Gerhard Kadow
Gerhard Kadow (born December 21, 1909 in Uelzen ; † June 22 or 23, 1981 in Krefeld ) was a German painter , graphic artist and textile artist.
Kadow studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau with Kandinsky and Paul Klee in the 1920s . After an apprenticeship as a weaver, he became a "Bauhaus master". He then worked for several Dutch hand-weaving mills, then he made work in his own workshop in his hometown of Uelzen. He then worked as a freelance textile designer in Berlin until 1938.
From 1938, Kadow headed the class for artistic weaving and print design at the Higher Technical College for the Textile Industry ( called Textile Engineering School since 1944 ) in Krefeld . From 1949 he was a member of the " New Rhenish Secession ". In 1950 Kadow became head of the preliminary course and the textile design class at the Werkkunstschule Krefeld (today's Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences ). From 1967 Kadow was appointed professor at the Cologne Werkschulen , where he taught until 1974.
His oeuvre, which was shaped by the Bauhaus, includes oil paintings, drawings, wall paintings, designs for everyday objects made of porcelain, weaving art and glass painting.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Kadow in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kadow, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and textile artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uelzen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1981 or June 23, 1981 |
| Place of death | Krefeld |