Othmar Schimkowitz

Othmar Schimkowitz (2 October 1864 in Tárts, Komárom County – 24 April 1947 in Graz) was a Hungarian-born architectural sculptor who worked on the greatest landmarks of the Vienna Secession. and returned to Vienna in 1895. He joined the Vienna Secession in 1898.

Major works His architectural sculpture includes: Figurative ornamentation for the 1897 Gutenberg Monument, Vienna, Jože Plečnik, architect The three gorgons on the 1898 Secession exhibition building in Vienna, Joseph Maria Olbrich, architect The "calling women" of the 1898-1899 of the Linke Wienzeile Buildings by Otto Wagner, architect 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

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