Bernhard Pankok - Selbstportrait mit Pinsel, 1922

Bernhard Wilhelm Maria Pankok (16 May 1872,

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— 5 April 1943,

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) was a German painter, graphic artist, architect, and designer. His works are characterized by the transition between

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and the International Style. His furniture and book design, such as the catalog for the German section of the

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in Paris, have garnered him the most recognition.

Biography

From 1889 to 1891, he studied at the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová ...

, with Heinrich Lauenstein, Adolf Schill, Hugo Crola and Johann Peter Theodor Janssen. He opened a studio in Munich in 1892; working as a freelance artist, graphic designer and illustrator for the magazines '' Pan'' and '' Jugend''. He also served as a teacher for his younger brother, , and was one of the co-founders of the (United Workshops for Art in Crafts). In 1901, he married Antoinette Coppenrath (1870–1920),a sister of the landscape painter . The following year, they moved to

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. In 1907, he became a member of the

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and the

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. Shortly after, he was involved in the process of creating new buildings for the Academy of Arts. When they opened in 1913, he was named the first Director there, a post he held until 1937. He was a major participant in the

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, in

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. He was also elected a member of the Board of Directors at the

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. In 1924, he married his second wife, Marianne Geyer (1891–1941). In 1930, he became a "foreign" member of the

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. Three years later, he was named an honorary member of the

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. Despite being under a great deal of pressure, he never joined the

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."Professor Pankok in den Ruhestand getreten", In: ''Stuttgarter Neues Tagblatt'', #450, 25./26. September 1937, pg.7 In 1942, the newly reorganized State Academy of Fine Arts made him an honorary member. On the thirtieth anniversary of his death, in 1973, the

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presented a major retrospective of his works.

Selected works

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'',
by

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Timeline and works
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Biography

Selected works

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