Theodor Friedl

quadriga, Vienna Stock Exchange, 1977
Friedl pediment sculpture at the Mahen Theatre, Brno

Theodor Friedl (February 13, 1842 in Vienna – September 5, 1900 in Warth, Lower Austria) was an Austrian sculptor.

Biography

Friedl 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 neo-classic 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 neo-classic Ringstraße Style to Sofia, Brno, Berlin, etc.

Friedl was buried with honors at the Zentralfriedhof Cemetery, with a portrait relief on his tomb by sculptor Leopold Kosig.

Work

Friedl's major work includes:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ndbrno.cz/o-divadle/historie-mahenova-divadla
  2. ↑ http://www.karlovy-vary.cz/en/municipal-theatre-karlovy-vary
  3. ↑ http://www.theatre-architecture.eu/en/db/?personId=276&theatreId=42
  4. ↑ http://www.theatre-architecture.eu/en/db/?personId=276&theatreId=684
  5. ↑ http://www.infolbc.cz/en/liberec/radnice_en.pdf
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