Georg Lutzenberger

Place: Altötting

Born: 1882

Death: 1951

Biography:

Georg Lutzenberger was a German-Brazilian architect and artist, born in Altötting, Germany in 1882. He studied engineering at the Technical University Munich and found pleasure in painting and drawing from an early age. He worked as an architect in Dresden and Wiesbaden, and was a pupil of Osvald Polívka in Prague and Georg Süßenguth and Heinrich Reinhardt in Berlin. During the First World War, he served in the German armed forces as a weapon designer. After the war, he moved to Porto Alegre, Brazil, where he designed important buildings such as the Igreja São José, the Palácio do Comércio, and the Instituto Pão dos Pobres. He also taught at the Instituto de Belas Artes in Porto Alegre. Lutzenberger was known for his sober and functional eclectic style and his love for painting the city, its inhabitants, and the country life. He had three children with his wife Emma Kroeff, including the famous Brazilian environmentalist José Lutzenberger. He died in Porto Alegre in 1951.