Carl Fieger

Carl Fieger
Portrait of Carl Fieger (circa 1935)
Born	15 June 1893 Mainz, German Empire
Died	21 November 1960(1960-11-21) (aged 67) Dessau, East Germany
Education	Kunst und Baugewerkschule Mainz

Kornhaus Restaurant in Dessau designed by Fieger in 1929

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

Life

Early life

Carl Fieger was born in Mainz, German Empire on 15 June 1893. Beginning in 1908, Fieger studied at the Mainz Art and Vocational School (German: Kunst und Baugewerkschule Mainz). After completing his studies in 1911, he worked at the studio of Peter Behrens where he became acquainted with Le Corbusier 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 Fagus Factory (1922) and Bauhaus Building (1925).

In 1921, Gropius appointed Fieger as a teacher of architectural drawing at the Bauhaus, Weimar.

In 1929, Fieger submitted his design for an architectural contest by the city of Dessau and the Schultheiss-Patzenhofer for a restaurant located on the Elbe River in Dessau. His design was selected and the restaurant, the Kornhaus, was completed in 1930.

In 1934, Fieger was blacklisted 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 Hubert Hoffmann's efforts to reopen the Bauhaus.

In 1952, he began working as a research fellow at Deutsche Bauakademie in East Berlin.

Grave at the III. Städtischer Friedhof Stubenrauchstraße in Dessau

Carl Fieger died on 21 November 1960 in Dessau, East Germany at age 67.

Gallery

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  Haus Fieger in Dessau (1926)
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  Fieger Chair and Table (1928)
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  Kornhaus, Dessau (1929)