Gerhard Marcks

Gerhard Marcks

male, deceased (1981)
Modernism, Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Dessau, Richard Scheibe, Kunstgewerbeschule
Gerhard Marcks (born 18 February 1889 in Berlin, died 13 November 1981 in Burgbrohl, Eifel) was a German sculptor, famous for his woodcuts,...
Werner Bischof

Werner Bischof

male, deceased (1954)
photographer, du magazine, post-war Europe, Amazonas, Kunstgewerbeschule, Magnum Photos
Werner Bischof was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist. Bischof was born in Zürich, Switzerland. When he was six years old, the family moved t...
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky

female, deceased (2000)
Centenarian, veteran, Pacifism, Civil Servant, Working Class, buried at the Zentralfriedhof…Kunstgewerbeschule
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky was the first female Austrian architect and an activist in the Nazi resistance movement. She is mostly remembered today f...
Otto Eckmann

Otto Eckmann

male, deceased (1902)
German, pan, artist, cotta, typographer, jugend…Kunstgewerbeschule
Otto Eckmann (November 19, 1865 - June 11 1902) was a German painter and graphic artist. He was a prominent member of the "floral" branch of...
April Greiman

April Greiman

female
gold medal, Walker Art Center, Pixelation, International style, Basel, Switzerland, Kunstgewerbeschule
April Greiman (born 1948) is a contemporary designer. She is recognized as one of the first designers to embrace computer technology as a design...
Lucie Rie

Lucie Rie

female, deceased (1995)
Victoria and Albert Museum, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire, British, Austrian, pottery…Kunstgewerbeschule, studied at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule
Dame Lucie Rie, DBE (1902 -1995) was an influential Austrian born, British studio potter. Lucie (pronounced "Lutzie") Rie was born Luzie Gomperz in...
Richard Steiff

Richard Steiff

male, deceased (1939)
zoo, inventor, German, entrepreneur, teddy, teddy bear…Kunstgewerbeschule
Richard Steiff was a German inventor and entrepreneur. The nephew of the toymaker Margarete Steiff, he is credited with the designing the Steiff...

Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa

female, deceased (1971)
From Lviv, Ecole des Beaux Arts, World War I, polish, artist, galicia…Kunstgewerbeschule
Zofia Albinowska-Minkiewiczowa was a Polish artist, painter and engraver tied to the Lviv circle of artists, and for many years the president of...

Beta Vukanović

female, deceased (1972)
painter, World War I, impressionist painter, realism, realistic, Impressionism…Kunstgewerbeschule
Beta Vukanović was a Serbian painter. Born in Germany to a Serbian family, Vukanovic initially studied painting at the Kunstgewerbeschule in M...