Otto Ludwig Kunz
Otto Ludwig Kunz (born December 14, 1904 in Schwäbisch Hall ; † February 9, 1985 in Stuttgart ) was a German painter , designer and architect .
Life
From 1924 to 1928 Kunz studied at the Technical University of Stuttgart and was awarded a Dr.-Ing. PhD . Then he was a lecturer there . From 1931 to 1944 he held a professorship for architecture at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . He later worked temporarily for the Schönwald porcelain factory and Arzberg porcelain . He also designed letterhead and wrapping paper. After the war he was professor of freehand drawing at the Stuttgart State Building School . From 1965 to 1967 he was chairman of the Stuttgarter Künstlerbund .
In 1980 the rose breeder Karl Hetzel named a pink shrub rose after Otto Ludwig Kunz, who had already illustrated an annual flower calendar from 1949, mainly with roses, for the Staehle und Friedel publishing house in Stuttgart. A critic wrote of Kunz's flower pictures: "To banish the magic of a lively, fresh flower onto dry paper, that is a feat [...] Kunz achieves this miracle [...] the eyes of the artist and the beholder see more, than language can express. "
literature
- Andrea Hanold: History of the porcelain industry in Schönwald. 2009, ISBN 978-3-940027-04-7 , p. 167 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuttgart Memorial Day Calendar
- ↑ Baukunstklasse.de
- ↑ Ashtray from 1953, design by Otto Ludwig Kunz
- ↑ design. Fine Arts , Rasch International Artists Collection, undated, undated
- ↑ Anna J. Deylitz: The Künstlerbund Stuttgart from 1898 to today. kuenstlerbund-stuttgart.de, accessed on October 10, 2012.
- ↑ welt-der-rosen.de
- ^ Libreria svizzera , volume 26, part 1, p. 528
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunz, Otto Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, designer and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwäbisch Hall |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1985 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |