Mela Koehler

Melanie Leopoldina Köhler (born November 18, 1885 in Vienna ; † December 15, 1960 in Stockholm ), married. Broman was a painter , graphic artist , illustrator , watercolorist and was an employee of the Wiener Werkstätte .

Life

Mela Köhler went to the Hohenberger Painting School for two years and was trained at the Vienna School of Applied Arts as a student of Koloman Moser and Bertold Löffler . Then she was a freelance artist. Her works were already published during her school education, for example at The Studio . She designed postcards for the Wiener Werkstätte and for the publishers Kohn and Munk, mainly as fashion depictions. She was also an employee of the magazine Wiener Mode and worked for the illustrated fairy tale books of Konegen Verlag. She also created design graphics for Bahlsen . She emigrated to Sweden around 1934 .

She was a painter, graphic artist, illustrator and watercolorist. Mela studied art for two years at the Hohenberger Painting School and from 1908–1912 at the Vienna School of Applied Arts in Vienna with Koloman Moser and Bertold Löffler. She also studied art trips to Paris, Germany and London. After completing her studies, she worked as a freelance artist before moving to the Wiener Werkstätte, where she created postcards, fashion illustrations and fairy tale illustrations.

She worked for the 1916–1917 season at the Hanover Opera, where she created theatrical costumes with Fanny van der Verlde. She moved to Sweden in 1931 and married a year later. She was commissioned to draw costumes for the Oscar Theater in Stockholm and took part in art exhibitions in Liljevalch's art gallery with costume sketches. Her art consists of figure compositions in watercolors and personal portraits of women and children, as well as holiday features. In addition to her own creation, she illustrated books and created postcards with motifs from Fredman's letters as well as drawing costumes for theater and ballet sets. The illustrated Swedish books were Astrid Wigardt's Summer Journey and her own book When Oma Was Little.

In 2018 the Mela-Köhler-Straße in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district, Seestadt Aspern ) was named after her.

• 1908 Exhibition at the Arts and Crafts School, London
• 1909 art show
• In 1910 Mela Koehler designed the "Geisha" print fabric sample, made by G. Ziegler, Vienna; Bremges & G; Finkh & Co <L. Sachs
• 1913 Werkbund exhibition
• 1915 fashion exhibition
• In 1912 Mela Koehler worked for the journal "Die Blaue Laterne"
• In 1912 Mela Koehler received a scholarship from the Museum for Art and Industry in Vienna from the Rothschild Fund to be able to study in Paris> A. Apelt
• In 1913 the artist Hans Strohofer painted Mela Koehler
• In 1916 Mela Koehler worked for the Bahlsen biscuit factory in Hanover with designs for gift packaging, Mela Koehler was a member of the German and Austrian Werkbund
• In 1916 Mela Koehler designed a model for Emelie Flöge
• 1916–17 she worked on stage designs at the opera in Hanover, together with Fanny van der Verlde> A. Apelt
• In 1920 Mela Koehler was in correspondence with the American magazine "Vogue" with Mrs. Chase <A. Apelt
• 1921 works for the Austrian school book publisher
• 1922 freelancer for the Konegens publishing houses, the Kohn brothers, Rosenberger Verlag, Munk Verlag, cards with motifs from Judaism and collaborator for the magazine "Wiener Mode"
• 1926 trip to London to discuss drafts for the planned children's book with poems by Ruth Bedford, "Fairies and Fancies"> A. Apelt
• In 1927 she took part in an exhibition in Budapest.> A. Apelt
• 1927 Correspondence with the director of the Royal Art Academy in Stockholm, Mr. Anselm Schultzberg> A. Apelt
• 1929 appears in collaboration with the Australian writer Ruth Bedford and the publishing house A. & C. Black London this book> A. Apelt
• In 1930 numerous book illustrations appear for the children's book series; Always flexible "Folk tales from all over the world
• 1931 immigration to Sweden, Stockholm> A. Apelt
• 1932 married in Stockholm> A. Apelt
• In 1934 Mela Koehler-Broman worked at the "Oscar" theater in Stockholm, she designed costumes for the play "Der Ball im Savoy", which premiered in Berlin in 1932, and "Oscar theater" in Stockholm in 1934. A. Apelt
• 1934 Exhibition at the Liljevals Konsthall in Stockholm (Ulla) Kohler-Broman, she was accidentally referred to with this name ULLA. <A. Apelt
• In 1935 she illustrated Astrid Wigardh's children's book "Sommarresan", which was published by the Swedish Church ("Svenska kyrkans Diakonistyrelsenes Bokförlag")> A. Apelt
• In 1936 the Albert Bonnier Stockholm publishing house published the children's book "När Mormor var liten" <A. Apelt, this appeared in English-speaking countries under the title "When grandma was a lile girl"> A. Apelt
• In 1937 this book with the text by Jan Struther under the title "When Grandmamma was small" was published by Methuen & Co. in London> A. Apelt
• The book was published by Duell, Sloan & Paerce, New York in 1946.> A. Apelt
• In 1940 Mela Koehler-Broman illustrated cards with motifs from CM Bellman's epistles and Wennerbergsserier for the publishing house "Sagokonst" Stockholm

> Angela Apelt

literature

• G. Fanelli, E. Godoli: Art Nouveau Postcards , Rizzoli, New York 1987, p. 347
• KOEHLER, Mela. In: Günter Formery: The large encyclopedia of postcards: an encyclopedia of the Philokartie , Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 2018, ISBN 978-3-928277-21-1 , p. 178

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Werner J. Schweiger: Wiener Werkstätte. Art and craft 1903-1932 , Weltbild Verlag GmbH, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-86047-211-9 , p. 263
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Mela Koehler, m. Broman. In: Hans Dichand (Ed.), Michael Martischnig: Art Nouveau Postcards , Harenberg Kommunikation GmbH Dortmund, p. 166
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} G. Breuer, J. Meer (Ed.): Women in Graphic Design 1890–2012 , Jovis, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86859-153-8 , pp. 486–487