Hermann Billing (February 7, 1867,
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
– March 2, 1946, Karlsruhe) was a German
Art Nouveau architect and designer.
He attended high school,
Kunstgewerbeschule
A Kunstgewerbeschule (English: ''School of Arts and Crafts'' or S''chool of Applied Arts'') was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century. The term Werkkunstschule was also used for thes ...
and architectural college, but completed none of them.
Funded by his wealthy first wife, he started his work by taking part in competitions. He gained reputation for his avantgarde ideas and subsequently contracts for public buildings. After 1920, he was professor at the
Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
The State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe () is an art school located in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
The Academy was founded in 1854 by Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, with the landscape painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer as ...
and the University of Technology.
Image:Karlsruhe Hofapotheke.jpg, Court pharmacy building in Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
, 1901
Image:Marktplatz-Bretten.jpg, Melanchthonhaus (Bretten)
The Melanchthonhaus is a museum and research facility of the Protestant Reformation in Bretten, particularly on the life of Philipp Melanchthon. It includes an exhibition on his life, a research centre, a specialist library and a documentatio ...
, 1903
Image:Karlsruhe Leopoldstr7cd.jpg, his own house in Karlsruhe, 1905
Image:Kunsthalle_Mannheim_Eingangsportal.jpg, Kunsthalle Mannheim
The Kunsthalle Mannheim is a museum of modern and contemporary art, built in 1907, established in 1909 and located in Mannheim, Germany. Since then it has housed the city's art collections as well as temporary exhibitions – and up to 1927 those ...
, 1907
Image:Duisburg-Brückentürme der Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke.jpg, Bridge towers in Duisburg, 1907
Image:Hotel Bad Schachen 05.JPG, Hotel Bad Schachen in Lindau
Lindau (german: Lindau (Bodensee), ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major town and island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the county (''Landkreis' ...
, 1910
Image:Karlsruhe Hauptfriedhof Gefallenendenkmal.jpg, War memorial, 1930
Image:Karlsruhe OPD.jpg, Postal administration in Karlsruhe, 1938
Image:Baischstr 0.jpg, gate house (altered)
Image:Baischstr 1.jpg, Nr. 1
Image:Baischstr 3.jpg, Nr. 3
Image:Baischstr 4.jpg, Nr. 4-6
Image:Baischstr 5.jpg, Nr. 5
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20th-century German architects
1867 births
1946 deaths
Art Nouveau architects
Architects from Karlsruhe
Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe