Theodor Friedl (February 13, 1842 in

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– September 5, 1900 in

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) was an Austrian sculptor.

Biography

Friedl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under

Anton Dominik Fernkorn Anton Dominik Ritter von Fernkorn (March 17, 1813 in Erfurt – November 16, 1878 in Vienna) was a German-Austrian sculptor. Career Fernkorn studied sculpture under the sculptors and Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler in Munich, 1836–40. His fi ...

. Among his first major commissions was a program of architectural sculpture for the 1877

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, a collaboration with the Danish-Austrian neo-classic architect

Theophil Hansen Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen (; original Danish name: Theophilus Hansen ; 13 July 1813 – 17 February 1891) was a Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen. He became particularly well known for his buildings and structures in A ...

. The program included a

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, six full-figure statues, and a series of frieze panels around the cornice line. The same year Friedl had also begun a long-term working relationship with Viennese architects

Fellner & Helmer Fellner & Helmer was an architecture studio founded in 1873 by Austrian architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer. They designed over 200 buildings (mainly opera houses and apartment buildings) across Europe in the late 19th century and ear ...

for theaters across Europe, transmitting variations of the Viennese neo-classic

Ringstraße The Vienna Ring Road (german: Ringstraße, lit. ''ring road'') is a 5.3 km (3.3 mi) circular grand boulevard that serves as a ring road around the historic Innere Stadt (Inner Town) district of Vienna, Austria. The road is located on sites where ...

Style to

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, etc. Friedl was buried with honors at the

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Cemetery, with a portrait relief on his tomb by sculptor Leopold Kosig.

Work

Friedl's major work includes: *

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, for architect

, 1877 * two finial Pegasus statues for the Stadttheater Augsburg, for

, 1877 (removed) * ''Cupid and Psyche'', marble, Belvedere, Vienna, 1882 * exterior and interior work at the

Mahen Theatre Mahen Theatre ( cs, Mahenovo divadlo) is a Czech Republic, Czech theatre situated in the city of Brno. Mahen Theatre, built as German ''Deutsches Stadttheater'' in 1882, was one of the first public buildings in the world lit entirely by electric l ...

, 1882, for Fellner & Helmer, 1882 * interior and exterior work, Municipal Theater of

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. ...

, for Fellner & Helmer, 1886 * pediment sculpture and all other facade sculpture, State Opera, Prague, for Fellner & Helmer and other architects, 1888 *

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, for Fellner & Helmer, 1892 * freestanding Horse Tamer statue,

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, 1893 * reliefs on the

Liberec Town Hall Liberec Town Hall is a large building in the town of Liberec, Czech Republic. Liberec town hall is a Neo-Renaissance building, which was built from 1888 till 1893 by design of the Viennese architect, Franz Neumann, replacing earlier structur ...

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, for architect Franz Neumann, 1893http://www.infolbc.cz/en/liberec/radnice_en.pdf * ceiling reliefs in the Dutch Hall and Italian Hall, in the

Palais Lanckoroński The ''Palais Lanckoroński'' was a palace in Vienna, Austria, located at Jacquingasse 16-18, in the Landstraße District. It was constructed in 1894-95 for Count Karol Lanckoroński and his family as a personal residence, and it housed the count' ...

, Vienna, for Fellner & Helmer, 1895 (razed)

References

External links

Friedl's biographical entry
in the

Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 The ''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950'' (''ÖBL''), ''Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815-1950'', is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have contributed to the history of Austria, published by the Austri ...

(German language) {{DEFAULTSORT:Friedl, Theodor 1842 births 1900 deaths Sculptors from Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Austrian sculptors Austrian male sculptors Architectural sculptors 19th-century sculptors