Ernest Igl

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Ernest Igl , actually Ernest Hofmann , (born February 6, 1920 in Prague , † April 2, 2001 in Davos ) was a German graphic artist , painter and designer .

Life

Ernest Igl, real name Hofmann, graduated from the commercial academy in Karlsbad in 1938 and then attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and the Academy of Applied Arts in Munich . After the war he worked as a draftsman and graphic artist in Munich. He enjoyed a high reputation as one of the first illustrators at major school book publishers and distinguished himself as an internationally sought-after industrial designer. In 1962 Ernest Hofmann Igl moved to Rosenheim, at the age of 60 he retired to Sylt. He died in Davos in 2001.

Works

Sparrow, bronze by Ernest Igl

In the beginning there were the new school books designed by the artist Ernest Igl, then came the handicrafts in all materials. From these successes, the design ability grew in small-scale industry, packaging design of branded goods and patent developments up to body shaping for commercial vehicles such as excavators, loading wagons, forklifts, road rollers, caterpillars, combine harvesters and tractors. The work extended to 20 industries for companies in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands, USA and France.

The artist was not a designer. Supported only by craftsmen, he designed and manufactured models up to a size of 10 m in a 400 m² studio. Its principle: to reduce ideas from three-dimensionality to two-dimensional flatness through unwinding, in order to then transform them into three-dimensional messages through new deformation - as a synthesis of the analysis. With a commercial training and graduation from the Karlovy Vary Commercial Academy, commercial ideas of industrial design were no stranger to him. In 1970, on an artistic mission, he designed the legendary 'igl jet' desk as a revolution against "a furniture style prescribed by woodworking machines - smooth, angular, pompous, aggressive and repulsive." A patent pending for this desk has been filed in the USA. The desk was z. B. years ahead of its time in terms of ergonomics: bevelled edge on the seat side. The igl jet was reissued in 2008 and is made according to the original dimensions in a limited edition in Upper Bavaria. Both then and now there are few tables that surpass the igl jet in terms of exclusivity.

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Ernest Igl was an all-rounder in industrial design. Work for Werndl was followed by jobs in mechanical engineering (Linde forklifts), the shoe industry (Romica), lighting (Hillebrand) and household goods (dishes)

Due to his versatile work approaches as a graphic artist, painter, stage designer and sculptor, he became a successful all-rounder with a broad approach to new ideas.

Exhibitions

  • Plastic "Commemoration of the Dead" in the tower of St. Severin - Church in Keitum on Sylt
  • Art object "Defiant head" at the Soehrewald elementary school
  • "Kunsthaus" Iglson, 4 1/2 house of the artist in Davos, where he lived until his death, with works of art throughout his creative period, can be rented for holidays, educational trips or conferences

Honors and memberships

  • Member of the Sudeten German Academy

literature

  • Flight attempts , "Money through design, recreation through art, commitment to sculpture, that was my success." Autobiography, ISBN 9783833580017

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From attempted form to cult object
  2. ↑ U.S. Pat. 3658397
  3. ↑ Soehrewald Primary School  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.schulserver.hessen.de  
  4. ↑ Davos holiday apartments
  5. ^ Sudeten German Academy
personal data
SURNAME Igl, Ernest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofmann, Ernest (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist, painter and designer
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 2001
Place of death Davos