Marlene Moeschke-Poelzig

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Sculptural lamps in the foyer of the Großer Schauspielhaus, Berlin.

Marlene Moeschke-Poelzig (* October 22, 1894 in Hamburg as Helene Gertrud Martha Moeschke ; † March 14, 1985 there ) was a German sculptor and architect .

After training as a sculptor at the Hamburg School of Applied Arts (1914-1916) and working at the Munich School of Applied Arts in 1916/1917, she received a studio grant from the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin in 1917/1918 . At an event organized by the Berlin Secession in the spring of 1918, she met the architect Hans Poelzig , with whom she was to have a close and artistically very fruitful partnership until his death in 1936. The artist couple also shared their passion for film and theater . In 1924 Marlene Moeschke became Hans Poelzig's second wife.

Since 1918, Marlene Moeschke has been working on both sculptural and craft projects, on tombs and furniture designs. In 1919 she played a key role in converting a former Berlin market hall into a large theater for Max Reinhardt . In 1920/1921 she founded the construction studio Poelzig together with Hans Poelzig .

In 1923 the first of the couple's three children was born. In 1930 the family moved into the studio and residential building designed by Marlene Moeschke-Poelzig at Tannenbergallee 28, Berlin-Westend . The house has an enclosed area for the children. In 1990 the Berlin State Monuments Office decided against a monument protection for the house because it had been redesigned too heavily in 1954. In April 2020, a petition was started on change.org to save the house from the impending demolition and for inclusion in the Berlin list of monuments .

Moeschke-Poelzig was also involved to a large extent in the design of the interior design of the Haus des Rundfunks . The most famous part that has survived to this day are the lamps in the foyer.

The lamps in the foyer of the Haus des Rundfunks

After Hans Poelzig's death in 1936, she continued the construction studio on her own for a while. In 1937 she had to dissolve this under pressure from the NSDAP . She sold her house, left Berlin and lived in Hamburg again for the last part of her life.

After Poelzig's death in 1936, Veit Harlan bought the property. Because the building has been rebuilt several times, it is not subject to monument protection . It is to be demolished.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth register StA Hamburg 21, No. 2761/1894
  2. ↑ Death register StA Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, No. 531/1985
  3. ^ S .: House Poelzig in Berlin-Westend. Built by Marlene Poelzig. In: interior decoration. Vol. 42, 1931, pp. 314-322 ( digitized version ).
  4. ^ House of Hans and Marlene Poelzig, Tannenbergallee 28, Berlin-Westend (13 works), 1930. In: artnet. Retrieved December 6, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Tagesspiegel, April 9, 2020: Poelzig-Villa is about to be demolished
  6. ^ Fritz Lothar Büttner: Das Haus des Rundfunks in Berlin . 1965, p. 28 .
  7. ^ Author Daniel Bartetzko: Villa Poelzig is being demolished. In: ModerneREGIONAL. March 5, 2020, accessed on April 11, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Moeschke-Poelzig, Marlene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moeschke, Marlene (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1985
Place of death Hamburg