Heinrich Strack
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Johann Heinrich Strack (6 July 1805, Bückeburg – 13 June 1880, Berlin) was a German architect of the Schinkelschule. His notable works include the Berlin Victory Column.
Life and work
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He also assisted
He began teaching at the Prussian Academy in 1839, and was appointed a Professor there in 1841. The following year, he became a building inspector for the Court, in service to then-Prince
In 1862, during excavations in Athens, Strack, Ernst Curtius and Karl Bötticher discovered the Theatre of Dionysus, near the Acropolis. Three years later, he was accepted as a foreign member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and began writings texts on architectural subjects. When he retired in 1876, then-Emperor Wilhelm I appointed him "Architect to the Emperor".
His tomb at Dorotheenstadt Cemetery was designed by two of his students; Reinhold Persius and Julius Emmerich.
Selected works
- 1845–1849: Ludwig Persius
- 1854: Refurbishment of the Old Palace, Unter den Linden, Berlin
- 1853–1856: St. Andrew's Church, formerly Stralauer Platz, Friedrichshain
- 1856–1858: Expansion of the Kronprinzenpalais, Unter den Linden, Berlin
- 1867–1868: Gatehouses of the Brandenburg Gate
- 1869–1873: Tiergartenin Berlin
- 1866–1875: Construction of the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
- 1853–1856: Flatow Tower in Babelsberg Park
- 1870/1871: Redesign of the Berlin Gerichtslaube in the park of Babelsberg Palace
Sources
- Hermann Arthur Lier (1893), "Johann Heinrich Strack", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 36, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 484–485
- Franz Jahn, Hans Vollmer; "Strack, Johann Heinrich", In: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol. 32: Stephens–Theodotos, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig, 1938
- Wochenschrift d. Architekten-Vereins zu Berlin, Vol.2, 1907, Heymanns
External links
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