Bronze AUSTRIA 1926 Medal Plaque by Hujer.Josef Neuwirth Art Historian,Architect

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AUSTRIA

Bronze 1926 Medal Plaque by L.Hujer

Josef Neuwirth (5 June 1855, Neugarten – 25

April 1934, Vienna)

Obv: Bust Left

Rev: Plain.



Weight: 89.35 g. Diameter:
71x48 mm.

Josef Neuwirth (5 June 1855, Neugarten – 25

April 1934, Vienna) was an Austrian art historian and architect.

Josef Neuwirth From 1875 to 1878, he studied history, classical
philology, art

history and archaeology at the German University in Prague. In 1882 he
obtained

his doctorate in art history, becoming an associate professor at Prague
in 1894.

In 1897 he attained a full professorship, relocating to Vienna two years
later,

where he was a professor of art history with special attention to
architecture

at the Vienna University of Technology. In 1903–05 he was university
rector and

in 1920–25, he served as dean to the faculty of architecture.

He was chairman of the Vereins für Geschichte der Stadt Wien, and from
1905 to

1914, he served as curator of the Austro-Hungarian Central Commission for
the

study and conservation of art and historical monuments.

His written works largely dealt with issues involving medieval
architectural

history, with his interest in art and architecture being based on
historical

objectivity with little regard to aesthetics.



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