1867 Troppau – 1908 Düsseldorf
Professor, architect and designer
Student at “Wiener Akademie” of Professor Hasenauer and Otto Wagner, and like Josef Hoffmann leader of „Wiener Secession“ movement. Designer of the Secession building in 1898. 1899 he had been appointed to the “Darmstädter Künstlerkolonie“ where he has the pioneer of the new German taste.
Cf: Thieme-Becker, vol. XXV, p. 588f.