Gustav Friedrich Scheinpflug

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Gustav Friedrich Scheinpflug (born September 27, 1894 in Frankfurt am Main ; † April 16, 1984 ibid) was a German architect , sculptor , painter and designer .

life and work

After an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker and model maker, Scheinpflug began studying interior design . After the First World War he taught the interior design class at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Frankfurt and became Ferdinand Luthmer's assistant . On January 1, 1919, he became assistant to the sculptor Augusto Varnesi at the Technical University of Darmstadt . From 1924 he got a teaching position at the State School for Art and Crafts in Mainz and later at the Werkkunstschule Offenbach . One of his students was the later master builder of Xanten , Martin Graßnick . In addition, he did various jobs as an architect and sculptor, e.g. B. for the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover , the State Archives Marburg and the University for International Educational Research Frankfurt.

After his retirement in 1953, he worked as a freelance architect and sculptor, among other things in the reconstruction of the Gothic Dominican monastery and the Church of the Holy Spirit in Frankfurt am Main, the construction of the Reconciliation Church in Frankfurt-Griesheim and the church center in Neu-Isenburg- Gravenbruch, design of the suburban coat of arms in the inner courtyard of the Römer , sgraffito in the Evangelical Marienkirche in Frankfurt-Seckbach , coat of arms of the Frankfurter Bank, "soap boiler" on the Mouson house. He participated in the design of tombs for the family of the Grand Dukes of Hesse and the Rhine .

He was also the designer of toasters and coffee machines for Rowenta as well as typewriters for the Frankfurt Adlerwerke . Scheinpflug was a co-founder of the Association of German Architects and Engineers' Associations (VDAI) and a member of the Association of German Architects .

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personal data
SURNAME Scheinpflug, Gustav Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, sculptor, painter and designer
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1984
Place of death Frankfurt am Main