Georg Kleemann (Designer)

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Georg Kleemann (born December 8, 1863 in Oberwurmbach ; † 1932 in Eutingen an der Enz ) was a German painter , jewelry designer and lecturer at the Pforzheim School of Applied Arts . He created necklaces , earrings and brooches for numerous Pforzheim jewelery manufacturers and was one of the most important designers of Art Nouveau jewelery in Germany.

Life

After completing his school education, Georg Kleemann studied at the Munich School of Applied Arts . After completing his studies, he went to the Spieß studio , which specialized in the design of ceramics, book covers and wallpaper.

Medallion, executed by Victor Mayer (1905)

In 1887 he was appointed a teacher at the grand ducal Baden arts and crafts school in Pforzheim , where he led a design class. In 1900 he published the template book Modern Jewelry with over 100 jewelry designs . He preferred to design colored enamelled , geometric and floral jewelry and hair combs. With his designs he took part in various arts and crafts exhibitions, including the specialist exhibition for jewelry in 1894 in Pforzheim, the 1904 World Exhibition in St. Louis and the 1910 World Exhibition in Brussels .

For well-known Pforzheim jewelry manufacturers - u. a. Levinger & Bissinger , Theodor Fahrner , Victor Mayer , Otto Zahn, Lauer & Wiedmann, Rodi & Wienenberger, Carl Herrmann, Zerenner and Söllner - he delivered numerous jewelry designs. For Victor Mayer, he also designed jewelry that was mass-produced. In addition to jewelry, Kleemann also has designs for silver implements such as picture frames, pocket knives, pocket fittings and umbrella handles.

From 1893 until his retirement in 1928, he was a lecturer at the Pforzheim School of Applied Arts.

Kleemann had lived in a house in the artists' colony of Eutingen , Hohe Steige 4, since 1909 .

After his death, Georg Kleemann's designs were shown at numerous jewelry exhibitions. a. Shown in 2009 in the Bröhan Museum Berlin, in the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe or in the Pforzheim City Archives.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Littmann: The pioneer of the avant-garde. Pforzheim's jewelry professors . In: Pforzheimer Zeitung . Pforzheim May 19, 2012 ( manufakturelle-schmuckgestaltung.de [PDF]).
  2. ↑ Ulrike von Hase-Schmundt: Jewelry in Germany and Austria, 1895-1914. Symbolism, art nouveau, neo-historicism . Prestel, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7913-0385-6 , pp. 107 ff .
  3. ↑ a b c Brigitte Leonhardt, Dieter Zühlsdorff: Theodor Fahrner. Jewelry between avant-garde and tradition. Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s . Arnold, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-89790-225-7 , pp. 109 ff .
  4. ↑ Gottfried Stoffers: The German department of the world exhibition . M. Dumont Schauberg, Cologne 1910, p. 23 .
  5. ^ Herbert Mohr-Mayer: Victor Mayer (1857-1946). "Social, humorous and creative". Life and work of a Pforzheim jewelry manufacturer . Verlag Regionalkultur, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89735-511-8 , p. 56 f .
  6. ↑ a b artist colony in Eutingen. Praiseworthy Singer Society of 1501, accessed June 13, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Art Nouveau jewelry from Pforzheim. Art industry around 1900. Bröhan Museum, 2008, accessed on June 11, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Joanna Flawia Figiel: Art Nouveau on the Upper Rhine. Art and life without limits. Catalog for the special exhibition of the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe April 18 - August 9, 2009. Braun, Karlsruhe 2009, ISBN 978-3-7650-8510-9 .
personal data
SURNAME Kleemann, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art nouveau jewelry designer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberwurmbach
DATE OF DEATH 1932
Place of death Eutingen an der Enz