Othmar Schimkowitz

Othmar Schimkowitz studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is architectural sculpture. Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City and Vienna. Employment is recorded with TU Wien.

• Name — Othmar Schimkowitz • Born — 2 October 1864 • Birthplace — Tárts, Austrian Empire • Died — 24 April 1947 • Place of death — Graz, Austria • Field — Architectural sculpture • Training — Edmund von Hellmer, Carl Kundmann • Movement — Art Nouveau

Schimkowitz studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, lived for three years in New York as friends with the Austrian-American sculptor Karl Bitter,[4] and returned to Vienna in 1895. He joined the Vienna Secession in 1898.[5][6]

His architectural sculpture includes: • Figurative ornamentation for the 1897 Gutenberg Monument, Vienna, Jože Plečnik, architect[7] • The three gorgons on the 1898 Secession exhibition building in Vienna, Joseph Maria Olbrich, architect[8] • The "calling women" of the 1898-1899 of the Linke Wienzeile Buildings by Otto Wagner, architect[9] • Exterior work on the Austrian Pavilion at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri • Rooftop angels of the 1904-1906 Austrian Postal Savings Bank in Vienna, also for Wagner • Angels on the 1907 Kirche am Steinhof in Vienna, also for Wagner[10]

• Illustration — Steinhof Church commemorative coin • Illustration — The 1898 Secession Building • Illustration — Wienzeile 38 apartment block, Vienna • Illustration — Oesterreichische Nationalbank Building: Relief

Othmar Schimkowitz worked in architectural sculpture. His work is associated with Art Nouveau. He was employed by TU Wien. He worked at New York City and Vienna.