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Henrik Böhm
Henrik Böhm (10 April 1867 – 23 October 1936) was a Hungarian Jewish architect who worked in the Secession (art), secessionist style. Life and works After attending schools in Székesfehérvár and Budapest, Böhm earned a degree in architecture from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest University of Technology in 1890. After a long study trip, he then settled in Budapest. His main works: * New town hall, Újpest (1899) * (1905-1906) * Casino in Čakovec, Croatia * Újpestvidéki Takarékpénztár in Újpest He also excelled in funerary architecture: he designed several tombs in the Rákoskeresztúr cemetery. References "SZEMÉLYNÉV: Böhm Henrik" in: Péter Ujvári. '. 1929. External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Bohm, Henrik Hungarian architects 1867 births 1936 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secession (art)
In art history, secession refers to a historic break between a group of avant-garde artists and conservative European standard-bearers of academic and official art in the late 19th and early 20th century. The name was first suggested by Georg Hirth (1841–1916), the editor and publisher of the influential German art magazine '' Jugend'' (''Youth)'', which also went on to lend its name to the ''Jugendstil''. His word choice emphasized the tumultuous rejection of legacy art while it was being reimagined. Of the various secessions, the Vienna Secession (1897) remains the most influential. Led by Gustav Klimt, who favored the ornate Art Nouveau style over the prevailing styles of the time, it was inspired by the Munich Secession (1892), and the nearly contemporaneous Berlin Secession (1898), all of which begot the term ''Sezessionstil'', or "Secession style." Hans-Ulrich Simon later revisited that idea in ''Sezessionismus: Kunstgewerbe in literarischer und bildender Kunst'', the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
