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Institut Mathildenhöhe, Städtische Kunstsammlung Darmstadt

Artists and patrons

Artists and patrons

At the time of its existence, 23 artists belonged to the artists’ colony on the Mathildenhöhe, founded by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig and the publisher Alexander Koch. The work of these members and other important people involved in Darmstadt between 1898 and 1914 also had a major impact on subsequent developments in art and architecture that went far beyond the events on the Mathildenhöhe

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Joseph Maria Olbrich
architect, craftsman, interior designer

* 1867 in Troppau / Opava
† 1908 in Düsseldorf

BernhardHoetger
Bernhard Hoetger
architect, sculptor, craftsman

* 1874 in Hörde / Westfalen
† 1949 in Beatenberg / Schweiz

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Albin Müller
architect, sculptor, craftsman, carpenter

* 1871 in Dittersbach / Erzgebirge
† 1941 in Darmstadt

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Emanuel Josef Margold
architect, graphic artist, craftsman

* 1888 in Wien
† 1962 in Bratislava

EdmundKoerner
Edmund Körner
architect, interior decorator

* 1874 in Leschwitz
† 1940 in Essen

FritzOsswald
Fritz Osswald
painter

* 1878 in Zürich
† 1966 in Starnberg

TheodorWende
Theodor Wende
artist blacksmith

* 1883 in Berlin
† 1968 in Pforzheim

ErnstRiegel
Ernst Riegel
ceramist, artist blacksmith

* 1871 in Münnerstadt
† 1939 in Köln