Max Gottschalk
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Max Jules Gottschalk was born in 1909 in St. Louis, Missouri
. Following his graduation from Washington University in late 1930s, he moved to the Dominion of Newfoundland
where he worked as Chief Technical Advisor of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Reconstruction. The Newfoundland government assigned him the task of designing workshop furniture for the agricultural community of Markland
. His designs combined modernist principles with the use of natural materials. The onset World War II ended the government's economic reconstruction programs and Gottschalk’s work.
Gottschalk returned to the United States, moving to Tucson
, Arizona to became a professor of industrial design at Pima Community College’s new Modern West Campus.
His artistic interest included oil painting and mid-century modern
industrial design which combined "natural" materials like leather with commercial products such as aluminum tubing and steel. The result: beautifully proportioned work that embraced and embodied both the southwestern aesthetic and Modern design principles. Gottschalk often worked with leather that was irregular and flawed, celebrating the material's imperfections.
His earnest productive artistic period starched from the 1950s to this death in 2005.
His distinctive logo appears on all of his products.
Examples of Gottschalk's work:
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. Following his graduation from Washington University in late 1930s, he moved to the Dominion of Newfoundland
Dominion of Newfoundland
The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland...
where he worked as Chief Technical Advisor of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Reconstruction. The Newfoundland government assigned him the task of designing workshop furniture for the agricultural community of Markland
Markland
Markland is the name given to a part of shoreline in Labrador, Canada, named by Leif Eriksson when he landed in North America. The word Markland is from the Old Norse language for "forestland" or "borderland". It is described as being north of Vinland and south of Helluland...
. His designs combined modernist principles with the use of natural materials. The onset World War II ended the government's economic reconstruction programs and Gottschalk’s work.
Gottschalk returned to the United States, moving to Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
, Arizona to became a professor of industrial design at Pima Community College’s new Modern West Campus.
His artistic interest included oil painting and mid-century modern
Mid-century modern
Mid-Century modern is an architectural, interior and product design form that generally describes mid-20th century developments in modern design, architecture, and urban development from roughly 1933 to 1965...
industrial design which combined "natural" materials like leather with commercial products such as aluminum tubing and steel. The result: beautifully proportioned work that embraced and embodied both the southwestern aesthetic and Modern design principles. Gottschalk often worked with leather that was irregular and flawed, celebrating the material's imperfections.
His earnest productive artistic period starched from the 1950s to this death in 2005.
His distinctive logo appears on all of his products.
Examples of Gottschalk's work: