August Endell
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August Endell (April 12, 1871 – April 13, 1925) was a designer, writer, teacher, and German architect. He was one of the founders of the
Life
August Endell was born on April 12, 1871, in Berlin. In 1892 Endell moved to
In the spring of 1900, Endell met Else Plötz (later the
Career
Endell is noted for many designs. In 1897 he received his first commission, an important one that made him practically famous overnight: to design the façade of the Atelier Elvira Photographic Studio in (Munich), which belonged to Hermann Obrist.[2] His design included an abstract depiction of a dragon coming out of a wave like element. His use of curve lines implied a sense of calmness to the intricate and massive piece. Organic elements further enforced with the decoration of coral. The building incorporated elements of styles by Antoni Gaudí and Hector Guimard. Unfortunately the Atelier Elvira was burned to the ground during World War II.
In 1899, August Endell became co editor of the magazine
Not long after, in 1901, he contributed to the design of the Theater Bunte, in Berlin Germany, which has since been destroyed. Designing all the decorative elements, carpets, fabrics, and even the nails used in the building of the theater. Each area of the theater was painted a different diverse color, thus the name Theatre Bunte, Bunte meaning “colored.[9]”
Endell was also responsible for the design of the Hackesche Höfe, a notable courtyard complex in the centre of Berlin,[10] as well as the design for a sanatorium in Wyk auf Föhr built in 1902. August Endell then went on to design several private homes and villas in the towns of Berlin and Potsdam in Germany. He designed the Max Silberberg villa in Breslau Landsberger Straße 1–3 in 1923 in the Art Deco style.
All while working as a self-taught architect, Endell was continuously publishing articles, essays, and books on his thought of design. In 1908 he published the book The Beauty in the Big City. Within the book the vision of a modern city is developed through Endell's artistic
August Endell was a designer and an architect. From there he moved on to the idea of a new visual art and began creating fine art works that were architecturally structured while still expressing the qualities of other forms of art. He began creating and building things such as gates, arches, stairway rails, and other decorative wall elements.
References
- ^ "MOMA". Oxford University Press. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Buddensieg 1983 1–389"
- ^ Gammel, Irene. Baroness Elsa: Gender, Dada, and Everyday Modernity. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002, 108.
- ^ a b Gammel, Baroness Elsa, 109.
- ^ Gammel, Baroness Elsa, 129.
- ^ Gammel, Baroness Elsa, 144.
- ^ Freytag-Loringhoven, Elsa von. Mein Mund ist lüstern / I Got Lusting Palate: Dada Verse. Trans. and Ed. Irene Gammel. Berlin: Ebersback, 2005, 112–118.
- ^ "August Endell". Münchner neueste Nachrichten. No. 103. April 15, 1925. p. 14. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
An Ostermontag früh entschlief sanft ... August Endell ... (Early on Easter Monday [April 13] August Endell gently passed away ...)
- ^ a b c Mahler, Astrid, "A World of Forms from Nature: New Impulses for the Aesthetic of the Jugendstil", Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation
- ^ "Hackesche Höfe". Land Berlin. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
Bibliography
- Gammel, Irene. “Munich's Dionysian Avant-Garde in 1900.” Baroness Elsa: Gender, Dada, and Everyday Modernity. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002. 89–121