Aloys F. Gangkofner
Photo: Werner Peters
1920
Born in Reichenberg, Grafenau district, Bavarian Forest ---
1920–1934
Primary school in Riedlhütte---
1934–1935
Staatliche Fachschule für Glasindustrie (State Technical College for the Glass Industry), Zwiesel---
1935–1936
Apprenticeship with the glass manufacturer Riedlhütte as a glass grinder---
1936
National champion in a Reichsberufswettkampf (National Vocational Competition)---
1936–1937
Staatliche Fachschule für Glasindustrie, Zwiesel, with Prof. Mauder---
1937–1939
Engineering Office Steuer in Neustadt/Weinstraße---
1939–1945
Drafted into the army, wounded and taken prisoner---
1945–1946
Staatliche Fachschule für Glasindustrie, Zwiesel, freelance activity---
1946
Subject Teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, freelance activity---
1952
Begins work in the Lamberts glass factory, Waldsassen, rediscovery and employment of old glassmaking techniques---
1953
Begins work as free designer for the glass manufacturer Peill + Putzler in Düren and for the Hesse Glassworks, Stierstadt---
1954
Gold medal at the Milan Triennial, exhibitions of free-blown vessels---
1959
Free designer for the lighting manufacturer ERCO in Lüdenscheid---
1973
Honorary professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich---
1983
Creation of the Chair for Glass and Light at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich---
2003
Died in Munich---
Max Gangkofner and Aloys F. Gangkofner, Egypt 2001
Photo: Ilsebill Gangkofner