Adolph W. Knüppel

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Adolph W. Knüppel (born July 28, 1933 in Ehringen ; † January 20, 2017 in Münster ) was a German architect, designer and sculptor . Many of his sculptures are set up in Münster in public spaces. He last lived in Münster-Gievenbeck.

Life

Adolph W. Knüppel owes his first name to the seizure of power by the National Socialists: "At that time it was common and natural that a new man for Germany should be called Adolph" (quote from Adolph W. Knüppel). The horrors of war have frightened him so much that the desire for peace runs like a thread through his life.

After school he did an apprenticeship as a painter and then studied at the Werkkunstschule Kassel. He was a master student of the painter Josef Albers .

Because of his talent, he was appointed an architect and from 1957 worked in several architectural offices. He worked for Professor Harald Deilmann for twelve years and was also involved in his largest project, the John F. Kennedy School in Berlin. From 1985 he worked as a freelance architect. He also held teaching positions in the art education department of the Münster University of Education and the architecture department of the Münster University of Applied Sciences. During this time he also met his future wife Hildegard, who started working for Harald Deilmann as an architect in 1961. They married in 1965 and have two children.

Works (selection)

“Water in Münster” on the Prinzipalmarkt
"Golden Fugue" on the historic town hall with the dates 1335 for the approximate year in which the citizens' chamber was added to the council chamber, and 1951 for the year it was rebuilt after the Second World War
"Hanse-Steine", here the Hanse-Stein to the city of Telgte
  • "Golden Fugue" (Münster, 1993)
  • "Hanse-Steine" (Münster, 1993)
  • "Peace Earth" for 20 days with the help of Dr. Reinhold Ewald in the MIR space station, February 1998 in a stele in the inner courtyard of the town hall, since 2001 on the Steinfurt campus of the Münster University of Applied Sciences (Münster, 1997)
  • "Water in Münster" with water from the Jordan on the Prinzipalmarkt in front of house number 34 between the locations of the former houses of Gerhard Kibbenbrock and Bernhard Knipperdollinck, the mayors of the Anabaptists (Münster, 1993)
  • Renewal of the crossroads at the Appelbreistiege (Münster, 1998)
  • Sculpture to Droste at the Rüschhaus
  • Pavement slabs (Münster, 1998)
  • "History mobile phone" (Münster, 2000)

In 2001 he received the special award from the environmental jury for his complete works from 1988 to 2000.

Web links

Commons : Adolph W. Knüppel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f History made visible, Westfälische Nachrichten, August 11, 2017 [1]
  2. ↑ https://tuermerinvonmuenster.wordpress.com/2015/07/26/kleinode-in-muenster/
  3. ↑ http://www.wn.de/Muenster/Stadtteile/Gievenbeck/2013/07/Der-Kuenstler-Adolph-W.-Knueppel-feiert-am-Sonntag-seinen-80.-Geburtstag-Dem-Frieden-verschreibung
  4. ↑ http://www.muenster.de/stadt/presseservice/pressemmeldung/web/frontend/show/9318
  5. ↑ http://www.presse-service.de/data.aspx/static/28569.html
personal data
SURNAME Knüppel, Adolph W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Ehringen
DATE OF DEATH 20th January 2017
Place of death Muenster