Kunsthochschule Kassel

Kunsthochschule Kassel
founding	1777, 1946, 1971, 2000
Sponsorship	state
place	kassel
state	Hesse
country	Germany
Rector	Joel Baumann
Students	783 WS 2012/13
Website	www.kunsthochschule-kassel.de

The Kunsthochschule Kassel is a college for fine arts in Kassel . The university is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Kassel . The first art academy was founded in Kassel as early as 1777 and existed until 1931. The college has existed in its current form since 2000 and is located on the edge of the Kassel Karlsaue .

history

Kassel Art Academy

First seat of the academy in Bellevue Palace , painted by Louis Kolitz

Art Academy Kassel 1912

After the Seven Years' War (1756 to 1763), Friedrich II , Landgrave of Hessen-Cassel, began to set up industry and manufacture in Hessen and brought artists and scholars to Kassel. On October 18, 1777, he released the "Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture de Cassel" from the Collegium Carolinum and in 1779 opened the Fridericianum as one of the first public museums on the European continent. In the same year the academy got its first statute, in which the role of art promotion still outweighed that of teaching. Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1772–1789) was co-founder and teacher of painting .

The change to the art school took place in 1838 after responsibility for the academy was transferred to the government in 1832. Towards the end of the 19th century, academic teaching separated more and more from training in commercial art. An own arts and crafts school was established. Essential aspects here were training as an art teacher and the introduction of the first workshops.

In the 1920s, the academy also introduced workshops to do justice to the increasing importance of craftsmanship in art. The attempt of the Prussian government to merge the academy and the arts and crafts school failed. After the academy closed in 1931, its buildings were destroyed in 1943 by British aerial bombs during World War II. After the NSDAP seized power in 1933, the arts and crafts school was transformed into the “State Master School for German Crafts”.

New foundation and comprehensive university in Kassel

North building of the Kunsthochschule Kassel

After the war, both the arts and crafts school (1946) were reopened under the name “School for Crafts and Art”, later “Werkkunstschule”, and the academy (1947) under the name “Werkakademie”. In 1960 this became the "State University of Fine Arts". Thanks to the patronized position of the professor and documenta founder Arnold Bode , after his success in 1962, it was expanded to include the didactic interpretation of practice and application within the Kassel school . During this time, the Werkkunstschule achieved a good reputation under the director Jupp Ernst . In 1962 they moved to a new building by Paul Friedrich Posenenske on the edge of the Karlsaue. In 1968 the State University followed in a building in the immediate vicinity. Two years later the so-called "University of Fine Arts" merged.

In 1971 the Kassel University was founded and all similar institutions in Kassel and Witzenhausen were integrated into the new university. Initially, in the founding phase of the “University of Fine Arts”, the organizational units 04 design theory, 05 painting / sculpture, 06 architecture / landscape architecture, 07 graphic design, 08 industrial design and 09 art studies. In 1977 the OE architecture / landscape architecture moved from Karlsaue to Holländischer Platz. This heralded the separation of architecture from the other artistic / design subjects, although some areas of architecture remained at Karlsaue until the end of the 1990s.

During the development phase in 1978, departments were formed from the organizational units: FB 10 Art and FB 11 Design (as of the course catalog of the SS 1979). The architecture / landscape architecture unit has already been merged with the architecture unit of the former university of applied sciences (the engineering school) and the architecture, urban planning, landscape planning unit has become the architecture unit 12 and the urban planning unit 13 landscape planning. These two faculties were incorporated into the University of Kassel as study area I and later into the University of Kassel as FB 06 ASL - architecture, urban planning, landscape planning outside the art college. The artistic / design area lost landscape / architecture, even if the interdisciplinary collaboration continued for a long time.

During this time, the Technical Center was founded as an interdisciplinary unit, which unites workshops and laboratories, especially for students of artistic and design courses. Spatially, perceptibly and as a lively school, the “HbK” still existed in the old buildings on Karlsaue, while the growing comprehensive university filled several locations and the new, central campus on Holländischer Platz.

The university stood out over the years as a "university for fine arts" through experimentalism, especially in architecture and openness. The protagonist of this phase is the "earth building pope" Gernot Minke , who aggressively succeeded in combining targeted discussion and applied practice. Also Eberhard Fiebig was a representative of this phase until the late 1980s. During this time, the school developed its own, integrated system of presentation and communication. At the same time, Lucius Burckhardt , socio-economist and urban planner, who for many years cultivated open space and walking studies, is a representative of this time, even if he belongs to the department of architecture, urban planning, landscape planning.

