Friedrich Waerndorfer
Austrian entrepreneur (1868–1939)
Friedrich Waerndorfer, originally Wärndorfer (5 May 1868 – 9 August 1939), was an Austrian entrepreneur, patron of the arts, and founding member of the Wiener Werkstätte. He was also known as Fred Warndorf.2
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Born May 5, 1868, died Aug 9, 1939.1
Companies
- Wiener WerkstätteFounder8
Early life and education
Wärndorfer was born in Vienna into a Jewish industrialist family, which owned one of the largest cotton processing companies in the Austrian monarchy. He was the son of Samuel Wärndorfer (1842-1912) and his wife Berta née Neumann (1844-1921).
His mother and aunt collected art and from an early age, Waerndorfer was taken to art exhibitions.
In 1895 Waerndorfer married the translator Lili Jeanette (née Hellmann 1874-1952), with whom he had three children: Helene ("Helen") (1897-1938), Karl Richard ("Charles Richard Warndof") (1899-1983) and Herbert (1905- 1924).
Lili Hellmann Waerndorfer was an unconventional woman who was one the first women in Austria to obtain a driver's license and who published at least one mystery novel - The End Of The Honeymoon - in 1914. Like Fritz, Lili was born in Vienna (September 29, 1874) and died in the United States (May 1952, in Nyack, California).
From Wikipedia’s article on Friedrich Waerndorfer (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Career
Occupation: industrialist, businessperson.4
- Date not recordedFounded Wiener Werkstätte3
Personal life
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