Adolf Gustav Schneck

Adolf Gustav Friedrich Schneck (1883–1971) was a German architect and furniture designer[1] as well as a member of the Deutscher Werkbund and teacher at the Bauhaus. He contributed two buildings to the 1927 Weissenhofsiedlung exhibit and has work in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.[2] In 1954, Schneck received an invitation to Türkiye, where the Turkish Ministry of Education commissioned him to establish State School of Applied Arts (Devlet Tatbiki Guzel Sanatlar Yuksek Okulu)[3][4] in Istanbul. This project was completed in 1958. The following year, in 1959, Schneck was awarded the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[5]

Publications

  • Das Mobel als Gebrauchs-Gegenstand (Furniture as a Commodity) (Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann Verlag, 1929)

References

  1. ^ "Schneck, Gustav Adolf | Bloomberry". bloomberry.eu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  2. ^ "Adolf Gustav Friedrich Schneck | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  3. ^ Takımı, Marmara Üniversitesi Bilgi İşlem Daire Başkanlığı Web. "Brief History | Faculty of Fine Arts". Marmara University. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  4. ^ "Tatbiki'den Marmara GSF'ye". Markut Dergi (in Turkish). 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  5. ^ "Adolf Gustav Schneck Biografie 1947-1983 - Adolf G. Schneck in der Nachkriegszeit - Leben und Werk - Lebenslauf". www.hausaufderalb.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-10-28. Retrieved 2025-04-15. "wird Schneck in die Türkei eingeladen, wo er vom türkischen Unterrichtsministerium mit dem Aufbau der Kunstgewerbeschule in Istanbul beauftragt wird. Das Projekt wird 1958 abgeschlossen...1959 erhält Schneck das Große Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland."
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