In the 1980 summer semester, the artistic / design area was transformed into the three departments FB 22 Art, FB 23 Visual Communication and FB 24 Product Design (counting initially FB 10 / 1–3). This structure was maintained for 20 years until the late 1990s.

University and way to art college

In the 1990s, the Kassel University went from the build-up to the consolidation phase. This was accompanied by tight funding, which fell short of expectations, particularly in terms of jobs. The university management now focused on the concentration of the departments. At the same time, the discussion on the formation of profiles and the presentation of universities began in the university landscape. The University of Kassel (GHK) initially renamed itself to the University of Kassel (UGK) in 1993 and later to the University of Kassel in 2003. The artistic faculties wanted to be able to present and assert themselves better as the Kassel art college. At the end of the 90s, a commission was set up to prepare the Kassel Art College. Finally, in 2000, the departments 22 art (fine arts, art studies, art education), 23 visual communication and 24 product design were combined into FB 20 as a semi-autonomous department. This was granted the right to a rector. The official name was "Kassel Art College in the University of Kassel". Reiner Kallhardt became the founding rector , Karin Stempel was elected first rector in 2004, followed by Christian Philipp Müller in 2011. In 2013 Joel Baumann became rector of the art college.

Course offer

courses

The Kunsthochschule Kassel offers the following courses:

• Art education (elementary, secondary and secondary school, grammar school)
• Art studies
• Visual arts
• Product design (industrial design, furniture and exhibition design, system design, textile design )
• Visual communication (majors: animation, film and moving images, film and television, photography, games, illustration and comics, new media, editorial design, theory and practice of visual communication)

workshops

The Kunsthochschule Kassel offers interdisciplinary workshops in addition to the course-specific facilities. In doing so, she continues traditions such as that of the Bauhaus to constructively combine technical and artistic skills.

• Photo workshop
• Wood workshop
• Plastic workshop
• Study workshop for books and paper
• Study workshop printing and print design
• Study workshop for digital media
• Study workshop ceramics
• Study workshop metal
• Study workshop model making
• Serigraphy study workshop
• Textile study workshop
• Study workshop for cartoon and animation films
• Typography study workshop
• Original graphic workshops

Partner universities

The Kunsthochschule Kassel maintains exchange programs with the following universities:

• University of Art and Design Helsinki (Finland)
• École Superieure d'Art de Grenoble (France)
• University of Portsmouth - Art and Design (Great Britain)
• Glasgow School of Art (Great Britain)
• Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
• Academy of Fine Arts "Jan Matejko" , Krakow (Poland)
• Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon (Portugal)
• University of Art and Design , Basel (Switzerland)
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
• Universidad Europea de Madrid (Spain)
• Universidad de Salamanca (Spain)
• Universitat de València (Spain)
• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
• Sichuan Fine Arts Institute , Chongqing (China)
• University of Macau (China)
• Kyoto Seika University (Japan)

