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Architect. Known for. Vienna State Opera. August Sicard von Sicardsburg (6 December 1813 – 11 June 1868) [1] was an Austrian architect. He is best remembered as the co-architect of the Vienna State Opera, together with Eduard van der Nüll . Sicardsburg was born in Buda. He studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology under ...
As the first public building constructed on the Ringstrasse, the Vienna State Opera House had the important role of setting the stage for future building projects on the Ring. For such a significant project, architects Eduard van der Null and August Sicard von Sicardsburg were chosen to complete the task.
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They planned a huge complex for the Vienna International Exhibition of 1873, eventually realized with buildings designed by Hasenauer. Siccard died shortly after van der Nüll took his own life.Auer (1885);Pevsner (1976)
The site for the new opera house on the Ring was chosen by Emperor Franz Joseph, who also footed the building costs from his privy purse. After numerous plans had been submitted in a public competition held in 1861, the choice fell on the architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll. Even before it was completed, the new opera house was the object of
The structure of the opera house was planned by the Viennese architect August Sicard von Sicardsburg, while the inside was designed by interior decorator Eduard van der Nüll. It was also impacted by other major artists such as Moritz von Schwind, who painted the frescoes in the foyer, and the famous "Zauberflöten" (“Magic Flute”) series ...
Their most important collaboration was the Hofoper that was built between 1861 and 1869. It was heavily criticised, resulting in Van der Nüll's suicide in 1868. Only two months later Sicard died of a heart attack caused by tuberculosis. Related persons • was teacher of Ferstel, Heinrich von • was teacher of Hasenauer, Carl, Freiherr von
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