The Arbeitsrat für Kunst was a union of architects, painters, sculptors and art writers, who were based in Berlin from 1918 to 1921. It developed as a response to the Workers and Soldiers councils and was dedicated to bringing current developments and tendencies in architecture and art to a broader population.
The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the product of a merger between the famous Dresden Art Academy, founded in 1764, the workplace and training ground of a number of influential European artists, and another well-established local art school, Hochschule für Werkkunst Dresden, after World War II.
The Prussian Academy of Arts was a state arts academy first established in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and later king in Prussia.
The Braunschweig University of Art is the second largest College of Fine Arts in Germany.
The Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule München was founded October 1, 1868 in Maxvorstadt, Munich after a formal decision of King Maximilian II of Bavaria dated June 29, 1868. Along with the Munich Academy of Fine Arts and the Nuremberg School of Arts and Crafts, founded 1854, it was the most important artistic training institution in Bavaria, especially under the direction of Richard Riemerschmid from 1913 to 1924.
The Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg is the University of Fine Artsof Hamburg. It dates to 1767, when it was called the Hamburger Gewerbeschule; later it became known as Landeskunstschule Hamburg. The main building, located in the Uhlenhorst quarter of Hamburg-Nord borough, was designed by architect Fritz Schumacher, and built between 1911 and 1913. In 1970, it was accredited as an artistic-scientific university.
Karin Sander is a German conceptual artist. She lives and works in Berlin and Zurich.
Heinrich Franz Gaudenz von Rustige was a German painter specializing in historical subjects and genres.
Erich Consemüller was a German photographer and architect who studied and taught at Bauhaus art school. He worked alongside the photographer Lucia Moholy documenting life at the Bauhaus.
Elsa Thiemann was a German photographer and former Bauhaus student. She also designed wallpaper based on photograms.
Wilhelm Siegfried Kurt von Debschitz was a German painter, interior designer, craftsman, art teacher and founding director of an influential art school in Munich.
Wolfgang Kermer is a German art historian, artist, art educator, author, editor, curator of exhibitions, art collector and professor. From 1971 to 1984 he was repeatedly elected Rector of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart and thus the first scientific and at the same time youngest teacher in this position in the history of the university. Under his rectorate, the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart was reformed in 1975 and 1978 on the base of two new university laws of the State of Baden-Württemberg and thus, for the first time in its history, authorized to set up diplomas for all courses. One of the accents of his work was the promotion of talented graduates of the academy: In 1978 he organized the first of the so-called ″debutant exhibitions″, an ″unconventional contribution to the promotion of young people″, supported financially by the State of Baden-Württemberg.
Richard Graul was a German art historian and museum curator.
Ludwig Nick was a German sculptor and art professor, who worked in stone, bronze, wood and porcelain.
Franz Widnmann was a German painter and graphic artist, and a professor at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich.
Damenakademies or Ladies Academies were art schools for women in Germany. Prior to the 20th century, careers in art were inaccessible to women, who were denied access to the mainstream academies. While Russia opened its art schools to women as early as 1871, those in Germany remained male-only until the beginning of the Weimar Republic. Apart from the private studios of individual artists, only three large academies, the Ladies Academies (Damenakademies), accepted female students. These institutions were founded through self-help groups in Munich and Berlin and the Artist Academy in Karlsruhe, and offered a limited range of courses.
Willy von Beckerath was a German painter and art professor associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. He was primarily known for portraits, landscapes and murals. From 1902, he was instrumental in the formation of the Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau. He designed furniture and furnishings for churches. From 1907 to 1931, he was professor at the Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg, where he decorated a new assembly hall with a monumental mural over three of its walls, Die ewige Welle.
Heinz Trökes was a German painter, printmaker and art teacher.
