Eduard Mezger

Friedrich Eduard Mezger
Born	(1807-02-13)February 13, 1807 Pappenheim
Died	September 16, 1894(1894-09-16) (aged 87) Munich
Nationality	Bavarian
Alma mater	Munich Academy
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Siegestor (completion work)

Grave of Eduard Mezger

Friedrich Eduard Mezger (born February 13, 1807 – died September 16, 1894) was a Bavarian architect, painter, professor and a higher royal government building officer, called Oberbaurat.

Biography

Mezger was born in Pappenheim as son of the government building officer Kaspar Mezger. He visited the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he was a student of Friedrich von Gärtner from 1825 to 1828, who enable him to take part in monumental works in Athens. After his return in 1833 he became professor in civil engineering at the Technical University of Munich, in 1846 Oberbaurat. He realized several public and private buildings, amongst them the house of the painter Friedrich Dürck, and after Gärtner's death in 1847, he completed the works of the Siegestor in 1850.

When he died in Munich, he left his wife Magareta and his daughter Emilie. He is buried in the Old Southern Cemetery.

Puplished works (selection)

• Altgriechische Baukunst (ancient Greek architecture)
• Ornamente aus deutschen Gewächsen zum Gebrauch für Plastik und Malerei (ornaments of German plants for the use in sculpture and painting)
• Die Einwirkung der Gesetze der Konstruktion (the effect of construction rules)

Greek landscape

External links

Friedrich Eduard Mezger at archINFORM