!!!Strnad, Oskar

Strnad, Oskar, b. Vienna, Oct. 26, 1879, 
d. Bad Aussee (Styria), Sept. 3, 1935, architect, stage designer, 
craftsman, designer. 1909-1935 teacher at the Vienna School of Arts 
and Crafts; 1918-1920 designed sketches for theatres-in-the-round, 
1923 realisation of the "Drei-Szenen-Theater" (stage divided into 3 
parts; circular auditorium); from 1919 stage designer of the Vienna 
Volkstheater, 1923-1935 worked with M.  Reinhardt; produced operas 
with B.  Walter; interior designer for films ("Maskerade", "Episode"), 
teacher of R. Obsieger and O.  Niedermoser.

!Works
Vienna: semi-detached house in the Werkbundsiedlung (housing 
estate), 1932; block of flats (Volkswohnhaus, Holochergasse) in the 
15th district of Vienna, 1932. - Several residential houses in Vienna 
and Lower Austria; soldiers´ graves and war memorials, stage 
settings and costumes (77 designs owned by the Oesterreichisches 
Theatermuseum in Vienna).

!Literature
M. Eisler, O. S. Mit ausgewaehlten Schriften des 
Kuenstlers, 1936; J. Gregor, O. S. Sein Vermaechtnis an das 
Theater, 1949; J. Stoklaska, O. S., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1960; 
O. Niedermoser, O. S., 1965; Der Architekt O. S. Zum 100. 
Geburtstag, 1979; U. Weich, Die theoretischen Ansichten des 
Architekten und Lehrers O. S., master´s thesis, Vienna 
1995.



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