Scheu, Gustav#
b. Vienna, Oct. 7, 1875, d. Vienna, March 9, 1935, lawyer and politician (Social Democrat); son of Josef Franz Georg Scheu, brother of Robert Scheu, husband of Helene Scheu-Riesz. 1919-1923 Social Democratic city councillor of Vienna. Was interested in the garden city movement (co-founded the centre for housing reform); as the legal advisor to housing co-operatives played an important role in the housing sector in Vienna and promoted contemporary artists such as A. Loos and A. Berg.
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