Haute école des arts du Rhin

Art school in Strasbourg, France

Haute école des arts du Rhin (formerly École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, and Kunstgewerbeschule Straßburg) is a French art and music school based in Strasbourg, Alsace.

The historic main building, from 1892, is classified as a Monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1981.^[1] The façade was designed by Anton Seder (himself a former pupil, at a previous building) and executed by Léon Elchinger, one of his first students.

Main entrance of the art department
A door inside that building
A window inside that building

Former academics and alumni

The following artists have taught or been taught at the HEAR:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Hans/Jean Arp
René Beeh
François-Rupert Carabin
Joseph Ehrismann
Léon Hornecker
John Howe
Alfred Marzolff
Joseph Sattler
Léo Schnug
Tomi Ungerer

References

^ Base Mérimée: École municipale des Arts décoratifs, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ "L'histoire de l'Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg". L'ami hebdo (in French). 12 February 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ Koenig, Nelly (24 September 2015). "L'École des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg de 1919 à 1939". École nationale des chartes (in French). Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ Kiwior, Julien & Walter. "L'Alsace au temps du Reichsland 1871-1918 : un âge d'or culturel ? par monsieur Gabriel Braeuner". Neustadt Galerie (in French). Retrieved 30 May 2019.