Kölner Werkschulen

The Kölner Werkschulen, known variously in English as the Cologne Academy of Fine Arts, Cologne School of Applied Arts, or Cologne Art and Craft Schools, were a series of schools in Cologne training artists in visual arts, architecture and design from 1926 to 1971.

History

Origins

The origins of the Kölner Werkschulen can be found in the Sunday school established by the painter Egidius Mengelberg in 1822 at the Jesuit buildings. This was incorporated into the "Royal Prussian Provincial Vocational School Cologne" founded in 1833. In 1910 Emil Thormählen came to Cologne to develop the School of Applied Arts as part of the German Werkbund movement. However his plans to build a new school building had to be postponed due to the outbreak of war in 1914. When the plans could not be taken forward immediately after the war, Thormählen retired November 1919. In April 1924, Martin Elsaesser was the Director of the school and designed the "Red House", an expressionist, red brick building on Ubierring 40.

1926–1933

In 1926 the school was reorganized and the Mayor of the time Konrad Adenauer designated it the "Cologne Werkschulen", in accordance with the Bauhaus point of view. Quote: "... in Bonn is for science (= University) and Dusseldorf for Art (= Academy) but in Cologne I want both ...". Adenauer got his way by 1919 with its University of Cologne and in 1926 with his Cologne art (high) school with both buildings almost within sight of each other.

Directors

Lecturers

Architecture / interior design

Painting

Sculpture / plastic arts

Graphic design

Goldworking

Photography

Art history

Ceramics and industrial design

Guest lecturers

Students

Architecture

Painting

Sculpture / plastic arts

Graphic design

Photography

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