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'''Wilhelm Süs''' (30 June 1861 in [[Düsseldorf]] - 6 December 1933 in [[Mannheim]]) was a German painter, [[Ceramic|ceramist]], and [[Graphic design|graphic artist]]. He founded the {{Ill|Staatliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhede|de}} with {{Ill|Hans Thoma|en}}.

== Life ==
[[File:Henkelkorb Vergißmeinnicht Kollektion.jpg|thumb|Basket with handle, majolica, "Forget-me-not collection", design: Wilhelm Süs, Großherzogliche Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe, 1909]]

Wilhelm Süs was the son of the animal painter {{Ill|Gustav Süs|de}}. From 1879 to 1884, he was a student at the [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf]] with [[Hugo Crola]], {{Ill|Peter Janssen|en}} and {{Ill|Eduard von Gebhardt|en}} and at the {{Ill|Dresden Academy of Fine Arts|en}} with {{Ill|Leon Pohle|en}}. Around 1891, at the same time as the painters [[Ernst Friedrich Tode]] and [[August Schlüter]], Süs had a [[studio]] directly opposite the building of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. After a short stay in [[Munich]], he settled in [[Frankfurt]] but moved to {{Ill|Kronberg im Taunus|en}} in 1893. There, he founded the "Keramische Atelier Kronberg am Taunus" within the {{Ill|Kronberger Malerkolonie|de}} in 1898, together with the engineer Karl Vogel and the [[porcelain]] painter Wilhelm Becker. In 1901, the studio was moved to Karlsruhe and the "Grand Ducal Majolica Manufactory" was founded with private funds by {{Ill|Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden|en}}, of whose artistic and technical director he became.

Süs became known for the "Vergißmeinicht Collection", which mainly comprised [[bowl]]s. From 1914 to 1917, he was a teacher at the {{Ill|Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe|en}}. In 1917, he was appointed director of the {{Ill|Kunsthalle Mannheim|en}}.

== Further reading ==
* Süs, Wilhelm. In: {{Ill|Hans Vollmer|en}} (ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''. Created by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. Vol. 32: Stephens–Theodotos. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1938.
* ''Süs, Wilhelm.'' In: [[Detlef Lorenz]]: ''Reklamekunst um 1900. Künstlerlexikon für Sammelbilder.'' Reimer, Berlin 2000, {{ISBN|3-496-01220-X}}, pp. 182 f.

== Other websites ==
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* [https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail/-/Detail/details/PERSON/wlbblb_personen/117371785/Wilhelm+S%C3%BCs Article] at LEO-BW

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