Miklós Ybl

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Statue in the stairwell of the Budapest Opera House
Tivadar Dörre: Budapest Opera House (around 1890)
Roman Catholic Church in Fót

Miklós Ybl , ( German  Nikolaus Ybl , born April 6, 1814 in Székesfehérvár , Austrian Empire , † January 22, 1891 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary ) was a Hungarian architect and an important representative of European historicism . The State Opera in Budapest is one of his most famous works .

Life

Ybl studied from 1825 to 1831 at the Vienna Polytechnic . From 1832 he worked in the office of the architect Mihály Pollack , from 1836 for Henrik Koch , a representative of neoclassicism . Between 1840 and 1842 he went on study trips to Munich and Italy .

He carried out his first assignment with Ágost Pollack , Mihály Pollack's son. It was the Ikervár Castle by Lajos Batthyány . Ybl's early style can be described as romantic with Romanesque elements. His later work is more of the neo-renaissance .

A big disappointment in his life was that although he helped found the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , he was not elected a member.

His grave is on the Kerepesi temető ( German  Kerepescher Friedhof ) in Budapest.

In 1953 the Ybl Miklós-díj ("Miklós Ybl Prize") was donated and in 2009 an asteroid was named after him: (166886) Ybl .

Buildings (selection)

  • 1845–1849: Fót , reconstruction of the Károlyi Castle
  • 1845–1855: Fót, Roman Catholic Church
  • approx. 1852: Budapest, Grabovszky - (Rózsa) villa
  • 1857–1858: Budapest, National Riding School
  • around 1860: Leányfalu , Gyulai Villa
  • approx. 1860: Gerla , Wenckheim Castle
  • 1860–1864: Nagycenk , neo-Romanesque St. Stephen's Church from 1864
  • from 1862: Kecskemét , Evangelical Church
  • 1862–1865: Budapest, Palais Festetics
  • 1863: Budapest, German Theater (unfinished)
  • from 1863: Budapest, Károly Palace
  • 1863–1864: Budapest, MTA house
  • around 1865: Fegyvernek , Szapáry Castle
  • 1865–1866: Budapest, Old Chamber of Deputies
  • 1865–1879: Budapest, Röm.kath. Church, Bakáts Square
  • 1867: Budapest, Pálffy Palace
  • 1867–1869: Budapest, house of Lánchíd AG
  • 1867–1891: Budapest, St. Stephen's Basilica - finished by Josef Kauser
  • 1870–1874: Budapest, Customs House ( Fővámház )
  • 1871: Budapest, Margaret Bridge (remained unfinished)
  • ca.1872 : Parád , Ybl Hotel
  • 1873–1883: Tura , Schossberg Castle
  • 1873–1884: Budapest, State Opera
  • 1874–1982: Budapest, Burggarten kiosk and bazaar
  • 1875–1879: Ókígyós, Wenckheim Castle
  • 1880–1882: Parádsasvár , Károlyi Castle
  • 1880–1891: Budapest, reconstruction of the Royal Palace
  • 1881–1882: Budapest, Clarisseum
  • 1883–1884: Budapest, Széchenyi Palace (destroyed)
  • approx. 1888: Parád, Hotel Erzsébet

There are also town houses and castles in Csurgó , Doboz , Kétegyháza , Lengyeltóti , Mácsa , Marcali , Ókígyós , Surány and others.

  • Fót: Károlyi Castle

  • Ikervár: palace

  • Kétegyháza: castle

  • Szabadkígyós: Wenckheim Castle

literature

Web links

Commons : Miklós Ybl  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ His real family name was Eibl , Ybl, Nikolaus . In: Ostdeutsche Biographie (Kulturportal West-Ost), accessed on November 9, 2010
  2. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Miklós Ybl
personal data
SURNAME Ybl, Miklós
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ybl, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Székesfehérvár
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1891
Place of death Budapest