Ole Wanscher

Ole Wanscher ( born September 16, 1903 in Frederiksberg, † 27 December 1985, Charlottenlund, Gentofte ) was a Danish architect and furniture designer.

He was employed from 1924 to 1927 with Kaare Klint. He then settled down as a self-employed architect with furniture design as a specialty. From 1931 to 1936 he worked as a teacher for furniture design at the School of Applied Arts ( Kunsthåndværkerskolen ) in Copenhagen, as a technical advisor to the Society for Nature Conservation Danmarks Naturfredningsforening 1937 to 1944 and as Secretary of the Competition Committee Akademisk Arkitektforening 1939-1949. In 1955 to 1973 he was professor of furniture and space art at the Danish Academy of Art.

It was also Wanscher 1940 to 1952 a member of the jury of the Academy of Arts, from 1949 as chairman of the Architecture section. From 1951 he headed the exhibition committee of Danske Arkitekters Landsforbund.

Due to a long-standing collaboration with master cabinetmaker AJ Iversen developed Ole Wanscher a range of exclusive furniture types that represent a high point of Danish furniture art. Since the 1950s, Ole Wanscher worked with the furniture manufacturers P. Jeppesen Møbelfabrik. This cooperation has continued to Wanscher death and had numerous well-known models such as the Rungstedlund series, PJ -149 Colonial Chair, PJ -112 and other models result. Even today, Ole Wanscher models in PJ Furniture A / S made ​​.

  • Architect ( Denmark)
  • Designer
  • High school teacher ( Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts )
  • Dane
  • Born in 1903
  • Died in 1985
  • Man
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