Holm Hansen Munthe
Holm Hansen Munthe ( born January 1, 1848 in rod, † May 23 1898 in Christiania ) was a Norwegian architect, who was instrumental in the development of the Norwegian dragon style.
Life
Holm Hansen Munthe, the son of Premier Lieutenant (later Major-General and Minister ) Adolph Fredrik Munthe ( 1817-1884 ) and Emilie Karen, nee Hansen ( 1820-1884 ), he began studying in Christiania in a native of Germany architect Wilhelm von Hanno. Like many of his compatriots, who trained as an architect or engineer, he then went to Germany and studied from 1872 at the Polytechnic of Hanover with Conrad Wilhelm Hase. As his assistant he was involved in Hildesheim in public buildings and worked subsequently in the municipal administration. Munthe 1877 returned back to Norway and led together with Henrik Nissen ( 1848-1915 ), an architect's office.
For the Norwegian industrial and art exhibition in 1883 he created the " Association Saugbrugs portal " his first work in the Norwegian dragon style, now known as " Oscar II Portal" in the Norwegian Folk Museum stands on the Oslo Bygdøy peninsula. In collaboration with Henrik Nissen originated in Christiania between 1881 and 1883 a block house with rooms, board rooms and a swimming complex for lung patients, the Larvik bath Kurhus above Koldtvandsanstalt, 1883 Christiania trade school, Munch Gate 4 and 1884, the Otto Andersen School, Uranienborgveien 7. Munthe 1885 taught at the Royal School of Drawing in Christiania ornament and freehand drawing and initiated in the year at the World Exhibition in Antwerp, the establishment of the Norwegian Department. In 1890 he got a job as a construction manager in the " Holmenkollen Voksenkollen Society ". During this time, his most important buildings were erected in the dragon style, including the In 1889 at the Holmenkollen Holmenkollen Tourist Hotel in Christiania and in 1891 completed the restaurant include Frognerseteren, as well as a restaurant built in 1891 in what is now Oslo district of St. Hans Haugen.
In its annual Nordland rides learned Wilhelm II know the work Munthe and commissioned him in 1891 in the East Prussian Rominten, today Krasnolessje, the imperial hunting lodge in 1893 Stave Church " Hubertus Chapel " with 120 seats to build. From admiration for the architecture of St. Hanshaugener restaurants he commissioned Munthe also with the long-planned construction of the naval base at Jungfernsee in Potsdam. As lobby the Emperor wanted a copy of the restaurant. Three wooden houses and boathouses, completed the installation.
Together with the Norwegian art and literary historians Lorentz Dietrichson Munter published in 1893 in Berlin, some exported to Norway and Germany buildings under the title " The Wooden Architecture of Norway, past and present ." He was a member and later chairman of the Norwegian Engineers and Architects Association and board member of the Norwegian Museum of Architecture. In 1898 he received his death in Christiania was appointed city architect. This year opened two built to his design school building of red brick, the Bolteløkka skole in Eugenies gate and the Lille Borg skole in Torshovgata in the city.
Performance
Holm Hansen Munthe was at the head of the Renaissance movement Norwegian architecture [ ... ], which again reference to the shape of the horizontal log construction and the vertical construction of the stave churches and their picturesque training by gables, porches and richly carved columns, beams and other ornamentation took [ ... ]. For his services he was awarded the Red Eagle Order 4th class and the Golden Medal of Merit Oscar II.
Family
Holm Hansen Munthe married in 1888 Inger Marie Nicoline Munthe ( 1864-1889 ), physician Christopher Munthe Pavel's daughter. He was related by marriage to the publisher of the daily newspaper " Aftenposten ", Amandus Schibsted (1849-1913), the landscape painter and art writer Gerhard Munthe (1849-1929) as well as the teacher, writer and children's book author Margrethe Munthe.
Works (selection)
- Larvik og bath Kurhus Koldtvandsanstalt, various building gate together with Henrik Nissen, Christiania, Cort Adelers, 1880-1883 (demolished )
- " Saugbrugs Association Directory ", 1883 (since 1907 as the " Oscar II Portal" in the Norwegian Folk Museum, Oslo)
- Waiting lounge in style dragon on Piperviksbryggen (former pier in Oslo district Pipervika ), Christiania, 1883 ( since 1935 in the Norwegian Folk Museum )
- Villa for the brewery owner Gunerius Flakstad, Hamar, Skappels gate 14, 1884
- Christiana trade school (until 1985 ), Christiania, Munch's gate 4, 1883-1885, together with Nissen
- Otto Andersen School, Christiania, Uranienborgveien 7, 1884 (1909 burnt down ), along with Nissen
- Church in Vestby, 1885, together with Nissen
- Brattvær Church, Smøla, 1885, together with Nissen
- In 1887 arious building in dragon style at the Holmenkollen, including the Holmenkollen Tourist Hotel, 1889 (1895 burned down, later rebuilt ), Christiania, Holmenkollveien 200
- Restaurant ( burned 1936) in the dragon style on the St. Hans Haugen, Christiania, 1891
- Restaurant Frognerseteren, 1890 /91 Christiania
- Imperial hunting lodge at Rominten (now Krasnolessje ), 1891
- Naval base Kongsnæs, Potsdam, 1891-1895
- Stave Church " Hubertuskapelle " Rominten, 1893
- Oslo Lysverkers Dampcentral, factory building in Christiania, Rosenkrantz 'gate 14, 1892
- Villa Jarlsborg, Christiania, Montebelloveien 4, in the 1890s
- Sanatorium grain Haug in Follebu, 1891
- Holiday homes in Frogn
- Residence for the Prime Minister Christian Schweigaard, Biri ( today part of Gjøvik ), 1893
- Ullevålsveien skole, Christiana, Bolteløkka Allé 10 ( 1911/13 by Bredo Berntsen extended)
- Bolteløkka skole, Christiania, Eugenie's Gate, 1898
- Lille Borg skole, Christiania, Torshovgata, 1898
Church in Vestby
Brattvær Church, Smøla
Restaurant Frognerseteren, Oslo
Lobby, naval base Kongsnæs, Potsdam (Original destroyed)