Lot Essay
The architect and designer August Endell was one of the leading advocates of the Jugendstil in Munich. He was much influenced by the work of Herman Obrist whom he met in 1896, although the exquisite representation of nature in Obrist's work was gradually rejected by Endell in favour of expressive shapes and colours, and a more straightforward and functional approach to design.
Together with Walter Gropius, Endell and Obrist were both put forward as candidates to succeed Henry van de Velde as director of what was to become the Bauhaus at Weimar.
Die Kunst, VI, 1903, p. 163 (here reproduced).
Ottomeyer and Ziffer, p. 78 et seq., cat. no. 1.4).
Together with Walter Gropius, Endell and Obrist were both put forward as candidates to succeed Henry van de Velde as director of what was to become the Bauhaus at Weimar.
Die Kunst, VI, 1903, p. 163 (here reproduced).
Ottomeyer and Ziffer, p. 78 et seq., cat. no. 1.4).