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Schickedanz, Albert
(b Biala, Galicia [now Bialsko-Biala, Poland], 14 Oct 1846; d Budapest, 11 July 1915). Hungarian architect, painter and interior designer of German descent. He studied in Karlsruhe and Vienna, and in 1868 he went to Budapest where he worked first in the offices of Antal Szkalnitzky and Miklós Ybl. His designs included the sepulchral monument (1871–2) of Count Lajos Batthyány in the Kerepesi cemetery, Budapest, and other monuments and pedestals for statues. In 1894 he entered into partnership with Fülöp Herzog (1860–1925), with whom he designed the neo-classical architectural ensemble of Heroes’ Square, which terminates the 2.5 km long Radial Avenue (Sugár út, now Andrássy út). In the middle stands the Millenary Monument (1894–1900), a semicircular double colonnade with bronze figures of Hungarian sovereigns and a single, tall Corinthian column with sculpture by György Zala, which commemorates the 1000th anniversary of the Magyar conquest. On opposite sides of the square they built the Art Hall (1895–6), a porticoed red-brick structure with multicoloured terracotta decoration, and the Museum of Fine Arts (1899–1906). The façade of the latter, majestic edifice is in the style of a Greek temple, while the rear portions resemble a Renaissance palace. The exhibition rooms are decorated in various historical styles including Roman, Romanesque and Renaissance. Prizewinning competition designs by Schickedanz included the Parliament Building (1883; with Vilmos Freund; unexecuted; original designs, Budapest, Hung. N. Archvs) and the central pavilion (1896; with Herzog; unexecuted) of the Millenary Exhibition, both in Budapest. He also decorated the State Hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, in a Renaissance Revival style. From 1889 to 1902 he taught at the School of Applied Arts. As a painter, he painted mostly cityscapes (e.g. Matthias Church and Nagymezo Street; both Budapest, Hist. Mus.).
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