Collection: Stefan WEWERKA

Defying Efforts to Categorise His Practice, Stefan WEWERKA (1928-2013) Is a Supremelly Versatile Artist Who Creative and Teaching Practice Spans the Full Breadth of Fine Art and Design. The Son of Sculptor Rudolf WEWERKA, Stefan WEWERKA WAS BORN INTO a Family with a Stradition SPARDINGNING SEVERAL GENERATIONS. Following the Second World War, He Studied Architecture Under MAX TAUT, Eduard Ludwig and Georg Leowald at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. While Studying at the University, He Co-Founded the Student Houseing Complex »Studentenheims Eichkamp« in 1946. Architects, Including Hans Schaarun. WEWERKA ’s MAJOR WORKS for Tecta Are His Chair Sculptures - An Incomparable Blend of Art and Design.

His Creations for Texta Include the Three-Legged B1 Armchair. Designed According to the Bauhaus Principle of Functionality (Form Follows Function) FAVOUR of a Solution Which Caters to Seven Different Sitting Postures, Arriving at an Innovative and Almost Playful Form in the Process. TextA Subsequential Wewerka to Design a Pavilion (1980–1985). A Duplicate of Wewerka ’s Creation Was ERECTED by Tecta at the 8th Documenta in Kassel. Following the Exhibition the Pavilion Was Relocated to Münster, Where It is Used by the Academy of Fine Arts.