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Art Nouveau stained glass in Oradea

The echo and influence of the artistic movement that took place in 1900 brought a new spirit in all modern creation, which in a fact is a final blow to the academic eclecticism, removing its canons and a chivvying through invention originality a great artistic diversity.

The stained glass, the opaque and colored glass that is still preserved in the staircases or the people's houses are of great elegance and equilibrium due to its line which draws with precision spatial transparent moving, in a graphic language of rare elegance, in which big spots of color represent dominant compositions of good quality decorative conception, in harmony with the architectural style. As an architectural expression, the ornament as structural symbol, on the one hands, and the qualities of the glass on the other one, benefits by the intimate the relation that will determine the form, that's the symbol of the object which acquires artistic value. Here are some stained glass decorations from famous Art Nouveau Style buildings in Oradea:

Black Eagle Palace (Komor Marcell & Jakab Dezsö, 1907-1908)

Vágó House (Vágó Jozsef & László, 1905)

Ertler House (Mende Valer, 1909)

Elixir Pharmacy

Ullman Palace, (Löbl Ferenc, 1913)

Park Hotel

Dr. Nemes House (Mende Valer, 1909)

Darvasy Palace (Rimanóczy Kálmán Jr, 1910)

Darvas La Roche House (Vágó József & László, 1911-1912)

28-30, Libertăţii Street

5, Vasile Alecsandri Street

2, Avram Iancu Street

2, Avram Iancu Street

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Secession Style in Oradea

In the early 20th century, in Oradea is spreading a new style, creating a stylistic diversification based on assumption of inventions and originality. The new style, Secession, had two great periods - the curvilinear and floral one, and a second with simpler geometric forms. The most important architects of this current were: Komor Marcell, Jakab Dezsö, Sztarill Ferenc, Mende Valér, Vágó József & Laszló, Rimanóczy Kálman junior. Their works were inspired by the Munich, Berlin, Vienna and Budapest Secession.

Black Eagle Palace (Komor Marcell & Jakab Dezsö, 1907-1908)

Rimanóczy Jr. Palace (Orthodox Bishopric Palace; Rimanóczy Kálman Jr, 1912)

Advocates' Association House (Rimanóczy Kálman Jr, 1909)

Markovits Mathezer House (1911)

Bölöni House (Cercul Militar; Rimanóczy Kálman Jr, 1912)

Moskovits Palace 1 (Rimanóczy Kálman Jr, 1905)

Moskovits Palace 2 (Vágó Jozsef & László, 1910-1911)

Darvas La Roche House (Vágó Jozsef & László, 1910-1911)

Vágó House (Vágó Jozsef & László, 1905)

Ullman Palace, (Löbl Ferenc, 1913)

Deutsch House (Sztarill Ferenc, 1906-1910)

Poynar House, (Sztarill Ferenc, 1910-1911)

Sztarill Palace (Emke Café, Hotel Astoria; Sztarill Ferenc, 1902-1906)

Rimanóczy Sr. Palace (Rimanóczy Kálman Sr.)

Apollo Palace (Rimanóczy Kálman Jr, 1912)

Stern Palace, (Komor Marcell & Jakab Dezsö, 1904-1905)

Adorján House 1 (Komor Marcell & Jakab Dezsö, 1903)

Adorján House 2 (Komor Marcell & Jakab Dezsö, 1904-1906)

Fuchsl House (Komor Marcell & Jakab Dezsö, 1904)

Camera de Comerţ şi Industrie (Komor Marcell & Jakab Dezsö, 1906-1907)

Secession Style in Timişoara

The "Little Vienna" tag is particularly pertinent in this delightful city which boasts a wealth of Secessionist (Art Nouveau or Jugendstil) architecture.

Timisoara developed considerably during the late 19th century and early 20th century, during which period significant technical advances were made; first town in Europe to have gas street lighting (1857), one of the first to introduce trams, and the first in Romania to have a public water supply. It had also become the the communications and administrative hub of the Banat with the coming of the railway, the canal and improved roads. This period saw considerable expansion with new well-planned districts of housing and factories being created south and east of the Bega Canal - in particular Iosefin, Elisabetin and Fabric. This wave of construction attracted many creative, imaginative designers during the opening years of the 20th Century, drawing their inspiration from the architects of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to which the Banat still belonged. Most significant at this time were the pioneers of the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau or Secessionism) such as Ödon Lechner in Hungary and Otto Wagner in Austria.

The Secessionism developed in two distinct architectural phases in Timisoara, the first which was typified by sinuous lines and floral decorations lasted until 1908. The secomd phase, which continued until the first world war, saw simpler, larger buildings with geometrical designs. Notable among these architects of the Art Nouveau in Timişoara were Laszlo Szekely (1877-1934) who designed both municipal buildings and factories, in addition to residential apartments and villas, and Martin Gemeinhardt. In many respects it is the abundance of Secessionist architecture that has provided Timişoara with its rather appropriate tag,"Little Vienna".