The Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule München (abbreviation KGS) was founded October 1, 1868 in

Maxvorstadt Maxvorstadt ( Central Bavarian: ''Maxvorstod'') is a central borough of Munich, Bavaria, Germany and forms the Stadtbezirk (borough) 3 Maxvorstadt. Since 1992, this borough comprises the former boroughs 5, 6 and 7 (Maxvorstadt-Universität, Maxvo ...

, Munich after a formal decision of King Maximilian II of Bavaria dated June 29, 1868. Along with the

Munich Academy of Fine Arts The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...

and the Nuremberg School of Arts and Crafts, founded 1854, it was the most important artistic training institution in Bavaria, especially under the direction of

Richard Riemerschmid Richard Riemerschmid (20 June 1868 – 13 April 1957) was a German architect, painter, designer and city planner from Munich. He was a major figure in ''Jugendstil'', the German form of Art Nouveau, and a founder of architecture in the s ...

from 1913 to 1924. It was renamed "Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule München" after the end of the monarchy in 1918, "Staatsschule für angewandte Kunst" in 1928 and "Akademie für angewandte Kunst" in 1937. The Kunstgewerbeschule or Academy of Applied Arts was incorporated into the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München in 1946. The last school building used at Luisenstraße 37 was destroyed during the Second World War, and a new building for the Geological Institute of the University of Munich has stood in its place since the 1950s.

Literature

Claudia Schmalhofer: Die Kgl. Kunstgewerbeschule München (1868–1918). Ihr Einfluss auf die Ausbildung der Zeichenlehrerinnen. Herbert Utz Verlag, München 2005,

References

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