Background
At the age of 17, Carl Hubert Wyland decided to continue the family tradition and began a three-year apprenticeship in his father"s business.
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Carl Wyland
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After his apprenticeship he attended the School of Applied Arts (1906-1909) and the Graduate School in Cologne. 1911/1912 he completed his training in the technical office of the Maschinenfabrik Wanzelius & Schlüsselburg in Metz. The entrance to the father"s workshop was in 1913 after he had completed an internship in France.
Career
Hailing from a traditional Cologne locksmith family Wyland led since the 1920s by large orders in Germany and Europe. From the 1950s he was also operating in the United States of America. In 1835 Carl Wyland"s grandfather, Johann Wyland (1811-1884), founded a metalworking art shop. There Wyland was trained in forging technology, structural engineering, building construction and technical design.
In 1922 Wyland took over the workshop from his father Carl Gustav Wyland (1848-1922) and set it from metalworking art to locksmith art and pure art
He then focused on architectural blacksmithing. Their only son died in Russia in the World World War II on 9 November 1943.
Carl Wyland worked together with many well-known architects such as Werner March or Rudolf Schwarz. Wyland continued to work after his retirement.
Many apprentices have been working with him studying his philosophy and skills.
One of the last students, trained in Cologne in the Wyland ironwork shortly before his death in 1972 was the Neuwied blacksmith and metal sculptor Klaus Rudolf Werhand. The estate of Carl Wyland is located in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Cologne) in Cologne. EisenZeit – Solo exhibition at the Museum für angewandte Kunst in Cologne from October 24 to December 7 in 1997.
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Germany