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Biography

Wiemeler was born on 3 October 1895 in Ibbenbüren,

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, his father was a bookbinder. He studied at

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(Hamburg Landeskunstschule), under teachers Franz Weisse, Anton Kling, and with

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. From 1914 until 1916, he had military service and was severely injured. From 1921 until 1925, Wiemeler taught bookbinding at Technische Lehranstalten Offenbach (now known as Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main). 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

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. He was the head of bookbinding classes at Landeskunstschule Lerchenfeld (now known as

) in Hamburg until his early death in 1952. He was a founding member of Bund Meister der Einbandkunst (Association of Master Bookbinding Designers). Students of his included Arno Werner,

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, and others. In 1935, he had a solo exhibition at the

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(MoMA) in New York City, ''Ignatz Wiemeler: Modern Bookbinder''. Additional he had solo exhibitions in the 1930s at

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, and

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. He died on 25 May 1952 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiemeler, Ignatz 1895 births 1952 deaths Bookbinders German book publishers (people) People from Ibbenbüren Academic staff of the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg People from Offenbach am Main

Biography

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