Baron Karl von Hasenauer

Baron Karl von Hasenauer

Baron Karl von Hasenauer (1880)
Born (1833-07-20)20 July 1833
Vienna, Austria
Died 4 January 1894(1894-01-04) (aged 60)
Vienna, Austria
Nationality Austrian
Occupation Architect
Buildings Kunsthistorisches Museum
Burgtheater
Neue Hofburg
Projects Ringstraße

Baron Karl von Hasenauer (German: Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer, pronounced [ˈhaːzənaʊɐ]) (20 July 1833 – 4 January 1894) was an important Austrian architect and key representative of the Historismus school.[1]

He created several Neo-Baroque monuments, many around near the Ringstraße in Vienna. He was also a student of August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll.[2] For his outstanding work, he was ennobled by Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1873, and made Freiherr, the equivalent of baron.

Hasenauer was the chief architect for the Vienna World's Fair in 1873. Together with Gottfried Semper he designed the complex with the Kunsthistorisches Museum (the Museum of Art History) and the Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History Museum) (1871–1891), the Burgtheater (1874–1888), the Hermesvilla and the Neue Hofburg (1881–1894, completed in 1913).

After a conflict with his former business partner Semper he managed the building of the Hofburg alone. The conflict over attribution of their joint projects continues to this day between the supporters of Semper and Hasenauer. However, because the older master Semper is credited with the Semperoper in Dresden, Hasenauer receives more credit for the architecture in the Ringstraße.

Notes

The Burgtheater in Vienna, shortly after its completion, built by Karl von Hasenauer
  1. Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron), which is now legally a part of the last name. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
  2. Hasenauer, Carl Freiherr von in the Aeiou Encyclopedia (German)

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