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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)

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)

Exploring the Genius of Vienna’s Otto Wagner

February 19, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

Can it be possible to prove the genius of an architect with just two adjacent apartment buildings? I think so. But that’s certainly not to say that Otto Wagner (1841-1918) did not create plenty of other examples of his genius, especially since – after an early period defined by historicism – his work moved him …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Borsi (Franco), Godoli (Ezio), Kassel-Mikula (Renata), Ludwig (Alois), Moser (Koloman), Olbrich (Josef Maria), Schimkowitz (Othmar), Vienna - Secession, Wagner (Otto)

“The Most Beautiful Art Nouveau Church in the World”

December 10, 2019 By Guy St. Clair

Having earlier touched briefly on the Vienna Secession movement (What is the Vienna Secession? October 29, 2019) and on its connection with Art Nouveau in Vienna (toward the end of More Art Nouveau Notes: Time and Place, May 31, 2019), I continue to be intrigued by the links between the two. Timewise, the two movements overlapped, with …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Jugendstil - Vienna, Vienna - Art Nouveau, Vienna - Secession, Vienna - Steinhof (St. Leopold Church), Wagner (Otto)

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