Ignatz Wiemeler

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.

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

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. Cinamon, Gerald (2013). "Ignatz Wiemeler". German Designers. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  3. "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. "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. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
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