Achim Stiegel

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Dr Achim Stiegel

Function

Curator (Kunstgewerbemuseum)

Institution

Kunstgewerbemuseum

Contact

a.stiegel[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Focus | Responsibilities | Projects

Curator of the furniture collection
In exhibitions and symposia, he has devoted himself to the most diverse facets of German-language furniture art, most recently the Madrid court furniture maker José Canops, who worked for the Spanish King Charles III (1759-1788) (2023/24).
Information on the exhibition "Canops Extraordinary Furniture for Charles III of Spain (1759–1788)"
His research is grounded in connoisseurship and focuses on the wider context of the furniture. This includes the description of the individual works of art and the understanding of the furniture types, the question of their function, material and production technique, and the appreciation of their special quality.

Vita

After working as a cabinetmaker and restorer, Achim Stiegel studied art history, history and Italian at the FU Berlin. Since 2001 he has worked at the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts as curator of the furniture collection and is a specialist in historical furniture art. At intervals, Stiegel works as a lecturer at the Institute for Art History at the Technical University of Berlin.

Membership

Expert for the Kulturstiftung der Länder
Jury member of the TEFAF in Maastricht

Publications

José Canops: Möbel von Welt für Karl III. von Spanien (1759-1788). Herausgegeben von Daniela Heinze und Achim Stiegel. Petersberg: Imhof Verlag, 2023.
Die Beiträge zu den Möbeln in: Details! 100 Lieblingswerke im Kunstgewerbemuseum / für das Kunstgewerbemuseum - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin herausgegeben von Sabine Thümmler und Lothar Lambacher. Dresden: Sandstein Verlag, 2018.
Vierteiliger Blog zur Ausstellung “Lob der Guten Herrschaft. Die Lackkunst des Gérard Dagly” von Juli-Sept. 2016.
Ein Wiener Lyra-Sekretär des Empire, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln. Berlin: Kulturstiftung der Länder [u.a.], 2013.
Das "Walbaum-Kabinett" im Berliner Kunstgewerbemuseum: ein Augsburger Kunstschrank des frühen 17. Jahrhunderts. Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2013.
Präzision und Hingabe. Möbelkunst von Abraham und David Roentgen. Berlin: Staatl. Museen zu Berlin, 2007.
Berliner Möbelkunst - vom Ende des 18. bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. München: Dt. Kunstverl., 2003.

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