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Date:
1867
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Location:
Germany
Description
Those Creativity Luckhardts - a selection of those with the surname 'Luckhardt' and their ingenious achievements.
Hans Luckhardt 1890 - 1954
Hans Luckhardt of Germany developed a new style of chair, called “S 36”, what can be called 'movement chairs'. He worked with Anton Lorenz on his designs. They also designed steel tubular chairs. Hans stated what he wanted in a chair, “aesthetically designed seating comfort.”
Luckhardt building designs became very popular and were used in homes and buildings like, DESTA building at the 1931 German Bauhaus Exhibition in Berlin, Germany.
His brother, Wassili Luckhardt, was also a top architect. They both were considered ‘expressionists’ and then ‘modernists’ is their creativity form. Besides furniture they also designed buildings.
During World War II, they clashed against the Nazi ideas of design and not until after 1945 were they able to return to do their true work and designs again.
Wassili Luckhardt 1889 to 1972
A talented German architect like his brother, Hans. Their buildings represent work of using steel or reinforced concrete. They thought of themselves also as inventors, coming up with new ideas.
Together in 1951 Hans and Wassili Luckhardt designed the Berlin Pavilion in Hanover, Germany.
Wassili continued designing after his brother's death in 1954.
Konrad Emil Luckhardt 1880- 1914
Emil ( as he was known as) translated from French the 'International Anthem' of union workers in 1905 into German.
He was killed on the battlefield during World War I in Flanders in 1914.
The anthem is still a popular union workers song sung at conventions. It encourages workers to change their fate and take charge.
Fritz Luckhardt 1843 - 1894
Fritz was considered German-Austrian and worked in early photography and was a writer. In 1867 Fritz had his own photo studio in Vienna, Austria. With the use of light he made wonderful portraits of his subjects. He was very popular in his craft. Fritz was most famous for the portraits of beautiful women, especially actresses of the day. Everyone wanted their portrait done by Fritz Luckhardt.
After his death in 1894, his wife, Franziska Luckhardt, took over the running of his photographic studio.
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