Arthur Carl Johann Wittmaack (2 June 1878 – 30 October 1965) was a Danish architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the

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Biography

Wittmaack was born in

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, Sweden. He was the son of Johannes Wittmaack and Adamine Petersen. Wittmaack studied at the

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from 1899-1900. He joined the firm of

Vilhelm Hvalsøe Frederik Vilhelm Hvalsøe (23 May 1883, Holbæk - 3 March 1958, Copenhagen) was a Danish architect. Biography Hvalsøe was born at Holbæk on the island of Zealand, Denmark. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1905 to 1916. H ...

from 1916. His earliest designs were of

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, while the later works were representative of functionalism. He exhibited at

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(1917), at

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(1918) and at the

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. He also exhibited in

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and the

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. He was married in 1910 with Emilie Katarine Wittmaack (1884-1974). He died during 1965 in the United States.

Selected designs

Axelborg Axelborg, located across the street from Tivoli Gardens on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen, Denmark, is home to the Danish Agriculture and Food Council. DLG Group is also headquartered in the building. The building was built in 1920 and was originall ...

on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen * Absalon's Church in the Absalons parish of Copenhagen * Helleruplund Church in the

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in Copenhagen

References

1878 births 1965 deaths People from Malmö Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni 19th-century Danish architects 20th-century Danish architects Art competitors at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-architect-stub