Otto Wagner (1841-1918)
Was a pupil of the architects van der Nüll & Sicardsburg
(Vienna State Opera House, Arsenal), a member of the Vienna Secession (1897)
and from 1894 on artistic advisor of the Vienna Transport Commission.
Around 1900 Vienna became a European metropolis; the number of
inhabitants had nearly quadrupled since 1840 (1.6 Mio.).
Urban planning problems, hygiene problems and traffic problems resulted. In
addition to villas, office buildings and apartment buildings (e.g. Linke Wienzeile
1898-1900) Wagner also designed the buildings of the Vienna City railway (1894-1901,
now the U6 line). Wagner's ideas were also taken up by his most important
pupils Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos, whereby their interpretations could
not have been
more different.
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Portrait of Otto Wagner (1841-1918)
© Christies New York, Masterworks 1900-2000,
8th June 00'
1902 Otto Wagner furnished the Vienna offices of the newspaper
"Die Zeit"; this armchair by J. & J. Kohn was fitted with aluminium.
© Christies New York, Masterworks 1900-2000,
8th June 00'
