Biography

Theodor Bogler was born on 10 April 1897 in Hofgeismar, Germany. In the reception of the bauhaus in terms of the Weimar phase, he is seen as one of the most important ceramists alongside Marguerite Friedlaender-Wildenhain and Otto Lindig. After serving as an officer in the first world war, he studied architecture and art history in Munich. Afterwards he learned the potter's trade and designed storage vessels and bottles for the "Haus am Horn". These are considered modern classics even today. After his wife committed suicide in 1927, he decided to join the Benedictine Abbey Maria Laach. But he remained connected to the Bauhaus and continued to produce ceramics. He even encouraged other Bauhaus collegues like Walter Gropius or Marcel Breuer to design a wing of the monastery. He served as prior of the abbey from 1938 until 1948 and lead the restaurations on the basilika of Maria Laach from 1934 to 1939 and from 1947 to 1956. From 1948 until his death in June 1968 in Andernach, he directed the abbey's art workshops, which also included Alphons Biermann's sculpture workshop.

Objects by Theodor Bogler