Frigyes Schulek
Frigyes Schulek ( Friedrich Schulek; born November 19, 1841 in Pest, † September 5, 1919 in Balatonlelle ) was a Hungarian architect.
Life and work
Frigyes Schulek was the son of businessman and politician Agoston Schulek. His younger brother was the doctor Schulek Vilmos ( William Schulek ). In 1851 and 1852 he studied German in Lőcse, today Levoča in Slovakia. He was impressed by the architecture of Budapest and worked on drawings. During the school holidays, he worked as a bricklayer. He also worked as an agent of k.k. privileged First Danube Steamship Company. After 1857 he also worked as a language teacher in Debrecen.
In 1860 he studied at the Polytechnic Buda, but then went to Vienna, where he studied the Null at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1861 to 1867 under Friedrich von Schmidt and Eduard van and also participated in study tours. Schulek worked so with the restoration of the Regensburg Cathedral, which later zugutekam him as chairman of the Vienna Bauhütte. Even the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867 he visited. When he returned to Vienna, he participated in the planning of Brigitta Church and the Church of Our Lady Victorious. In 1868 he spent in Hungary before a study trip to Italy undertook in 1869 and 1870.
He then worked briefly in his study colleagues Imre Steindl office. In 1871 he became a teacher at the k.u. Country signs the educational institution. A post he held for the next 31 years. Here he also included friendships with the sculptor and the painter Izsó Bertalan Székely.
After the death Steindl he was in 1902 head of the Department of medieval architecture at the Technical University in Budapest in the year. His students included Károly Kos and other members of fiatalok group.
In 1914, Schulek put to rest.
In addition to teaching, the focus was the preservation of monuments. From 1872 he was an architect of the first independent Hungarian organization, Privisorischen Commission of Monuments ( from 1882 National Commission of Monuments ). His restorations corresponded to both the proper style reconstruction and the arbitrary addition.
One of the most important works was the reconstruction of the Church of Our Lady in Budapest. This church he originally wanted to expand on two towers, but It left ultimately with a tower. But new were added the porch, the spire and the color scheme inside.
My plans of buildings were rare. These mostly dealt churches and magnificent buildings that he designed in the style of Neo-Romanesque. He continued the late period of the Viennese master. His main work is the Fisherman's Bastion in Budapest.