August Sicard von Sicardsburg

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August Sicard von Sicardsburg
Austrian
OccupationArchitect
Known forVienna 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

Vienna Academy
.

Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer
was one of his students.

Sicardsburg died in 1868 in Weidling, Austria, of tuberculosis, six weeks after his partner Eduard van der Nüll committed suicide; neither saw the opening of the Vienna State Opera in 1869.

List of works

Along with Eduard van der Nüll

  • Schutzengelbrunnen (fountain), 1843–1846
  • Sofiensaal, 1845
  • Carltheater, 1846–1847
  • Arsenal
    1849–1855
  • Vienna State Opera, 1861–1869
  • Haas-Haus, 1866–1868 (now site of the unrelated
    Haas-Haus
    )
  • Palais Larisch-Mönich, 1867–1868
  • Industriepalast on the occasion of the
    World Exposition of 1873
    .

References

  1. ^ "August Sicard von Sicardsburg (1813 - 1868)". Structurae. Retrieved 2019-10-07.

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