Edmund May
Alwin Heinrich Edmund May (born November 13, 1876 in Berlin ; † February 28, 1956 in Munich ) was a German architect .
May, son of a businessman, studied architecture in Berlin and Munich after graduating from high school. From 1905 he headed the studio of Alfred Messel , with whom he designed the Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria infant home . In 1909 he opened his own studio in Berlin, where he created several public buildings. In 1915 he was transferred to the Kgl. Konigsberg School of Applied Arts , which he redesigned and furnished. During the First World War May was involved in the rebuilding of destroyed cities in East Prussia .
1934 retired for political reasons ahead of schedule, he moved to Stuttgart and 1950 back to Munich, where he was for some years a writer operated.
May was the brother of the painter Bruno May (1880–1959). Since 1907 May was married to Klara Mathilde Bertha Anna Walther, the daughter of a prop master at the Weimar court theater.
literature
- Ulrich Baltzer: Edmund May Königsberg . In: Decorative art, illustrated magazine for applied arts, vol. 32 = vol. 27, 1923/24, pp. 233–239 ( digitized version ).
- May, Edmund . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 291 .
- Dead in our homeland: Professor Edmund May †. In: The Ostpreußenblatt. Vol. 7 (1956) No. 11 (March 17, 1956), p. 13 ( online ; PDF; 9.1 MB).
Web links
- May, Edmund in the Allgemeine Künstlerlexikon Online (subscription access via De Gruyter Online)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth register StA Berlin V a, No. 5460/1876
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. Flechsig, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
- ↑ Marriage register StA Berlin IV b, No. 891/1907
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | May, Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1956 |
| Place of death | Munich |