Theodor Friedl

Theodor Friedl (February 13, 1842 in Vienna – September 5, 1900 in Warth, Lower Austria) was an Austrian sculptor.

quadriga, Vienna Stock Exchange, 1977

Friedl pediment sculpture at the Mahen Theatre, Brno

One of the Horse Tamer statues at Maria-Theresien-Platz

Biography

Friedl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Anton Dominik Fernkorn. Among his first major commissions was a program of architectural sculpture for the 1877 Vienna Stock Exchange, a collaboration with the Danish-Austrian neo-classic architect Theophil Hansen. The program included a quadriga, 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 for theaters across Europe, transmitting variations of the Viennese neo-classic Ringstraße Style to Sofia, Brno, Berlin, etc.

Friedl was buried with honors at the Zentralfriedhof Cemetery, with a portrait relief on his tomb by sculptor Leopold Kosig.

Work

Friedl's major work includes:

Vienna Stock Exchange, for architect Theophil Hansen, 1877
two finial Pegasus statues for the Stadttheater Augsburg, for Fellner & Helmer, 1877 (removed)
Cupid and Psyche, marble, Belvedere, Vienna, 1882
exterior and interior work at the Mahen Theatre, Brno, 1882,[1] for Fellner & Helmer, 1882
interior and exterior work, Municipal Theater of Karlovy Vary, for Fellner & Helmer, 1886[2]
pediment sculpture and all other facade sculpture, State Opera, Prague, for Fellner & Helmer and other architects, 1888[3]
Komische Oper Berlin, for Fellner & Helmer, 1892[4]
freestanding Horse Tamer statue, Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1893
reliefs on the Liberec Town Hall, Liberec, Czech Republic, for architect Franz Neumann, 1893[5]
ceiling reliefs in the Dutch Hall and Italian Hall, in the Palais Lanckoroński, Vienna, for Fellner & Helmer, 1895 (razed)

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2012-04-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://www.karlovy-vary.cz/en/municipal-theatre-karlovy-vary
http://www.theatre-architecture.eu/en/db/?personId=276&theatreId=42
http://www.theatre-architecture.eu/en/db/?personId=276&theatreId=684
http://www.infolbc.cz/en/liberec/radnice_en.pdf

External links

Friedl's biographical entry in the Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (German language)

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2012-04-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] ttp://www.karlovy-vary.cz/en/municipal-theatre-karlovy-vary

[3] ttp://www.theatre-architecture.eu/en/db/?personId=276&theatreId=42

[4] ttp://www.theatre-architecture.eu/en/db/?personId=276&theatreId=684

[5] ttp://www.infolbc.cz/en/liberec/radnice_en.pdf