Personalities

A. Albert Aereboe , 1919–1926, professor Sinan Akkuş , 1994-2000, student Karl Allöder , 1920–1922, student Peter Angermann , 1992-1993, professor Mo Asumang , 1985-1990, student Hamdi el Attar , 1978–199 ?, Professor B. Carl Bantzer , 1918–1923, director Hamid Baroudi , 1984-1988, student Paul Baum , 1918–1924, professor Joel Baumann , professor since 2003 Karl Begas , 1889–189? Professor Carl Hans Bernewitz , 1903–1923, professor Julius Bien , 1840s, student Karl Oskar Blase , 1966–1992, professor Georg Blass , 1933–38, Director of the State Master School for German Crafts Peter Blum , student until 1991 Manfred Bluth , 1974–1991, professor Arnold Bode , 1919–1924, student; 1948–1961, professor Hedwig Bollhagen , 1924–1925, student Ayzit Bostan , professor since 2012 August Bromeis , 1867–1881, professor Andreas Bunte , student until 1993 Georg Burmester , 1917–1930, professor Georg Bussmann , 1980–1993, professor Michael Buthe , 1964–1965, student Gerhard Büttenbender , student until 1965 C. Dieter Crumbiegel , 1957–1961, student D. Hans Dehlinger , 1980-2004, professor Stefan Demary , 2007–2010, professor Gunter Demnig , 1971–1980, student Helfrich Dern , student before 1914 Heinrich Dersch ,? –1912 and 1917, student Carl Döbel , 1920s, student Günter Dohr , 1958–1962, student Jiří Georg Dokoupil , 1994–1996, professor Hendrik Dorgathen , professor since 2003 Paul Driessen , 1985-2005, professor Friedrich Peter Drömmer , 1913–1914, student E. Holger Ernst , 1994–2001, student Jupp Ernst , director of the Werkkunstschule Hans Everding , 189? –189 ?, student F. Hans Fähnle , 1925–1926, student Eberhard Fiebig , 1974–1995, professor Mechthild Frisch , 1965–1968, student Annika Frye , 2004–2011, student Hardy Fischer , 1993-2014, professor G Christof Gassner , 199? –200 ?, Professor Oliver Gerke , 2004–2009, student Rolf Gerner , 1961–1963, student Heiner Georgsdorf 1973-2005, professor Gisela Getty 1968–1972, student Fritz Gils , 1926–1930, student Horst Gläsker , 1998-2004, professor Gabriele Franziska Götz , professor since 2008 Ludwig Emil Grimm , 1832-18 ??, professor Murat Günak , 197? –198 ?, student H Hans Haacke , 1956–1960, student Wolfgang Hahn , 1976–1981, student; 1985–1988, artistic assistant Gertrud von Hassel , student between 1928 and 1933 Karl Hassenpflug , 1824–1890, professor Mathilde ter Heijne , professor since 2011 Wilhelm Heise , 1912–1914/15, student Dörte Helm , 1915–1918, student Johann Werner Henschel , around 1800, student Stephan Hirzel , 1948–1965, director of the Werkakademie, renamed from 1960 to "State University of Fine Arts" Georg Hoeltje , from 1957, lecturer Ulrich Holbein , student from 1976–1982 Alfons Holtgreve , 1977–1982, student Lorenz Humburg , 1906–1994, student Johann Erdmann Hummel , 1782–1790, student Ludwig Hummel , professor and director from 1825 Andreas Hykade , professor since 2005 I. Eduard Ihlée , teacher in 1872, professor from 1875 J Heinrich Christoph Jussow , 1778–1781 student; 1781–1 ??? Professor; director K Siglinde Kallnbach 1976–1983, student Reiner Kallhardt , 1956–1958, student; 1970-2002, professor; 2000–2004 rector Thomas Kapielski 1990–1991, professor Jochen Kastrup , 197 ?, student; 1992-2015, professor Werner Kausch , 1973-19 ??, professor Harald Kimpel , 1970–1975, student Martin Kippenberger , 1990-1992, professor Georg Koch , professor 1880–1899 Harry Kramer , 1970-1992, professor Helmut Krauch , 1972–1992, professor Guido Kühn , 1989–1994, student, 1996–1998, lecturer Günter Kupetz , 1971–1973, professor Sigrid Kupetz , 1976–1991, professor Matthias Kutschke , around 1981, student

