Oswald Haerdtl
Oswald Haerdtl (17 May 1899 – 9 August 1959) was an Austrian architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Oswald Haerdtl

Otto Skall · Die Bühne 15 July 1937, Heft 452 S. 2 (http: anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=bue datum=1937 page=872 size=45) · Public domain
- Name
- Oswald Haerdtl
- Occupation
- Architect
- Born
- 17 May 1899
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 9 August 1959
- Place of death
- Vienna, Austria
- Nationality
- Austria
- Honours
- City of Vienna Prize for Architecture
- Languages
- German
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Franz-Joachim Zülow and Hans Scasný are recorded as having studied under Oswald Haerdtl. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Vienna. Employment is recorded with University of Applied Arts Vienna. Work by Oswald Haerdtl is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Distinctions recorded are City of Vienna Prize for Architecture.

Oswald Haerdtl (1899–1959), Austrian architect and designer.
Otto Skall · Die Bühne 15 July 1937, Heft 452 S. 2 (http: anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=bue datum=1937 page=872 size=45)
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• Name — Oswald Haerdtl • Occupation — Architect • Born — 17 May 1899 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria-Hungary • Died — 9 August 1959 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria
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Oswald Haerdtl appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as an architect, artist and designer (1899 – 1959). Oswald Haerdtl was born in 1899. Oswald Haerdtl died in 1959.
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- 1.Lillian Langseth-Christensen: A Design for Living.
- 2.Die Bühne. Heft 452/1937. 2, Mitte rechts. ja.
- 3.Meldung in der Tageszeitung Arbeiter-Zeitung, Wien, Nr. 185, 12. August 1959, S. 6.
- 4.Ausstellungskatalog: Kubismus – Konstruktivismus – Formkunst. Belvedere, Wien 2016, S. 91.
- 5.Auf der Seite ist sie als „Maria Cornelia Haerdtl“ verzeichnet.
- 6.Abb. und Grundriss in: Neue Architektur in Österreich 1945–1970. R. Bohmann-Verlag, Wien 1969, S. 74f.
- 7.Eintrag auf der Website der Gastronomiezeitschrift Falstaff, Wien
- 8.Eintrag der Schule auf ihrer Website
- 9.Website
- 10.Von Felix Czeike im Historischen Lexikon Wien, Band 3, S. 19, ohne weitere Hinweise angeführt.
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