Ignatz Wiemeler

Ignatz Wiemeler
Born3 October 1895
Ibbenbüren, German Empire
Died25 May 1952
Hamburg, West Germany
Known forbookbinder, rare book
MovementOffenbach School

Ignatz Wiemeler (1895–1952) was a German bookbinder and educator, internationally known and exhibited.[1] He was part of the Offenbach School movement, alongside Rudolf Koch and the painter Karl Friedrich Lippmann.

Biography

Wiemeler was born on 3 October 1895 in Ibbenbüren, Germany, his father was a bookbinder.[2][3] He studied at University of Fine Arts of Hamburg (Hamburg Landeskunstschule), under teachers Franz Weisse, Anton Kling, and with Carl Otto Czeschka.[2] From 1914 until 1916, he had military service and was severely injured.[2]

From 1921 until 1925, Wiemeler taught bookbinding at Technische Lehranstalten Offenbach (now known as Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main).[3][2] In 1925, he started teaching at Leipzig State Academy for the Book Trade and Graphic Arts (Akademie für graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe) and left during World War II.[3] He was the head of bookbinding classes at Landeskunstschule Lerchenfeld (now known as University of Fine Arts of Hamburg) in Hamburg until his early death in 1952.[3][4]

He was a founding member of Bund Meister der Einbandkunst (Association of Master Bookbinding Designers).[2] Students of his included Arno Werner,[5] Polly Lada-Mocarski,[6] and others.

In 1935, he had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, Ignatz Wiemeler: Modern Bookbinder.[3] Additional he had solo exhibitions in the 1930s at Columbia University, and Harvard University.[3]

He died on 25 May 1952 in Hamburg, West Germany.[2][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "EXPERT BOOKBINDER HERE.; Dr. Ignatz Wiemeler of Leipzig Will Exhibit Examples of Art". Times Machine. The New York Times. September 29, 1935. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cinamon, Gerald (2013). "Ignatz Wiemeler". German Designers. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Ignatz Wiemeler and his ingenious bindings. A highlight in the collections of the Klingspor Museum Offenbach". Association of European Printing Museums. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  4. ^ a b "PROF. IGNATZ WIEMELER". Times Machine. The New York Times. June 5, 1952. p. 31. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  5. ^ "Arno Werner, 96, Master of Bookbinding Craft". Times Machine. The New York Times. August 5, 1995. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  6. ^ Dubansky, Mindell (December 1997). "GBW Newsletter 115 - Reports, Obituary: Laura K. "Polly" Lada-Mocarski, 1902-1997". Guild of Book Workers Newsletter. Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2021-02-08.