Otto Wagner (1841 - 1918)

Tramway Stop at Karlsplatz, central Vienna
1898,
Pencil, black and blue ink, watercolour, gold paint with white highlights
© Museums of the City of Vienna, Vienna

Contemporaries were already intrigued by the parallels between Ödön Lechner and Otto Wagner. In 1911, both were honoured in Rome with a First Prize for Architecture. Both Lechner's and Wagner's work marks a turning point in the architecture of their respective home countries.