Otto Wagner Correspondence, 1885-1917.

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Otto Wagner Correspondence, 1885-1917.

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Primarily letters received from architects, artists, publishers and students concerning the work of Wagner and that of his correspondents. Also includes 5 letters from Wagner dated between 1902-1917. Correspondents include Joseph Olbrich, 18 letters 1899-1907 mostly concerning his and Wagner's submissions for exhibitions, the Basel railroad station project, publications, and personal matters; Hermann Muthesius, 2 letters 1903, 1905, one discusses a project to preserve historical buildings; Koloman Moser, 8 letters 1905, 1907, 1911 mostly about his altar designs for Kirche am Steinhof and problems relating to the execution of the designs, includes sketches; and 4 letters from Joseph August Lux, 1909-1914. Letters from various people discuss Wagner's church designs and the conflict between design and church dogma. Letters from students discuss their architectural work and Wagner's lasting influence. Other letters relate to a Cologne exhibition, 1906-7, and Wagner's work as an officer of the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne.

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Olbrich, Joseph Maria, 1867-1908

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Moser, Koloman, 1868-1918

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Lux, Joseph Aug. (Joseph August), 1871-1947

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Wagner, Otto, 1841-1918

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Austrian architect. From the description of Otto Wagner Correspondence, 1885-1917. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84548434 Biographical/Historical Note Otto Wagner, known as the father of Vienna architects, was an architect, writer and teacher, whose followers included Josef Hoffman and J. M. Olbrich. Wagner studied architecture at the Vienna Polytechnic School (1857-1859) and the Academy of Fine Arts in ...

International Congress for Modern Architecture

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The foundation of CIAM (Congrè€s Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne) in 1928 has been called the beginning of the "academic" phase of modern architecture. In two periods, 1930-1934 and 1950-1956, CIAM was the major instrument through which the ideas of modern architecture and town planning were made known to the world; during the war years it maintained the nucleus of an international network of communications among progressive-minded architects. From the description of Papers of ...

Muthesius, Hermann, 1861-1927

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German architect and architectural historian. From the description of Norman Shaw und seine Bedeutung fuer die moderne englische Baukunst (essay), ca. 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78776147 ...