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Adler, Friedrich [1878-1942. Germany. Sculptor/Ceramist/Furniture/Jewellery/Textile Designer/Metalsmith/Glass Artist]
Adler, Friedrich [1878-1942. Germany. Sculptor/Ceramist/Furniture/Jewellery/Textile Designer/Metalsmith/Glass Artist]
Friedrich Adler was born in Laupheim, near Ulm, in Germany, on 29 April 1878. He studied under Hermann Obrist (1862-1947) and Wilhelm Kurt von Debschitz (1871-1948) at the Lehr- und Versuchs-Atelier für Angewandte und Frei Kunst [also known as the Debschitz-Schule], a private art and crafts school in Munich (1894-97). [Note: in 'Art Nouveau in Munich: Masters of Jugendstil' edited by Kathryn Bloom Hiesinger (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art/Prestel, 1988 p.26) it is stated that Adler studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich (1894-98)]. He subsequently worked as a sculptor, ceramist, glass artist, jewellery designer, metalsmith, furniture designer and textile designer, first in Munich and later in Hamburg.
Among his numerous clients were O.G.F. Schmitt of Nuremberg and P. Bruckmann & Söhne of Heilbronn, for whom he designed metalware. A silver tea and coffee service designed by Adler and executed by P. Bruckmann & Söhne is featured in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1910 (p.198) and photographs of a sitting room, a study and a sideboard fitment designed by him are featured in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1914 (pp.97, 98). In 1926 he founded the printed textile firm Adler Textildruckgesellschaft (ATEHA). Adler also taught at the Debschitz-Schule (1904-07) and at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg (1907-10, 1918-33). In addition he directed the masters course in Nuremberg.
Adler was a member of the Deutscher Werkbund (DW) and exhibited at the Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne in 1914. He also participated in the Esposizione Internationale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna in Turin in 1902. As a Jew, Adler was dismissed from his teaching post at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg in 1933 when the National Socialists came to power. He was later arrested and deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp where he was killed on 8 May 1942, 11 July 1942, or 11 July 1943 - sources differ]
Adler was the subject of an exhibition at the Grassimusum in Leipzig, 24 June-28 August 1994, and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 18 September-6 November 1994.
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Among his numerous clients were O.G.F. Schmitt of Nuremberg and P. Bruckmann & Söhne of Heilbronn, for whom he designed metalware. A silver tea and coffee service designed by Adler and executed by P. Bruckmann & Söhne is featured in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1910 (p.198) and photographs of a sitting room, a study and a sideboard fitment designed by him are featured in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1914 (pp.97, 98). In 1926 he founded the printed textile firm Adler Textildruckgesellschaft (ATEHA). Adler also taught at the Debschitz-Schule (1904-07) and at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg (1907-10, 1918-33). In addition he directed the masters course in Nuremberg.
Adler was a member of the Deutscher Werkbund (DW) and exhibited at the Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne in 1914. He also participated in the Esposizione Internationale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna in Turin in 1902. As a Jew, Adler was dismissed from his teaching post at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg in 1933 when the National Socialists came to power. He was later arrested and deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp where he was killed on 8 May 1942, 11 July 1942, or 11 July 1943 - sources differ]
Adler was the subject of an exhibition at the Grassimusum in Leipzig, 24 June-28 August 1994, and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 18 September-6 November 1994.
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Table lam[, 1901, by Friedrich Adler, produced by Osiris Metallwarenfabrik für Kleinkunst Walter Scherf & Co., Nürnberg
Bibliography
1. Art Nouveau in Munich: masters of Jugendstil from the Stadmuseum, Munich, and other public and private collections. Edited by Kathryn Bloom Hiesinger Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Prestel, 1988 [Exhibition catalogue]
2. Friedrich Adler: zwischen Jugendstil und Art Deco. Edited by Brigitte Leonhardt, Norbert Götz and Dieter Zühlsdorff. Stuttgart, Germany: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 1994 [ISBN 3925369341]
1. Art Nouveau in Munich: masters of Jugendstil from the Stadmuseum, Munich, and other public and private collections. Edited by Kathryn Bloom Hiesinger Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Prestel, 1988 [Exhibition catalogue]
2. Friedrich Adler: zwischen Jugendstil und Art Deco. Edited by Brigitte Leonhardt, Norbert Götz and Dieter Zühlsdorff. Stuttgart, Germany: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH, 1994 [ISBN 3925369341]
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online [Subscription service]
Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur [Text in German]
Das Jüdische Hamburg [Text in German]
Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
Deutsche National Bibliothek
RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Wikipedia
Wikipedia [Text in German]
Artnet
Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online [Subscription service]
Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur [Text in German]
Das Jüdische Hamburg [Text in German]
Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
Deutsche National Bibliothek
RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Wikipedia
Wikipedia [Text in German]