Robert Rittmeyer
Robert Rittmeyer (born September 19, 1868 in St. Gallen ; † April 5, 1960 in Zurich , resident in St. Gallen and Winterthur ) was a Swiss architect .
Life
Robert Rittmeyer was born on September 19, 1868 in St. Gallen as the son of the embroidery manufacturer Robert Bartholomäus Rittmeyer and Jenny, née Bertha. Rittmeyer began studying architecture in Winterthur, Budapest , Munich , Paris , Brussels and Stuttgart , which he graduated from there in 1893.
As a result, Rittmeyer was a teacher at the building trade school in Cologne from 1896 to 1899 , then worked at the Technikum Winterthur until 1933 . In addition, he was president of the Kunstverein Winterthur between 1907 and 1912 and was a board member of the Zurich Homeland Security. From 1905 to 1933 he formed an architectural partnership with Walter Furrer in Winterthur .
Robert Rittmeyer, a nephew of the painter Emil Rittmeyer , married Johanna, the daughter of Georg Friedrich Heinrich Gross, in 1897. His niece was Dora Fanny Rittmeyer . Robert Rittmeyer died on April 5, 1960 at the age of 92 in Zurich.
Robert Rittmeyer's early work is historically influenced. After 1906 he and Furrer created important architecture and spatial art at the transition from Art Nouveau to Heimatstil , later neoclassical buildings.
Works
- Herisau Psychiatric Clinic, 1906–1908
- Villa Flora in Winterthur, 1907
- Reformed Church in Brütten , 1907–1908
- Battle memorial in Morgarten , 1908
- Museum and library building in Winterthur, 1913–1916
- House for patience (renovation) in Winterthur, 1921–22
- Office building of the Volkart brothers company in Winterthur, 1927–1928
Archives
- Stadtarchiv Winterthur , Winterthur Municipal Library : Part discounts
literature
- Inventory of newer Swiss architecture, 1850-1920, 11 vols., 1982-2004, vols. 1–8 and 10
- Rittmeyer & Furrer, exhibition catalog Winterthur, 1986
- Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland 19./20. Century, edited by Isabelle Rucki, Dorothee Huber, 1998, p. 448 f.
- Elisabeth Crettaz-Stürzel: Heimatstil reform architecture in Switzerland 1896-1914, 2 vols., 2005
Web links
- Peter Röllin: Rittmeyer, Robert. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Robert Rittmeyer. In: arch INFORM .
- Literature by and about Robert Rittmeyer in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rittmeyer, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1960 |
| Place of death | Zurich |