Union of Art
The art union was a union in the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB). It was founded on September 27, 1949 in Frankfurt am Main as a so-called cartel union , in which the individual member unions remained legally independent, but represented certain interests together.
The union was initially based in the Hamburg union building at Besenbinderhof , later it was relocated to the respective headquarters of the DGB federal executive committee. When it was founded in 1949, it initially belonged to five professional associations from the fields of visual and performing arts :
- German Musicians Association, based in Düsseldorf
- Cooperative of German Stage Members , based in Hamburg
- International Artist Lodge , based in Hamburg
- Protection Association of Visual Artists, based in Munich
- Professional association of journalists and writers (from 1951 part of the IG Druck und Papier )
On September 30, 1950, it had 43,277 members. In 1952, the Rundfunk-Union and the Union of Filmmakers - later merged to form the Rundfunk-Fernseh-Film-Union (RFFU) - became independent associations in the Art Union. In the 1970s, other professional associations were added, such as the "Union of Music Educators and Performing Artists" (GDMK), the professional group "Jazz / Rock / Pop / improvised music" and the "Federal Association of Trade Union Associations of Visual Artists" (BGBK).
In the 1980s there was an ever closer cooperation with the IG Druck und Papier : In 1985, both formed the IG Medien - Printing and Paper, Journalism and Art, initially as a cartel union, which was finally converted into a member union in 1989. The Cooperative of German Stage Members , however, did not go along this path, but resigned from the art union in 1984 and joined the German employee union , which at that time was still operating outside the DGB .
In the GDR there was also an art union , which in March 1990 took on the name of the art, culture and media union , but dissolved on October 31, 1990. Its members joined the Federal German IG Medien. This in turn went into the United Service Union (ver.di) in 2001 .
Chairperson
- 1949–1954: Willi Feldmann (chairman of the International Artist Lodge )
- 1954–1962: Heinrich Wüllner
- 1962–1966: Victor de Kowa
- 1966–1973: Wolfgang Windgassen
- 1973–1980: Otto Sprenger
- 1980–1989: Alfred Horné
Web links
- The beginnings of the art union after 1945 on verdi.de
- Later history of the art union and IG Medien on verdi.de
- Articles of Association for the Art of the DGB (1985)
literature
- Schuster, Dieter: The Art Union In: Helga Zoller, Dieter Schuster (eds.): Yesterday and today become tomorrow - to the work - the way is still a long way, but it is worth it. Ed .: Industry union media - printing and paper, journalism and art on the occasion of its 125th anniversary., Weinmann, Stuttgart 1992, pp. 193-211