Hugo Kükelhaus – Life and Oeuvre

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“Life is a continuing practice.” (Hugo Kükelhaus)

 

1900: Born in Essen on the 24th of March; father: Hugo Kükelhaus senior, writer, middleclass economic politician, co-organiser of the professional self-governing body of the German Craftsmanship; mother: Marie Kükelhaus, born in Hovestadt; two sisters, brothers Heinz and Herman: both writers

 

1919: Abitur (A-Levels) following apprentice years and its years of travel as carpenter and furniture maker

 

1925: Master exam, studies in Heidelberg, Münster, Königsberg: focus on sociology, philosophy, mathematics (logic), physiology

 

1930: Marriage to Emilie, née Scharpenack (1898 – 1986) from Kettwig/Ruhr;
1934 son Friedrich, 1937 daughter Barbara

 

since 1930: Interior decorator in Bochum; beginning free decorating work and journalistic writing activities

 

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"The entire biology of our learning is in danger of becoming stunted due to a lack of organic stimulation, caused by the media-dominated form of our life situation. With his didactic conception Kükelhaus has introduced a revolutionary quality of learning which uses a sensible approach to self-knowledge, which makes hungry for autonomous learning, and which makes the learner face the real world instead of escaping into unreal (virtual) ones."
(Klaus Schneidewind)
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