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Ferdinand Fellner, Hermann Helmer
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Disciple of Jan Kotěra, he is considerred as a main representative of the direction in architecture in 1920´s in Vienna, which is infuenced by cubism . Remarkable are his projects from 1920´s , which are deeply influenced by his relation to Czech cubist architecture. Later he inclined rather to Functionalism.
Source: Architektenlexikon
More theatresHe belongs among representatives of Realism of the end of 19th century. It is possible to find his frescoes or paintings in Bucharest, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, but in Ostrava, Prague, Łańcut, Brno and Nový Jičín as well. He created a painted curtain and eight ceiling paintings in Prague German Theatre (today’s State opera). He also participated on interior decoration of theatres in Ostrava, Brno, Berlin, Vienna or Prague Rudolfinum.
In: http://www.amaterskedivadlo.cz/main.php?data=opona&id=151
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Literature:
– Hans-Christoph Hoffmann, Die Theaterbauten von Fellner und Helmer, München 1966, pp. 117–119, fig. 226–241
– Gerhard M. Dienes (ed.), Fellner & Hellmer: Die Architekten der Illusion. Theaterbau und Bühnenbild in Europa, Graz 1999, pp. 203–206
– Carsten Jung, Historische Theater in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Berlin–München 2010, p. 118
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