ERNST FUCHS MUSEUM
History of the Museum
Otto Wagner, the famous Jugendstil architect, built a summerhouse for himself and his family in Hütteldorf in 1888, when Hütteldorf was still a suburb of Vienna. The house was inhabited all year round from 1895 until Otto Wagner sold it to the former owner of the Varieté Ronacher, Ben Tiber, in 1911, after Wagner's children had left home and the house had become too large for him.
The Wagner Villa (later called Ben Tiber Villa and today Fuchs Villa) was considered an unusual building from the outset. As reported at the exhibition of the plans in Berlin: "The artist's villa in Hütteldorf near Vienna has a peculiar attraction. The house, built on a slope and accessed by an imposing staircase, takes the form of an open hall between two wings in complete contrast to other buildings of its type". Although the building attracted much interest at its conception (and from time to time was the cause of rumour and speculation), it slowly fell into oblivion, as did its architect. The villa stood "decaying with dignity in the garden" until Ernst Fuchs' initiative to save the building.
The Wagner Villa (later called Ben Tiber Villa and today Fuchs Villa) was considered an unusual building from the outset. As reported at the exhibition of the plans in Berlin: "The artist's villa in Hütteldorf near Vienna has a peculiar attraction. The house, built on a slope and accessed by an imposing staircase, takes the form of an open hall between two wings in complete contrast to other buildings of its type". Although the building attracted much interest at its conception (and from time to time was the cause of rumour and speculation), it slowly fell into oblivion, as did its architect. The villa stood "decaying with dignity in the garden" until Ernst Fuchs' initiative to save the building.
Photographs by Otto Rapp, taken during his visit in the Summer of 2008
MUSEUM TOURS
Visit the official website of Ernst Fuchs and go on a virtual
PANORAMA TOUR
of the rooms in the Museum, click on the picture below:
Visit the official website of Ernst Fuchs and go on a virtual
PANORAMA TOUR
of the rooms in the Museum, click on the picture below:
The Museum Tour Index opens in separate window. Touring the Museum requires the latest version of Quicktime.
Please be patient while the Quicktime panorama is loading. Maneuver around the rooms with your mouse,
to zoom in press [Shift], to zoom out press [Ctrl].
NOTE for Windows Vista and Windows 7:
unfortunately, your OS default will open Windows Media Player, which cannot play these panoramas (Windows XP and earlier work just fine). If you have Quicktime installed, you would need to manually open the presentation:
open Quicktime, click [File] then click on [open URL] - a small window opens: Copy and paste the URL (provided below) into the task field and click open. The Quicktime Player will open. In regular mode, there are controls on the player for zooming in [+] and out [-]. When switching to full screen mode, zoom in [Shift] and zoom out [Ctrl] on the keyboard has to be used. Maneuver around the rooms with your mouse.
Here are the respective URL's for the Museum Rooms (Windows XP and earlier can just click on the URL, Vista and 7 will have to start Quicktime manually as described above):
ADOLF BOEHM SAAL:
http://www.ernstfuchs-zentrum.com/html/video/Panorama/AdolfBoehmSaal.mov
BLAUER SALON:
http://www.ernstfuchs-zentrum.com/html/video/Panorama/BlauerSalon.mov
ROEMISCHES BAD:
http://www.ernstfuchs-zentrum.com/html/video/Panorama/RoemischesBad.mov
SPEISEZIMMER:
http://www.ernstfuchs-zentrum.com/html/video/Panorama/SpeiseZimmer.mov
GROSSER SALON:
http://www.ernstfuchs-zentrum.com/html/video/Panorama/GrosserSalon.mov
Please be patient while the Quicktime panorama is loading. Maneuver around the rooms with your mouse,
to zoom in press [Shift], to zoom out press [Ctrl].
NOTE for Windows Vista and Windows 7:
unfortunately, your OS default will open Windows Media Player, which cannot play these panoramas (Windows XP and earlier work just fine). If you have Quicktime installed, you would need to manually open the presentation:
open Quicktime, click [File] then click on [open URL] - a small window opens: Copy and paste the URL (provided below) into the task field and click open. The Quicktime Player will open. In regular mode, there are controls on the player for zooming in [+] and out [-]. When switching to full screen mode, zoom in [Shift] and zoom out [Ctrl] on the keyboard has to be used. Maneuver around the rooms with your mouse.
Here are the respective URL's for the Museum Rooms (Windows XP and earlier can just click on the URL, Vista and 7 will have to start Quicktime manually as described above):
ADOLF BOEHM SAAL:
http://www.ernstfuchs-zentrum.com/html/video/Panorama/AdolfBoehmSaal.mov
BLAUER SALON:
http://www.ernstfuchs-zentrum.com/html/video/Panorama/BlauerSalon.mov
ROEMISCHES BAD:
http://www.ernstfuchs-zentrum.com/html/video/Panorama/RoemischesBad.mov
SPEISEZIMMER:
http://www.ernstfuchs-zentrum.com/html/video/Panorama/SpeiseZimmer.mov
GROSSER SALON:
http://www.ernstfuchs-zentrum.com/html/video/Panorama/GrosserSalon.mov
The Ernst Fuchs Chapel at the Church of St. Egid - Klagenfurt
