ALfred Kusche

Antiquities Missaglia - www.antichitamissaglia.it Snowy landscape at sunset – Kusche Alfred COD: QM176 Artwork dimensions: 60 x 80 cm Dimensions with frame: 78 x 98 cm Technique: oil on rigid cardboard Period: 1920s Suggestive winter landscape, one of the favorite subjects of this painter. Kusche Alfred Graphic designer, painter (April 21, 1884 Karlsruhe – July 9, 1984 Karlsruhe) Alfred Kusche was the son of a lithographer and co-owner of the Kusche und Eder printing company in Karlsruhe, which also worked for the Karlsruhe Artists Association. After completing secondary school, Kusche attended the teachers' seminary but enrolled in the school of arts and crafts in November 1904. In 1906 he passed the drawing teacher exam, after which he taught for three years at the goldsmith school in Pforzheim. In addition to his teaching activity, he created works in brass, copper, and silver. In 1909 Kusche was assigned to teach at the Grand Ducal School of Building in Karlsruhe, where he was responsible for the training of industrial students with the task of drawing and designing based on nature, graphic and ornamental design of surfaces, rubbing of metals, and painting of glass, fabrics, and wallpaper. In addition, he created graphic designs for industrial companies. Already in 1909, after winning the second prize in a competition organized by the Waldorf-Astoria tobacco factory, Kusche was appointed to the artistic advisory committee of the same factory. Other companies also benefited from his designs. The contact with majolica occurred through a representative of Junker & Ruh, for whom he designed posters. He collaborated with this company for many years. During the First World War, he designed the figure of the Assessor used as a trademark and for advertising purposes for the company Sinner. In 1920 he was appointed professor at the School of Building Crafts and taught in the department for training teachers of vocational schools. When this department was closed in 1924, Kusche took voluntary retirement. Since then, he has worked as a freelance artist. Alfred Kusche is still known today for designing emergency banknotes in times of inflation.