Bruno Mauder

Bruno Mauder (born April 28, 1877 in Munich , † July 31, 1948 in Zwiesel ) was a German craftsman and glass artist.

Life

Bruno Mauder was a son of Bruno Mauder, head nurse to the Bavarian kings Ludwig II and Otto . His brother was the illustrator and caricaturist Josef Mauder . After attending primary school, he trained as a porcelain painter . From 1899 to 1901 he studied at the arts and crafts school in Munich and then worked in Munich and Stuttgart as a self-employed craftsman.

In 1909 he was appointed director of the technical school for the glass industry and wood carving in Zwiesel, founded in 1904. He shaped this decisively in the following four decades. In addition, he developed into a leading creative force in hollow glass design by combining the suggestions of the Bauhaus with the traditional forms of glassworks. The majority of the designs for the glasses that were implemented at his school were created by him. He worked with the glassworks in the region and especially the glassworks in Theresienthal . In 1916 he was appointed professor .

Many of Mauder's glass creations can be found in European museums, especially in Munich and Moritzburg Castle near Halle . A total of 38 specialist articles and book chapters come from Mauder. He died in 1948 of complications from fish poisoning. His son was the glass school teacher and painter Walter Mauder from Zwiesel.

literature

Katrin Schöne-Chotjewitz: The technical school for the glass industry in Zwiesel under the direction of Bruno Mauder . Writings from the Passau Glass Museum. Volume 2, Verlag Rotel-Tours Das Rollende Hotel, Tittling 1997, ISBN 978-3-927218-97-0

Web links

Literature by and about Bruno Mauder in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Katrin Schöne-Chotjewitz: The technical school for the glass industry in Zwiesel under the direction of Bruno Mauder. Writings from the Passau Glass Museum . tape 2 . Verlag Rotel Tours Das Rollende Hotel, Tittling 1997, ISBN 978-3-927218-97-0 , p. 15-18 .

personal data
SURNAME	Mauder, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German glass designer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	July 31, 1948
Place of death	Zwiesel

[:0-1] Katrin Schöne-Chotjewitz: The technical school for the glass industry in Zwiesel under the direction of Bruno Mauder. Writings from the Passau Glass Museum . tape 2 . Verlag Rotel Tours Das Rollende Hotel, Tittling 1997, ISBN 978-3-927218-97-0 , p. 15-18 .