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Vienna: Otto Wagner’s Österreichische Postsparkasse

January 21, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

After a long break, I am very pleased to continue this series of posts focusing on Vienna and Art Nouveau (or to be more precise, “Secessionsstil,” as Art Nouveau is called when we speak of the movement as it was taken up in Vienna, or even “der Wiener Jugendstil,” in some circles). Within this context, …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Berner (Andrew), Blaschke (Bertha), Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG), der Wiener Jugendstil, Kassal-Mikula (Renata), Lipshitz (Luise), Lux (Joseph August), Merrill (Elizabeth), Pfeiler (W.), Secessionsstil, Vienna (Austrian Postal Savings Bank), Vienna (Imperial Ministry of War), Vienna (Österreichische Postsparkasse), Vienna Academy, Wagner (Otto)

Cleveland’s Arcade – An American Art Nouveau Treasure

September 25, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

Since a visit to Cleveland in mid-2019, it has been my intention to share a few observations about the city (or the part I visited, mostly on the shore of Lake Erie and what is generally referred to as Cleveland’s “historic downtown”). I had been to Cleveland before, at least twice, both times on business. …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Personal History Tagged With: Arcade (Cleveland), art nouveau, Cleveland Ohio (Elephant Painting), Cleveland Ohio (Global Center for Health Innovation), Cleveland Ohio (Hilton Cleveland Downtown Hotel), Cleveland Ohio (Huntington Convention Center), Cleveland Ohio (The Arcade), Republican Convention 2016

Vienna’s Otto-Wagner-Spital: A Disturbing Story

July 21, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

Before I conclude my own personal homage to Vienna’s most famous architect (coming in a few weeks when I write about Otto Wagner’s stunning Österreichische Postsparkasse) I want to look again at the Otto-Wagner-Spital which we visited a few days back. In the previous post, I made reference to the fact that the Otto Wagner Hospital in …

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Filed Under: History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Central European University, Kindereuthanasie in Wien 1940-1945, Otto-Wagner-Spital, Steiner (Leopold), Vienna, Vienna - Am Spiegelgrund, Vienna - Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance, Vienna - Klinik Penzik, Vienna - Memorial Steinhof, Vienna - Memorial to the History of Nazi-Medicine in Vienna, Vienna - Psychiatrisches Krankenhaus, Vienna - Zentralfriedhof, von Boog (Carlo), Wagner (Otto), Zednicek (Walter)

Opera: Vienna: Otto-Wagner-Spital / Klinik Penzing and The “Parsifal” Connection

July 13, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

Let’s have another look at the beautiful site where Otto Wagner’s stunning Kirche am Steinhof is located. It’s an iconic Art Nouveau structure I’ve written about before (last December in fact), and many readers commented positively when I described Wagner’s church, located at the top of the hill overlooking the district. So I’m now happy to …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Central European University, Hermanis (Alvis), Jugendstil - Vienna, Kirche am Steinhof, Laurson (Jens F.), Parsifal (opera), Pöhn (Michael), Vienna, Vienna Klinik Penzing, Vienna Staatsoper, Wagner (Otto), Wagner (Richard)

The Most Beautiful Art Nouveau Concert Hall in the World

April 27, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

[Author’s Note: Written with Andrew Berner, a true Barcelona aficionado whose assistance is much appreciated.] This is a post about the Palau de la Música Catalana (the Palace of Catalan Music) in Barcelona. And right off, let’s get past this “most beautiful” business. These posts would be very boring and predictable if every time you opened one …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Music, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Barcelona, Clavé (Anselm), Domènech i Montaner (Lluis), Guastavino (Rafael), Guastavino tile, Millet (Lluis), Modernism, Orfeó Català, Palace of Catalan Music, Palau de la Música Catalana

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