Hermann Stiller

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Hermann Stiller (born November 29, 1850 in Gostyn ; † 1931 ) was a German architect and director of the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts .

Life

Stiller studied at the Berlin Building Academy and was there a. a. Student of Friedrich Adler . In 1875 he received the state award of the academy - presumably for his "design for an art academy". He used the associated bonus for a study trip to Italy in 1876/77 . Between 1878 and 1880 he worked under Wilhelm von Mörner on the planning and execution of the new building for the Reich Justice Office in Berlin, Vossstrasse 4/5. He then took part in the recordings of the excavations in Pergamon , where he worked on the Trajaneum . In 1882 he became director of the commercial drawing school in Kassel, from 1884 to 1903 he was the first director of the newly founded Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf. He then settled in Cologne as a freelance architect .

Stiller was a member of the Düsseldorf Architects and Engineers Association , where he was temporarily deputy chairman. After moving to Cologne, he switched to the local architects and engineers association for Lower Rhine and Westphalia . He became a member of the Association of German Architects (BDA), and the Cologne branch of the BDA later made him an honorary member.

Hermann Stiller was married to Erminia geb. Bumiller . Their daughter Maria married the composer and conductor Rudolf Siegel and was the mother of the composer Ralph Maria Siegel .

plant

Buildings and designs His buildings include various buildings for Reichsbank branches, especially in the Rhine Province :

In addition to the work for the Reichsbank, other Bank buildings from Stiller are known to date.

  • 1895: Competition design for the Hall of Fame in Barmen (motto "Hya Berge romeryke", awarded a 3rd prize)
  • 1900: Bank building for Bergisch-Märkische Bank AG in Duisburg, Claubergstrasse 11
  • 1901–1902: Bank building for Bergisch-Märkische Bank AG in Krefeld, Ostwall 131–135 (today Deutsche Bank)
  • 1910–1912: Bank building for the Kreissparkasse Moers , Goethestrasse (together with Hermann Eberhard Pflaume )

Fonts

  • The Augustus Temple . In: Alexander Conze (ed.): The results of the excavations at Pergamon . Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1880, p. 87-95 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • The Traianeum. (= Antiquities of Pergamon. Volume 5, 2.) de Gruyter, Berlin 1895 ( uni-heidelberg.de ).

literature

  • Stiller, Hermann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 52 (Also referred to here as Hugo Licht's pupil).
  • Hans-Peter Schwanke: Builders with passion and the Renaissance as a model. Life and work of the architect Hermann Stiller with special consideration of his Krefeld buildings. In: The home. Krefeld yearbook. 67, 1996, pp. 139-162.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stiller, Hermann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 52 .
  2. ↑ a b Several sheets in the holdings of the Architekturmuseum der Technische Universität Berlin architekturmuseum.ub.tu-berlin.de .
  3. ^ A b c Hermann Bröckelschen Foundation (ed.): Chronicle of the excavation of Pergamon 1871–1886. From reports and letters from the Humann group . Ardey-Verlag, Dortmund 1963, p. 62.
  4. ↑ Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 32, 1898, No. 28, p. 178.
  5. ^ List of members of the Architects and Engineers Association for Lower Rhine and Westphalia (various years).
  6. ↑ Volker Kühn:  Siegel, Ralph Maria. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 341 ( digitized version ).
  7. ↑ Margit Heinker: The architecture of the German Reichsbank from 1876 to 1918. Dissertation, University of Münster, 1994 (catalog of the buildings)
  8. ↑ A touch of Florence - in Duisburg ( Rheinische Post )
  9. ↑ Article with photo
  10. ↑ Duisburg architecture guide. Duisburg 1994, p.?; Canceled in 2005: Claubergstraße demolition documentation ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.historische-bauwerke.de , accessed on February 26, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.historische-bauwerke.de
  11. ↑ Architecture Guide Krefeld. Krefeld 1996, p.
  12. ↑ www.architektur-bildarchiv.de
  13. ↑ German construction newspaper. 44th year 1910, No. 86, p. 700.
personal data
SURNAME Stiller, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Gostyń
DATE OF DEATH 1931