Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg

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Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg (born January 29, 1908 in Ulm , † April 12, 1998 in Würzburg ) was a German industrial designer . As a university professor, designer, art historian and author, he made a significant contribution to the professionalization of design after 1945 .

Life

Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg learned the profession of steel engraver from 1922 to 1927 and worked in the silver goods factory Peter Bruckmann & Söhne in Heilbronn in the 1920s .

From 1928 to 1935 he studied painting at the Academy of the Arts in Stuttgart before studying art history in Tübingen from 1935 to 1938 . In 1938 he began his teaching career as a specialist teacher for arts and crafts at the vocational school in Geislingen / Steige. He received his doctorate in Stuttgart in 1939 on the subject of “ Christoph Scheffler , an Asam student . Contributions to his painterly work ” .

After military service from 1939 and many years of imprisonment in Egypt until 1948, he returned to Germany that year. In the same year Braun-Feldweg was appointed as a lecturer for art history, drawing and painting at the State Higher Technical School for the Precious Metals Industry in Schwäbisch Gmünd . In 1950 he took over the management of the “Design and Development of Industrial Products” class. His preferred materials were glass and metal.

In addition to his teaching activities from 1950 to 1957, he wrote a number of specialist books and from 1951 designed glasses and vases for the “Josephinenhütte” in Schwäbisch Gmünd , for the “Hirschberg crystal factory” in Stadtallendorf and WMF in Geislingen an der Steige . He also designed lights, door handles for Wehag (Wilhelm Engstfeld AG) in Heiligenhaus and cutlery for Heimendahl & Keller in Hilden . Both companies are in the Mettmann district .

In 1958 Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg moved to Berlin to the " State University of Fine Arts " and set up the chair for industrial design . He taught there until 1973. In 1976 he opened his own studio in Würzburg, where he created his late paintings.

He died there on April 12, 1998. His daughter Rita (* 1948) is married to Michael Wolffsohn .

Award

The Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg Förderpreis for design-critical texts is named after him . aimed at design students and graduates. The winners' texts are published by Niggli Verlag in the design-critical texts series.

Works (selection)

  • Cutlery design for the companies “Heimendahl und Keller” in Hilden, “Seibel” in Mettmann , “Prinz” in Solingen , “ WMF ” in Geislingen an der Steige ; with series such as E.g .: "Alpha", "Wagenfeld era", "Elite", "Gingo", "Neosil"
  • “Glass jug 'Jagdhaus”, (1955/57), Hirschberg crystal glass factory
  • "Jagdhaus Becher Tobas", Hirschberg crystal glass factory
  • "Crystal glass vase", Hirschberg crystal glass factory
  • "Wedge vase diabolo", WMF
  • "Pendant and wall lights", Mawa Design
  • "Doria lights" as wall lights or with a standing arm

Fonts

  • Metal , Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg, 1950.
  • Metal. Forms of work and working methods A textbook for many professions in manual and industrial metalwork, Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg, 1950.
  • Standards and forms of industrial production , Ravensburg, 1954.
  • Wrought iron and light metal in construction , ironwork and locksmith work, Ravensburg, 1955.
  • Designed environment. House, Space, Werkform , Berlin, 1956.
  • Contributions to design (photo: Döbbelin et al.), Essen, 1960.
  • Miscommunication on creative work in industry , Berlin, 1963.
  • Industrial design today, environment from the factory , Rowohlts Deutsche Enzyklopädie, Reinbek b. Hamburg, 1966.
  • Design, literature, painting , catalog Württemb. State Museum, Stuttgart 1984.
  • Stuttgart Secession exhibitions (1923–1932, 1947) , with Hans D. Mück, Harry Schlichtenmaier, Heinrich Altherr, Otto Borst, Hans J. Imiela, Brigitte Reinhardt, Bert Schlichtenmaier, Walter Rebmann, Harry Schlichtenmeier; Böblingen Municipal Gallery, Schlichtenmaier Grafenau Gallery. Volume 1 and 2, publisher: Grafenau, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, 1. January 1987, ISBN 9783892980094 .

literature

  • Siegfried Gronert (Ed.): Form and Industry: Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg , Frankfurt am Main, 1998.
  • Thomas Heyden: The Havana pendant lights by Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg , Frankfurt am Main, 2001.
  • Xenia Riemann: The work of Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg. Industrial design in Germany after 1945 , Berlin, Free University, dissertation, 2007.
  • Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg Advancement Award and Lars Mayer: Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg Advancement Award 2007 . Texts critical of design, Volume 2. Sustainable Water, December 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg bf-Design, Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg, picture and biography
  2. ↑ Brief portrait of Wilhelm Braun Feldweg
  3. ↑ Design Lexicon International, biography Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg, Königsdorfer Medienhaus, Frechen (René Zey)
personal data
SURNAME Braun-Feldweg, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrial designer
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulm
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1998
Place of death Wurzburg