Kölner Werkschulen
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The Kölner Werkschulen were a series of schools in Cologne
training artists in visual arts, architecture and design from 1926 to 1971.
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
training artists in visual arts, architecture and design from 1926 to 1971.
Directors
- 1879–1906: Friedrich Romberg, engineers
- 1906–1910: Gustav Halmhuber, architect and painter
- 1910–1919, Emil Thormählen, painter and architect
- 1920–1926: Martin Elsässer, architect
- 1926–1931: Richard RiemerschmidRichard RiemerschmidRichard Riemerschmid was a German architect, painter, designer and city planner from Munich. He was a major figure in Jugendstil, the German form of Art Nouveau, and a founder of architecture in the style...
, painter, architect and designer - 1931–1933: Karl With, art historian
- 1933–1945: Karl Berthold, goldsmith
- 1946–1957: August Hoff, art historian
- 1958–1965: Friedrich Vordemberge, painter
- 1965–1971: Werner Schriefers, painter and designer
Architecture / interior design
- Martin ElsaesserMartin ElsaesserMartin Elsaesser was a German architect and professor of architecture. He is especially well known for the many churches he built...
(1920–1925) - Dominikus BöhmDominikus BöhmDominikus Böhm was a German architect specializing in churches. He build churches in Cologne, the Ruhr area, Swabia, and Hesse...
(1926–1934/1947–1953) - Richard RiemerschmidRichard RiemerschmidRichard Riemerschmid was a German architect, painter, designer and city planner from Munich. He was a major figure in Jugendstil, the German form of Art Nouveau, and a founder of architecture in the style...
(1926–1931) - Stefan Leuer (1954–1978)
- Georg Lünenborg (1948–1967)
- Gernot Lucas (1969–2003)
- Wolf Nöhren (1970–1973)
Painting
- Jan Thorn Prikker (1926–1932)
- Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann (1928–1933)
- Richard Seewald (1924–1931)
- Otto Gerster (1939–1972)
- Stefan Wewerka (1975–1993)
- Daniel SpoerriDaniel SpoerriDaniel Spoerri is a Swiss artist and writer born in Romania, who has been called "the central figure of European post-war art" and "one of the most renown[ed] [artists] of the 20th century." Spoerri is best known for his "snare-pictures," a type of assemblage or object art, in which he captures...
(1978–1982) - Hans Rolf Maria Koller (1963–1973)
- Dieter Kraemer (1963–1993)
- Friedrich Vordemberge (1946–1976)
- Dieter Horký (1971–1993)
- Karl Marx (1959–1986)
- Wilhelm Teuwen (1946–1967)
- Elisabeth Vary (1964–1970–1993)
- Werner Schriefers (1965–1989)
- Gerhard Kadow (1967–1974)
- Franz Dank (1961–1993)
- Hubert Schaffmeister (1952–1976)
Sculpture / plastic arts
- Anton Berger (1964–1989)
- Hans Karl Burgeff (1968–1988)
- Ludwig Gies (1950–1962)
- Georg Grasegger (1901–1927)
- Josef Jaekel (1947–1975)
- Dorkas Reinacher-Härlin (1924–1929)
- Titus Reinarz (1981–1992)
- Kurt Schwippert (1963–1968)
- Wolfgang Wallner (1912–1950)
- Hans Wissel (1925–1933)
Graphic design
- Richard RiemerschmidRichard RiemerschmidRichard Riemerschmid was a German architect, painter, designer and city planner from Munich. He was a major figure in Jugendstil, the German form of Art Nouveau, and a founder of architecture in the style...
(1926–1931) - Jakob ErbarJakob ErbarJakob Erbar was a German professor of graphic design and type designer. Trained as a typesetter for the Dumont-Schauberg Printing Works, before studying under Fritz Helmut Ehmcke and Anna Simons. Erbar went on to teach in 1908 at the Städtischen Berufsschule and from 1919 to his death at the...
(1926–1933) - Heinrich Hußmann (1928–1965)
- Alfred Will (1929–1933/1946–1971)
- Anton Wolff (1942–1976)
- Jürgen Klauke (1970–1975)
- Heinz EdelmannHeinz EdelmannHeinz Edelmann was a German illustrator and designer. He was born in Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, into a Czech-German family of Wilhelm Edelmann and his wife Josefa née Kladivová...
