Joseph Maria Olbrich
His father was a prosperous confectioner and wax manufacturer who also owned a brick works, where Olbrich's interest in the construction industry has its early origin.In 1897, Gustav Klimt, Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser founded the Vienna Secession artistic group.[2] In 1899, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, founded the Darmstadt Artists' Colony, for which Olbrich designed many houses (including his own) and several exhibition buildings.[7] His architectural works, especially his exhibition buildings for the Vienna and Darmstadt Secessions, had a strong influence on the development of the Art Nouveau style.Shortly after his daughter Marianne's birth on 19 July 1908, Olbrich died from leukemia in Düsseldorf on 8 August, aged 40.
TroppauAustria-HungaryDüsseldorfGerman EmpirePrix de RomeSecession hallVienna SecessionAustrian SilesiaUniversity of Applied Arts ViennaAcademy of Fine Arts ViennaOtto WagnerWiener StadtbahnGustav KlimtJosef HoffmannKoloman MoserErnest Louis, Grand Duke of HesseDarmstadt Artists' ColonySt. Louis World's FairSt. Louis Post-DispatchAmerican Institute of ArchitectsArt NouveauleukemiaHermann BahrDarmstadtDepartment storeLeonhard TietzJosef FeinhalsCologneLangenDeutscher KunstverlagJosef Maria AuchentallerWilhelm BernatzikAdolf Michael BoehmLeopold ForstnerMax KurzweilMaximilian LenzMaximilian LiebenweinCarl MollAlfred RollerOthmar SchimkowitzErnst StöhrSecession BuildingVer SacrumBeethoven FriezeAustrian Postal Savings BankKirche am SteinhofStoclet PalaceWiener Werkstätte