Carl Fieger (1893–1960) was a German architect, designer, and teacher at the Bauhaus.

Life

Early life

Carl Fieger was born in Mainz,

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on June 15, 1893. Beginning in 1908, Fieger studied at the Mainz Art and Vocational School (). After completing his studies in 1911, he worked at the studio of Peter Behrens where he became acquainted with

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and Walter Gropius. In 1912, Fieger began working for Walter Gropius, with whom he would collaborate until 1934. Among the designs Fieger was involved with at Gropius' studio were the

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(1922) and Bauhaus Building (1925). In 1921, Gropius appointed Fieger as a teacher of architectural drawing at the Bauhaus, Weimar. In 1934, Fieger was

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by the Nazi Party, though he continued to produce architectural work anonymously.

Postwar

Following World War II Fieger participated in the rebuilding of Dessau and was involved in

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's efforts to reopen the Bauhaus. In 1952, he began working as a research fellow at

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in East Berlin. Carl Fieger died on November 21, 1960 in

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, East Germany at age 67.

Gallery

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in Dessau (1926) File:Carl Fieger Stuhl mit Tisch.jpg, Fieger Chair and Table (1928) File:Kornhaus Dessau, Straßenseite.jpg, Kornhaus,

(1929)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fieger, Carl Academic staff of the Bauhaus 20th-century German architects 1893 births 1960 deaths Modernist architects from Germany People from Mainz