DOI article:
Kulawczuk-Szostek, Dorota: Georg Theodor Schirrmacher: architekt między Gdańskiem, Berlinem a Hamburgiem
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Georg Theodor Schirrmacher - the Architect Between Gdańsk, Berlin,
and Hamburg
The aim of this article is to present the life and works of Georg Theodor Schirr-
macher (1833, Gdańsk - 1864, Berlin), a young architect from Berlin Bauakademie,
whose flourishing career in Berlin and Hamburg was interrupted by premature death.
Schirrmacher, along with Herman von der Hude, was the designer of the first Kunst-
halle in Hamburg, built in 1863-69, commissioned by the city council and local art
society. The monograph is based on a scattered legacy from the architect, which can
now be found in Berlin (Technische Universitat, Kunstbibliothek and Kupferstich-
kabinett by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) and Warsaw (Institute of Art of the Polish
Academy of Sciences). Schirrmachers known legacy consists of a dozen or morę
drawings and blueprints madę during his study at the Bauakademie; several dozen of
drawings depicting his hometown, Gdańsk, its remarkable architecture and famous
artworks; a couple of architectural design competition projects (i.e. Vienna Court
Opera on Ringstrasse); and finally picturesąue watercolours documenting his artis-
tic grand tour through Italy and Greece. Georg Theodor drew inspiration both from
the architecture of Italian Renaissance and the medieval Gdańsk monuments, but his
main source of knowledge and sense of architectural style were above all his masters
and mentors: the Gdańsk art teacher Johann Carl Schultz, not long deceased Berlins
architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and his students, at that time professors at Bauakad-
emie, Friedrich August Stiller, and Johann Heinrich Strack. The thoroughly examined
research materials show that the artistic route taken by Schirrmacher was very typical
of most Bauakademie students at the time; however, due to his sudden death Georg
Theodor was not able to step forward in order to develop his own unique style and to
win acclaim among other architects.
Georg Theodor
Schirrmacher...
and Hamburg
The aim of this article is to present the life and works of Georg Theodor Schirr-
macher (1833, Gdańsk - 1864, Berlin), a young architect from Berlin Bauakademie,
whose flourishing career in Berlin and Hamburg was interrupted by premature death.
Schirrmacher, along with Herman von der Hude, was the designer of the first Kunst-
halle in Hamburg, built in 1863-69, commissioned by the city council and local art
society. The monograph is based on a scattered legacy from the architect, which can
now be found in Berlin (Technische Universitat, Kunstbibliothek and Kupferstich-
kabinett by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) and Warsaw (Institute of Art of the Polish
Academy of Sciences). Schirrmachers known legacy consists of a dozen or morę
drawings and blueprints madę during his study at the Bauakademie; several dozen of
drawings depicting his hometown, Gdańsk, its remarkable architecture and famous
artworks; a couple of architectural design competition projects (i.e. Vienna Court
Opera on Ringstrasse); and finally picturesąue watercolours documenting his artis-
tic grand tour through Italy and Greece. Georg Theodor drew inspiration both from
the architecture of Italian Renaissance and the medieval Gdańsk monuments, but his
main source of knowledge and sense of architectural style were above all his masters
and mentors: the Gdańsk art teacher Johann Carl Schultz, not long deceased Berlins
architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and his students, at that time professors at Bauakad-
emie, Friedrich August Stiller, and Johann Heinrich Strack. The thoroughly examined
research materials show that the artistic route taken by Schirrmacher was very typical
of most Bauakademie students at the time; however, due to his sudden death Georg
Theodor was not able to step forward in order to develop his own unique style and to
win acclaim among other architects.
Georg Theodor
Schirrmacher...