Kunststätte Bossard
The Atelierhaus
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| Location | Bossardweg 95, Jesteburg |
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| Coordinates | 53°16′55″N 9°56′28″E / 53.282°N 9.941°E |
| Collections | paintings, sculpture |
| Owner | Stiftung Kunststätte Johann und Jutta Bossard |
| Public transit access | no |
| Website | www |
Kunststätte Bossard is an expressionist Gesamtkunstwerk, sometimes also referred to as a visionary environment, located in the town of Jesteburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was created by Swiss artist Johann Michael Bossard (1874-1950) and his wife, Jutta Kroll-Bossard (1903-1996). It combines architecture, sculpture, painting and garden design.
Johann Michael Bossard was born in Zug/Switzerland in 1874. He was apprenticed as a builder of tiled stoves before studying art at Munich and Berlin. In 1907, he became professor for sculpture at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg (today the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg), a position he held until his retirement in 1944. Jutta Krull, 29 years his junior, was his student before they married in 1926.
Before 1912, Bossard worked on various pieces of public art, e.g. the façade ornaments of the townhall of Berlin-Treptow (see Rathaus Treptow), the clock face on the or the sculptures on the Völkerkundemuseum of Hamburg.
In 1911, Bossard bought a property in the Lüneburg Heath, near Jesteburg, and - after the end of World War I - started to focus his artistic work on this place. On three hectares of wooded heath, he had a number of structures built to his designs over the next decades, starting with the Atelierhaus in the style of Heimatschutzarchitektur, where he lived. All the interiors, including furniture, paintings, sculptures, ceramics, carpets and tableware were eventually also designed by Bossard himself.
In 1926, work began on the Kunsttempel. The gardens around the buildings were also included in the Gesamtkunstwerk.
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