Willi Max Scheid

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Willi Max Scheid (* 21st December 1889 in Koblenz ; † 28. October 1932 in Pforzheim ) was a German architect , commercial artist and university lecturer at the Baden School of Applied Arts Pforzheim .

Life

Willi Max Scheid began studying medicine at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg in the summer semester of 1910 . In the winter semester of 1911/1912, he changed his subject according to his inclinations and went to study architecture at the Technical University of Karlsruhe .

After the First World War , Scheid first passed the first state examination in building construction. He embarked on a career as a construction clerk and passed the second state examination after his legal clerkship . In June 1923 he was appointed government master builder ( assessor in the public building administration). As an assessor, he initially worked as a lecturer at the Badische Kunstgewerbeschule Pforzheim, where he was appointed professor in 1930.

Scheid's artistic interest was particularly in commercial graphics. He was a member of the German Werkbund .

Scheid was a member of the student associations KDStV Ripuaria Freiburg and the KDStV Normannia Karlsruhe as well as an honorary member of the KDStV Black Forest Karlsruhe.

Works (selection)

  • Postcard for the 49th CV Cartel meeting in Metz in 1913
  • Linocut for the inauguration of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations
  • Memorial plaque for the 26 members of the KDStV Ripuaria Freiburg who died in World War I (around 1924), in the foyer of Schlierbergstrasse 15 in Freiburg im Breisgau
  • Postcard for the 25th anniversary of the Koblenz CV holiday association Confluentia (August 1925)
  • Illustrations (vignettes) for the book Heimatstrauß by Heinrich Gassert
  • Title graphic of the Academia (monthly of the CV of the German Catholic student associations) from 1926 to 1928 (38th and 39th year)
  • Poster for the 68th General Assembly of German Catholics in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1929
  • Badge "68. General Assembly of German Catholics Freiburg i./Br. Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 1929 "(embossed sheet metal, with needle, in the form of a tiara)

Fonts

  • Writing in metal with examples. In: The contemporary font, study books for font and design , booklet 19 (1931).

literature

  • August Ganter: Willi Max Scheid (RFb, Nm, Sch hc) in memory. In: Academia, monthly of the CV of the German Catholic Student Associations , Volume 45, No. 8 (from December 15, 1932), pp. 229–230.
  • Stefan Schmitz: The suburb of Ripuaria Freiburg 1913/14. In: Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the KDStV Ripuaria zu Freiburg im Breisgau 1899–1999. Coesfeld 1999, pp. 49-62 (pp. 54, 57 and 62).
  • Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: Lexicon of CV and ÖCV connections. Association for German Student History, Würzburg 1997, p. 241 and p. 525.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 43, 1923, No. 57/58 (from July 18, 1923), p. 348.
  2. ^ Die Form, Zeitschrift für gestaltende Arbeit , 5th year 1930, issue 15 (from August 1, 1930), after p. 412 (under the heading Communications of the Deutscher Werkbund ?)
  3. ↑ Figure
  4. ^ Academia, monthly of the CV of the Catholic German student associations , 26th year, issue 7 (from November 15, 1913) (illustration)
  5. ^ Heinrich Gassert: Heimatstrauß. Badenia AG, Karlsruhe 1926.
personal data
SURNAME Scheid, Willi Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, commercial artist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1932
Place of death Pforzheim