Werkkunstschule Darmstadt
The Werkkunstschule Darmstadt ( WKS ) was a higher technical school in Darmstadt and the forerunner of the design department at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences .
history
On January 1st, 1907, the Grand Ducal Teaching Ateliers for Applied Arts were founded. The school was initiated by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig .
In 1914 the studios ceased operations and were re-established in 1919. In addition, there was also a municipal arts and crafts school in Darmstadt, which ceased operations in 1923.
On February 1, 1947, the municipal training workshops for fine arts - Darmstadt artists' colony were founded. These training workshops were temporarily housed in the wedding tower , in the exhibition halls on Mathildenhöhe , in the Glückert House , in the Oetinger Villa and in the Kranichstein hunting lodge .
On January 1, 1950, the training workshops were renamed the Darmstadt Werkkunstschule and the course was extended to six semesters . In October 1950, the Werkkunstschule moved into the rebuilt studio building at Olbrichtweg 10.
From 1967 the teaching areas photography , industrial design , interior design and advertising graphics were also offered. In 1971 a new building was put into operation on the site of the Werkkunstschule. In the same year, the Werkkunstschule was integrated into the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences as a design department .
Lecturers at the Werkkunstschule (selection)
- Adolf Beyer
- Adolf Diefenbach
- Heinz Habermann
- Hans Hartl
- Willi Hofferbert
- FC Hüffner
- Heinrich Jobst
- Herman Wedge
- Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens
- Helmut Lortz
- Albin Mueller
- Marcel Wilhelm Richter
- Ernst Riegel
- Jakob Julius Scharvogel
- Fritz Schröder
- Fritz Schwarzbeck
- Paul Thesing
literature
- Roland Dotzert among others: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt. Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-8062-1930-2 , p. 982.