Julius Mayreder (26 June 1860 – 15 January 1911) was an

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Early life

Mayreder was born the son of Leopold (1823–1892), a restaurateur and hotelier, and Henriette Rettmeyer (1834–1923). His siblings were Karl Mayreder (1856–1935), also a prominent Austrian architect; and Rudolf (1865–1937), a lawyer, civil engineer, and contractor. He married Marie Einsle (1873–1958) in 1904 and had a son, Frederick (1905–1954), also an architect.

Education

From 1878 to 1880, Mayreder studied at the Technical University in Vienna, but left after two years to pursue greater artistic freedom. From 1880 to 1882, he was a student at a

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(school of arts and crafts). Between 1883 and 1886, he studied at the

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(Akademie der bildenden Künste) under

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. In 1887, he traveled in

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, and

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on a

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scholarship, awarded to promising arts students.

Career

Mayreder began work in the offices of the architects Victor Luntz and Adolf Lang (in

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) in 1888. In 1890, he worked in the architectural studio of Franz von Neumann. Beginning in 1891, he worked as an independent architect. He collaborated frequently with his brothers

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and Rudolf. In 1893, they won a competition to manage construction in Stubenviertel, close to Vienna's historic city center. They also won second prize for a project to manage construction in all of Vienna. Mayreder designed many buildings, both residential and industrial. As an architect, Mayreder favored a

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style. He was also a founding member of the

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in 1897. Mayreder died in 1911 of a brain disease. He is buried at

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, the "central cemetery" of Vienna.

Selected works

* 1894, Cemetery chapel,

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* 1895, Villa Schenker, Vienna (no longer exists) * 1896, tombs of Spitzer Lukasc and the Schenker Family, Heiligenstadt cemetery, Vienna * 1898–1899, Villa Ernst Regenhart, Czech Republic * 1900-1901, "Zum Herrnhuter" ("Moravians house"), residential and commercial building, Vienna * c. 1901, Tilgner Fountain, Vienna * 1902, House, Naglergasse 6, Vienna * 1902, Vienna Bicycle Club, Vienna (no longer exists) * 1905, Pension Fortino,

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, Italy * c. 1906, Home of Rudolf Mayreder (brother),

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Gallery

File:Naglergasse-6.jpg, Naglergasse 6, Vienna File:Wien Tilgner-Brunnen.jpg, Tilgner Fountain, Vienna File:Heiligenstädter Friedhof - Gottfried Schenker.jpg, Schenker tomb, Heiligenstadt cemetery, Vienna File:GRADO Fortino.jpg, Pension Fortino, Grado

References

* M. Ritter v. Doderer: "Nachruf." In: ''Monatsschrift Wr. Bauhütte'' 5.1911, Nr.2, S.18f * F. Borsi / E. Godoli: ''Wiener Bauten der Jahrhundertwende''. Stuttgart 1985 * ÖKT 44: G. Hajos: ''Die Profanbauten des III., IV., und V. Bezirks''. Wien 1980 * A. Kieslinger: "Die Steine der Wiener Ringstraße." In: R. Wagner-Rieger (Hg.): ''Die Wiener Ringstraße''. Bild einer Epoche Bd.4 Wiesbaden 1972 * P. Kortz: ''Wien am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts''. 2 Bde., Wien 1906 * A. Lehne: ''Jugendstil in Wien'', Wien 1989 * A. Moravansky: ''Die Architektur der Donaumonarchie''. Berlin 1988 * ''Neubauten in Österreich,'' o.J. Wien * M. Paul: ''Technischer Führer durch Wien.'' Wien 1906 * E. Springer: "Geschichte und Kulturleben der Wiener Ringstraße." In: R. Wagner-Rieger (Hg.): ''Die Wiener Ringstraße''. Bild einer Epoche Bd.2 Wiesbaden 1979 * P. Steines: ''Hunderttausend Steine''. Grabstätten gr. Österreicher jüd. Konf. a.d. Wr. Zentralfriedhof Tor 1 u. Tor 4. Wien 1993 * R. Wagner-Rieger: ''Wiens Architektur im 19. Jahrhundert''. Wien 1970 * ''Wiener Neubauten im Style der Sezession. Fassaden, Details, Haustore, Vestibüle''. Wien 1902 * M. Wehdorn: "Die Bautechnik der Wiener Ringstraße." In: ''Die Wiener Ringstraße''. Bild einer Epoche. Bd.11, Wiesbaden 1979 * M. Wehdorn / U. Georgeacopol-Winischhofer: ''Baudenkmäler der Technik und Industrie in Österreich''. Bd.1 Wien u.a. 1984

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayreder, Julius 1860 births 1911 deaths 19th-century Austrian architects Vienna Secession architects Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Artists from Vienna