RUDOLF ZAPFE IN WEIMAR

Born near Weimar and a leading figure in late nineteenth century Jugendstil, Rudolf Zapfer isn’t a well known outside Germany.

I came across his Jugendstil houses in Weimar a few years ago. The subtitle of the only book on his work by Jürgen Postel confirms his importance in shaping the appearance of Weimar today (“[er] prägte das Gesicht der Stadt Weimar zwischen 1885 und 1915”). Indeed, walk round Weimar today and its hard to miss his nearly 400 houses and five churches.