Wilhelm von Debschitz
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Wilhelm Siegfried Kurt von Debschitz was a German painter, interior designer, craftsman, art teacher and founding director of an influential art school in Munich.
Wilhelm von Debschitz
Deutscher Werkbund
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The Deutscher Werkbund is a German association of artists, architects, designers and industrialists established in 1907. The Werkbund became an important element in the development of modern architect
Wilhelm von Debschitz
…and visited the school on at least one occasion. Poor health forced Debschitz to step away from managing the school in 1910–11 and 1913. He joined the Deutscher Werkbund, a German association of artists, architects, designers, and industrialists, in 1912. He handed over management of the school permanently in July 1914…
Building by Mies van der Rohe in the Weissenhof Estate (1927)
1914 exhibition poster by Peter Behrens
"Weißenhof chair", by Mies van der Rohe with canework upholstery by Lilly Reich (c. 1927)