(1976–1978)
Art history
- Wilhelm Lotz
- Karl With (1925–1928/1931–1933)
- August Hoff (1946–1957)
Ceramics and industrial design
- Dorkas Reinacher-Härlin (1924–1929)
- Ludwig König (1930–1933)
- Georg Roth (1924–1964)
- Walter Maria KerstingWalter Maria KerstingWalter Maria Kersting was a German architect and industrial designer.- Career :...
(1927–1932) - Herbert Schultes (1968–1970)
Guest lecturers
- Friedrich Wolfram Heubach (psychology)
- Günter Karl Friedrich Schwichtenberg (cybernetics)
- Leo KoflerLeo KoflerLeo Kofler was a social philosopher from Cologne. He ranks with the Marburg politicologist Wolfgang Abendroth and the Frankfurt school theoreticians Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno among the few well-known Marxist intellectuals in post-war Germany...
(sociology) - Bazon Brock (art theory)
- Jörg ImmendorffJörg ImmendorffJörg Immendorff was one of the best known contemporary German painters; he was also a sculptor, stage designer and art professor.- Life and work :...
(painting) - Wulf Herzogenrath (art settlement)
- Ingo Kümmel (art dealing)
- Ulrike Rosenbach (video action)
- Birgit HeinBirgit HeinBirgit Hein is a German film director, producer and screenwriter who has made experimental films with her husband Wilhelm Hein since the 1960s.-Biography:...
(film)
Painting
- Rosemarie TrockelRosemarie TrockelRosemarie Trockel is a German Artist, and an important figure in the international contemporary art movement.- Life :...
- Ida Köhne
- Willy Weyres
- Wolfgang Schulte
- Hellmuth Eichner
- Kurt WegnerKurt WegnerKurt Wegner was a German artist born in Köln, Germany. He moved to Sweden in 1938, and died in Järna.-External links:*...
- Wolfgang NiedeckenWolfgang NiedeckenWolfgang Niedecken is a German singer, musician and visual artist. He founded the Kölsch speaking rock group BAP at the end of the 1970s. He soon became famous with BAP all over Germany. He is the lead singer and only remaining founding member of BAP.- Life :Niedecken attended boarding school in...
- Edvard Frank
- Jürgen Hans Grümmer
- Hildegard Grunert
- Dieter Horký
- Helga Tiemann
- Joseph FassbenderJoseph FassbenderJoseph Fassbender was a German painter and draughtsman.-Life and art:During the 1920s Fassbender was trained in painting by Richard Seewald at the Kölner Werkschulen. Since 1928, he ran his own studio in Cologne...
- Ulla Horký
- Günther Umberg
- Anton RäderscheidtAnton RäderscheidtAnton Räderscheidt was a German painter who was a leading figure of the New Objectivity.Räderscheidt was born in Cologne. His father was a schoolmaster who also wrote poetry. From 1910–1914, Räderscheidt studied at the Academy of Düsseldorf. He was severely wounded in the First World War, during...
- Wolfgang SiemensWolfgang SiemensWolfgang Siemens is a German painter.-Life:In 1961, Siemens began to study painting under Friedrich Vordemberge at the Kölner Werkschulen and later under Karl Marx as a master student of Vordemberge....
- Ingeborg Drews
- Jean Lessenich
- Joseph Mader
Sculpture / plastic arts
- Georg J. Ahrens
- Raimund Böll
- Kurt-Wolf von Borries
- Hilde Broër
- Hubert Bruhs
- Heinz Feuerborn
- Peter Raacke
- Titus Reinarz
- Wolfgang Reuter
- Ulrich Rückriem
- Gretel Schulte-Hostedde
Graphic design
- Will BurtinWill BurtinWill Burtin was a graphic designer and art director for Fortune Magazine. He designed for Union Carbide, Eastman Kodak, The Smithsonian, and Upjohn. In 1971, he received a gold medal from AIGA...
- Thomas F. Fischer
- Walter Hanel
- Jürgen Klauke
- Maurilio Minuzzi
- Maf Räderscheidt
- Konrad Schaefer
- Helmut TollmannHelmut TollmannHelmut G. Tollmann, born 1945 in Cologne, is a visual artist, whose work includes paintings, graphics, sculptures, photographs, performance and installations. He is the creator of "Soul of chip", multi-layered artworks dealing with human and technical intelligence...
- Eduard Prüssen
Photography
- Burkhard Jüttner
- Chargesheimer
- Fritz Gruber
- Candida HöferCandida HöferCandida Höfer is a Cologne, Germany-based photographer and a former student of Bernd and Hilla Becher. Like other Becher students – Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth – Höfer's work is known for technical perfection and a strictly Conceptual approach...