Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann (23 April 1822 in

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– 17 September 1897 in

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) was a Czech architect working in Revivalism architecture, particularly

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Life

Ullmann studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with professors August Sicard von Sicardsburg and

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. After finishing his studies, he travelled to Italy. From 1854 he worked as an architect in Prague. He often collaborated with the architect Antonín Viktor Barvitius, whose sister he married in 1856. By 1874 he had designed a number of buildings in Prague.

Design style

In Ullmann's early work we see echoes of medieval stylistic elements (see the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague 8 - Karlín). In the next phase of his work, he was significantly influenced by the Viennese renaissance school.

Work

Prague

* Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Karlín), Karlínské Square. Prague 8 * Czech Polytechnic, Karlovo Square 13, Prague 1, (today a part of the

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) * Czech Savings Bank, today the headquarters of the

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, Narodni 3, Prague 1 * Villa Lanna, Pelléova 24, Praha 6, now owned by the Czech Academy of Sciences * Lažanský palace, Smetanově nábřeží 2, Prague 1, home of Café Slavia * Letna chateau, Letenské sady 341, Prague 7 * Schebek Palace, Politických vězňů 7, Prague 1, home to

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* Sokol house of Sokol Pražský, Sokolská 43, Prague 2 * Spanish Synagogue, Vězeňská 1, Prague 1 * Vodičkova Girls' high school, Vodičkova 22, Prague 1, now an elementary school (ZŠ Vodičkova)

Outside of Prague

*Town hall in

Gallery

PragueLazanskyPalace1865.jpg, Lažanský palace, photo by Wilhelm Rupp, c. 1865 PragueNovaAlej1865.jpg, Lažanský palace, 1865 Prague Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius 1868.jpg, Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Prague 8 - Karlín, 1868 FFridrich, Praha,Vyssi divci.jpg, Girls' high school on Vodičkova, c. 1870

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ullmann, Vojtech Ignac 1822 births 1897 deaths Architects from Prague Railway architects 19th-century Czech architects 19th-century Czech male artists Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Czech Technical University in Prague alumni