Wilhelm Thiele (architect)

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Wilhelm Thiele (born July 12, 1873 in Halle an der Saale , † after 1945 possibly in Schliersee ) was a German architect and designer of interior furnishings.

He studied at the Technical University and the School of Applied Arts in Dresden , where he became a member of the Corps Thuringia Dresden . He achieved the rank of government master builder and manufactured a. a. Furniture designs, for example 1903/04 for the administration building of the Ministries for Culture, Justice and the Interior in Dresden, which were made by the Dresden workshops for handicrafts . On April 1, 1907, he became director of the newly founded craft and arts and crafts school in Bielefeld , whose new building he also designed. On October 1, 1912, he moved to the Charlottenburg School of Applied Arts and Crafts as director . From 1921 to the end of 1924 he was director of the Königsberg Art Academy . From 1926 he was head of the teacher training institutes at the State Art School in Berlin.

In 1907 he was one of the co-founders of the Deutscher Werkbund .

literature

  • Report of the Chamber of Commerce in Bielefeld for 1912 , p. 152.
  • Kunstgewerbeblatt NF 24, 1913, p. 20 ( digitized version ).
  • Hans Wichmann: German workshops and WK Association, 1898–1990. Departure to new living . Prestel, Munich 1992, p. 347.
  • Roland Günter: The German Werkbund and its members 1907-2007 . Essen 2009, p. 59, 73, 127.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. Darmstadt 1928, p. 125.
  2. ^ Art Nouveau in Dresden. Departure into the modern age . Wolfratshausen 1999, pp. 216-217 no. 29.
personal data
SURNAME Thiele, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and designer of interior fittings
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle on the Saale
DATE OF DEATH after 1945
Place of death uncertain: Starnberg