L. Peter Lakotta , 1955–1960, student Wolfgang Lauenstein , 198? –1988, student Christoph Lauenstein , 198? –1988, student Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves , 1804–1807, student Kurt Lehmann , 1924–1929, student Hans Leistikow , 1948–1959, professor Jan Lenica , 1979–1985, professor Karl Leyhausen , 1919–1925, student Max Lieberg , from 1875, student Urs Lüthi , 1994–2014, professor Nils Loof , 1993-1999, student Hermann Lüer , 1914–19 ?? (1931 at the latest), director of the Kunstgewerbeschule M. Gordian Maugg , 1987-1993, student Bjørn Melhus , professor since 2003 Hans Meyer-Kassel , 1912–1915, professor Tyron Montgomery , 1991-1998, student Pitt Moog , 1952-1958, student Pit Morell , 1958-1960, student Christian Philipp Müller , 2011–2013, Rector; since 2013, professor N Johann August Nahl the Elder , 1777–1781, professor Emil Neumann , student after 1867; 1891-1903, professor Floris Michael Neusüss , 1972-2002, professor Werner Nöfer , 1970/71, guest lecturer O Ernst Odefey , 1912–1919, lecturer Hans Olde , 1911–1917 ???, director of the Kassel Art Academy Nicolaus Ott , 1998–2012, professor Teo Otto , student 1923–1927 P Ursula Panhans-Bühler , professor 1997–2012 Herbert Paschen , 198? –1998, honorary professor Ernst Penzoldt , 1913–1914, student Bernhard Prinz , professor since 2004 Walter Popp (ceramist) , 1954–1977, lecturer Q Konrad Quillmann 1957–1961, student R. Peter Raacke , 1958–1961, lecturer Norbert Radermacher , professor since 1992 Gunter Rambow , 1974-1991, professor Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Robert , 1793–183 ?, Professor Marie-Louise von Rogister , 1920–1924, student, 1959–1968, lecturer Ernst Röttger , 1939–196 ?, teacher and professor Johann Christian Ruhl , around 1800-18 ??, professor Julius Eugen Ruhl , 1814-1821, student Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl , around 1808, student; 1832-1840, professor; 1840–1867, director S. Olaf Saumer , 1999–2007, student Hans Sautter , 1919–1931, professor; 1931–1933, director of the arts and crafts school Karl Schaper , student after 1947 Albert Schindehütte , 1956–1959, student Christina Schindler , 1981–1986, student Wilhelm Schlote , 1968–1972, student Wolfgang Schmidt , around 1950, student Martin Schmitz , professor since 2013 Dierk Schmidt , professor since 2017 Paul Schneider , 1948–1951, student Rob Scholte , 1993-1998, professor Kornelia Scholz , around 1981, student Alf Schuler , 1989–2011, professor Gernot Schwaiger , around 1970s, student Antje Siebrecht , 1979–1985, student Florian Slotawa , professor since 2011 Horst Sommerlatte , until 1966, student, 1977–2005, professor Johannes Spehr , since 2004 (?), Professor Richard Sprick , 1921-1923, student Wolfram Spyra , - 1992, student Tom Sommerlatte , 1997–201 ?, honorary professor Bernhard Stein , 1998–2015, professor Thomas Stellmach , 198? –199 ?, student Karin Stempel , 2004–2010, rector Daniel Stieglitz , 2000-2008, student Rainhardt Stulz , 1986–199 ?, Professor Robert Sturm , 1956–1962, student T Johann Heinrich Tischbein , 1777-17 ??, professor V Alfred Vocke , 1923–1933, professor Maria Elisabeth Vogel , 1777–1780 student, 1780 honorary member of the academy Oliver Vogt , professor since 2006 Manfred Vosz , 1972-2014, professor W. Horst Wackerbarth , 197? -197 ?, student Arno Waldschmidt 1956–1959, student Carl Heinz Wienert , 1948–1953, student Fritz Winter , 1955–1970, professor Adolf Winkelmann , 1965–1968, student, 1970–1972, guest lecturer Jutta Winkelmann , 1968–1972, student Curt Witte , 1916–1932, professor; 1925–1932, director X Miao Xiaochun , 1995-1999, student Y Mona Yahia , 1986-1992, student Z Justus Heinrich Zusatz , student, teacher from 1809 and professor from 1832

Founding of the Kassel art college

• Kassel Realism , school for realistic painting
• Kassel school of poster art, book and magazine graphics , one style
• Kassel School for Ceramics , a ceramic school
• Kassel film collective , artist collective , founded by students at the Kassel art college
• Werkstatt Rixdorfer Drucke , Albert Schindehütte and Arno Waldtschmidt were trained at the Kassel Art College
• Jawoll , band of the Neue Deutsche Welle , founded at the Kassel Art Academy

Varia

• The Oscar- winning short films Balance by the brothers Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein (1989) and Quest by Thomas Stellmach and Tyron Montgomery (1996) were made at the Kunsthochschule Kassel .

Web links

Commons : Kunsthochschule Kassel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Kunsthochschule Kassel
• deboor.de Private website on the academy's early history

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Statistical Office: Number of students by type of university, state and university, WS 2012/13, pp. 66–113 (accessed on November 3, 2013)
2. ↑ “The Art School in Historical Review”. Accessed on January 21, 2014.
3. ↑ "From the organizational units to the departmental structure", organizational history of the University of Kassel , accessed on January 21, 2014.
4. ↑ Karin Stempel can now be appointed as a temporary professor and take up her post as rector ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release 17/2000 of February 24, 2000 from the University of Kassel  
5. ↑ Kunsthochschule: Christian Philipp Müller is designated rector , HNA from July 5, 2001
6. ↑ Biography from p. 4 in "Marie-Louise von Rogister: a retrospective" , Kunstverein Buchholz, 2014

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