of the Zurich Accident Insurance Company on Mythenquai (now Zurich Insurance), built between 1899 and 1901. The St. Gallen Tonhalle , which he built in 1906-09 with Robert Maillart as an engineer, is significant . The canton library , created in 1907, is also his work. He was also a sought-after villa architect throughout his entire career.
literature
- Kunkler, Julius . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 108 .
- Daniel Studer: Kunkler, (Gottfried) Julius. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century . Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 978-3-7643-5261-5 , p. 326 f.
Web links
- Peter Röllin: Kunkler, Julius. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
supporting documents
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunkler, Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kunkler, Gottfried Julius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1923 |
| Place of death | Rorschach |