Julius Mayreder (26 June 1860 – 15 January 1911) was an
Austrianarchitect.
Early life
Mayreder was born the son of Leopold (1823–1892), a restaurateur and hotelier, and Henriette Rettmeyer (1834–1923). His siblings were
Karl Mayreder (1856–1935), also a prominent Austrian architect; and Rudolf (1865–1937), a lawyer, civil engineer, and contractor. He married Marie Einsle (1873–1958) in 1904 and had a son, Frederick (1905–1954), also an architect.
Education
From 1878 to 1880, Mayreder studied at the Technical University in Vienna, but left after two years to pursue greater artistic freedom. From 1880 to 1882, he was a student at a
Kunstgewerbeschule (school of arts and crafts). Between 1883 and 1886, he studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Akademie der bildenden Künste) under
Friedrich von Schmidt. In 1887, he traveled in
Greece,
Constantinople,
Italy,
Germany, and
France on a
Prix de Rome scholarship, awarded to promising arts students.
Career
Mayreder began work in the offices of the architects
Victor Luntz and
Adolf Lang (in
Budapest) in 1888. In 1890, he worked in the architectural studio of
Franz von Neumann. Beginning in 1891, he worked as an independent architect.
He collaborated frequently with his brothers
Karl and Rudolf. In 1893, they won a competition to manage construction in Stubenviertel, close to Vienna's historic city center. They also won second prize for a project to manage construction in all of Vienna.
Mayreder designed many buildings, both residential and industrial. As an architect, Mayreder favored a
Baroque style. He was also a founding member of the
Vienna Secession in 1897.
Mayreder died in 1911 of a brain disease. He is buried at
Zentralfriedhof, the "central cemetery" of Vienna.
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