Paul Richter (architect)
Paul Richter (born March 10, 1859 in Nossen , † April 5, 1944 in Leipzig ) was a German architect and building trade school teacher.
After studying architecture at the Dresden Polytechnic until 1882 (with a degree in the building construction department), Richter worked, among other things, as a draftsman for the art historian Georg Dehio (1850–1932) in Strasbourg . From 1888 to 1923 Richter worked as a teacher for building sciences at the Ducal Building School in Holzminden and later in the same position at the Building Trade School in Leipzig . Richter carried the titles of building officer and professor .
In addition to his professional activity, he dealt intensively with watercolor painting, preferring architecture and landscape motifs. Around 100 larger and smaller pictures still exist today.
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The conversion of the former main post office in Leipzig is part of his work. On an advertising postcard from Paul Richter it says:
“References: Manor house of Kommerzienrat Knauer in Mölkau . Villas for the gentlemen: Factory owner Meisel, Rentier Schleußing, businessman Schäffel etc. Workers' house of the manor owner Hofrat Dr. Ackermann on Gundorf . Factories and over 100 conversions etc. etc. "
literature
- Judge, Paul . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 300 .
- Judge, Paul . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 64 .
- For the 75th birthday of a well-known Leipzig architect. In: Leipzig Latest News of March 10, 1934.
- Paul Adolf Richter . In: 175 years of architecture from Leipzig . University of Technology, Economics and Culture, Faculty of Construction, Leipzig 2013, OCLC 870636901 , Royal Saxon Building Trade School Leipzig, p. 52 f .
Individual evidence
- ^ List of students from the Technical Educational Institute (TBA) / Polytechnic School (PS) / Dresden Polytechnic (PT) for the period (1828–) 1836–1887 -R-. TU Dresden, accessed on February 14, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Judge, Paul |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1859 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nossen |
DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1944 |
Place of death | Leipzig |