Otto Pius Hippius
Otto Pius Hippius (born May 5 . Jul / 17th May 1826 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † August 29 . Jul / 10. September 1883 . Greg in Kabolowka in Pargolovo in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German architect.
life and work
Otto Pius Hippius was born as the son of the Baltic German painter and lithographer Gustav Adolf Hippius (1792–1856). Gustav Hippius' father Thomas Hippius (1762–1819) came from theological circles and was a pastor in Nissi , Estonia ; Otto Pius Hippius' maternal great-grandfather was the Herrnhuter Michael Ignatius (1713–1777).
Otto Pius Hippius received artistic instruction from his father at an early age. He first went to Germany for training . In 1849 he graduated from the Polytechnic in Karlsruhe, Baden . From 1849 to 1851 he studied at the Imperial Art Academy in the Russian capital Saint Petersburg . He then worked as an architect and teacher at various art schools in Saint Petersburg.
In 1864 Hippius was admitted to the Russian Academy of Sciences . From 1879 he carried the title of professor.
Architectural work
His most famous architectural works include
- the neo-Romanesque Karlskirche in the Estonian capital Tallinn (1862-1870, together with the Baltic German engineer Rudolf von Bernhard)
- the castle in Sangaste, South Estonia (1879–1883)
- the neo-Gothic Alexander Church at Narva (1881–1884)
In addition, Hippius was responsible for buildings in Saint Petersburg (main building of the Protestant hospital, production hall of the gas factory, residential building for officers of the Ministry of War) and in the Caucasus . In Azerbaijan , Hippius built an Armenian church.
In 1867 he took part in the tender for the Berlin Cathedral . In this context, Hippius' 22-page book “May the Cathedral of Berlin be a domed structure?”, Which appeared in the printing press of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg in 1871, also became known.
Private life
Otto Pius Hippius was married to the Baltic German Emma Karoline Charlotte Schmidt (1839–1924).
literature
- Pavel D. Ėttinger : Hippius, Otto Pius . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 124 .
- Eesti elulood (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia. 14). Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus, Tallinn 2000, ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 91.
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Otto Pius Hippius. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Web links
- CV (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ dokumente.ios-regensburg.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hippius, Otto Pius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1883 |
| Place of death | Kabolowka near Pargolowo near Saint Petersburg |