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Pankok, Bernhard
(b Münster, 16 May 1872; d Baierbrunn, Upper Bavaria, 5 April 1943). German designer, architect, sculptor and painter. He was the son of a cabinetmaker and studied painting at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf (1889–91) and in Berlin (1891–2) before settling in Munich in 1892. Working as a portrait painter and graphic designer, he contributed illustrations to a number of periodicals including Pan (from 1895) and Jugend (from 1896). His earliest furniture designs were a chair and mirror shown at the seventh Internationale Kunstausstellung held at the Glaspalast in Munich in 1897. In the following year he was commissioned by F. A. O. Krüger (b 1868), one of the founder-members of the Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, Munich, to produce designs for the workshop. Like other designers of the Vereinigte Werkstätten, such as Richard Riemerschmid, Peter Behrens or Bruno Paul, Pankok produced designs in a variety of media, although his designs for furniture are probably his most original. His early furniture designs are characterized by a certain heaviness and ‘organic’ look, recalling the work of Antoni Gaudí and representing the more expressionistic, less functional, aspect of Jugendstil. In 1898–9 Pankok was commissioned by his friend Hermann Obrist to design a vestibule and dining-room for his new residence in Schwabing in Munich. The vestibule and some of the furniture from the house were also shown at the Munich Secession exhibition of 1899. In the same year Pankok exhibited furniture at the Deutsche Kunstausstellung in Dresden.
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