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
- 1879–1906: Friedrich Romberg, engineer
- 1906–1910: Gustav Halmhuber, architect and painter
- 1910–1919, Emil Thormählen, painter and architect
- 1920–1926: Martin Elsässer, architect
- 1926–1931: Richard Riemerschmid, 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
Lecturers
Architecture / interior design
- Martin Elsaesser (1920–1925)
- Dominikus Böhm (1926–1934/1947–1953)
- Richard Riemerschmid (1926–1931)
- Stefan Leuer (1954–1978)
- Georg Lünenborg (1948–1967)
- Gernot Lucas (1969–2003)
- Wolf Nöhren (1970–1973)
Painting
- Johan Thorn Prikker (1926–1932)
- Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann (1928–1933)
- Richard Seewald (1924–1931)
- Otto Gerster (1939–1972)
- Stefan Wewerka (1975–1993)
- Daniel Spoerri (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 Riemerschmid (1926–1931)
- Jakob Erbar (1926–1933)
- Heinrich Hußmann (1928–1965)
- Alfred Will (1929–1933/1946–1971)
- Anton Wolff (1942–1976)
- Jürgen Klauke (1970–1975)
- Heinz Edelmann (1976–1978)
Goldworking
- Ernst Riegel (1913–1933)
- Elisabeth Treskow (1948–1964)
Photography
- Arno Jansen (1965–2003)
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 Kersting (1927–1932)
- Herbert Schultes (1968–1970)
Guest lecturers
- Friedrich Wolfram Heubach (psychology)
- Günter Karl Friedrich Schwichtenberg (cybernetics)
- Leo Kofler (sociology)
- Bazon Brock (art theory)
- Jörg Immendorff (painting)
- Wulf Herzogenrath (art settlement)
- Ingo Kümmel (art dealing)
- Ulrike Rosenbach (video action)
- Birgit Hein (film)
Students
Architecture
- Heinz Bienefeld
- Johannes Krahn
Painting
- Rosemarie Trockel
- Ida Köhne
- Willy Weyres
- Wolfgang Schulte
- Hellmuth Eichner
- Kurt Wegner
- Wolfgang Niedecken
- Edvard Frank
- Jürgen Hans Grümmer
- Hildegard Grunert
- Dieter Horký
- Helga Tiemann
- Joseph Fassbender
- Ulla Horký
- Günther Umberg
- Anton Räderscheidt
- Udo Sellbach
- Wolfgang Siemens
- Franz Wilhelm Seiwert
- 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 Burtin
- Thomas F. Fischer
- Walter Hanel
- Jürgen Klauke
- Maurilio Minuzzi
- Maf Räderscheidt
- Konrad Schaefer
- Helmut Tollmann
- Eduard Prüssen
Photography
- Burkhard Jüttner
- Chargesheimer
- Fritz Gruber
- Candida Höfer