Theodor Friedl
Theodor Friedl (13 February 1842 – 5 September 1900) was an Austrian sculptor.
Biography[edit]
Friedl was born on 13 February 1842 in Vienna, Austrian Empire. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Anton Dominik Fernkorn. Among his first major commissions was a program of architectural sculpture for the 1877 Vienna Stock Exchange, a collaboration with the Danish-Austrian Neoclassical architect Theophil Hansen. The program included a quadriga, six full-figure statues, and a series of frieze panels around the cornice line.
The same year Friedl had also begun a long-term working relationship with Viennese architects Fellner & Helmer for theaters across Europe, transmitting variations of the Viennese Neoclassical Ringstraße Style to Sofia, Brno, Berlin, etc.
Friedl died on 5 September 1900 in Warth, Austria-Hungary. He was buried with honors at the Zentralfriedhof Cemetery, with a portrait relief on his tomb by sculptor Leopold Kosig.
Work[edit]
Friedl's major work includes:
- Vienna Stock Exchange, for architect Theophil Hansen, 1877
- two finial Pegasus statues for the Stadttheater Augsburg, for Fellner & Helmer, 1877 (removed)
- Cupid and Psyche, marble, Belvedere, Vienna, 1882
- exterior and interior work at the Mahen Theatre, Brno, 1882,[1] for Fellner & Helmer, 1882
- interior and exterior work, Municipal Theatre of Karlovy Vary, for Fellner & Helmer, 1886[2]
- pediment sculpture and all other facade sculpture, State Opera, Prague, for Fellner & Helmer and other architects, 1888[3]
- Komische Oper Berlin, for Fellner & Helmer, 1892[4]
- freestanding Horse Tamer statue, Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1893
- reliefs on the Liberec City Hall, Liberec, for architect Franz Neumann, 1893[5]
- ceiling reliefs in the Dutch Hall and Italian Hall, in the Palais Lanckoroński, Vienna, for Fellner & Helmer, 1895 (razed)
References[edit]
- ^ "Historie Mahenova divadla, Národní divadlo Brno". Archived from the original on 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ^ "Municipal Theatre Karlovy Vary | Karlovy Vary – průvodce, hotely, lázně, wellness, webkamera".
- ^ "Theatre Database / Theatre Architecture - database, projects".
- ^ "Theatre Database / Theatre Architecture - database, projects".
- ^ "City Hall Liberec" (PDF). Visit Liberec. City of Liberec. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
External links[edit]
- Friedl's biographical entry in the Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (German language)
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