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'''Alfred Weidler''' ''(né'' '''Alfred Wilhelm Carl Weidler''' 27 May 1886 [[Georgsmarienhütte|Georgsmarienhütte, Germany]] — 16 June 1966 [[Los Angeles]]) was an architect who, after moving from Germany to Los Angeles in 1923, went on to became a prolific [[Scenic design|model builder]] for 40 years with [[20th Century Fox]].<ref>''Artists in California, 1786–1940, 1st edition,'' [[Edan Milton Hughes]], San Francisco: Hughes Pub. Co. (1986) {{OCLC|13323489}}</ref> |
'''Alfred Weidler''' ''(né'' '''Alfred Wilhelm Carl Weidler''' 27 May 1886 [[Georgsmarienhütte|Georgsmarienhütte, Germany]] — 16 June 1966 [[Los Angeles]]) was an architect who, after moving from Germany to Los Angeles in 1923, went on to became a prolific [[Scenic design|model builder]] for 40 years with [[20th Century Fox]].<ref>''Artists in California, 1786–1940, 1st edition,'' [[Edan Milton Hughes]], San Francisco: Hughes Pub. Co. (1986) {{OCLC|13323489}}</ref> |
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== Early career == |
== Early career == |
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The impetus for Weidler moving his family to |
The impetus for Weidler moving his family to [[United States|America]], arriving 1923, came at the [[German Papiermark|collapse of the German mark]] after [[World War I]]. Weidler had been in the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army Engineering Corps]] during [[World War I]]. After the war, Alfred became the city architect for [[Hamburg, Germany|Hamburg]] and the Weidlers started their family. By 1939, Weidler had made more than 500 models for Hollywood sets, large and small. And he was the author of correspondence courses in modelmaking.<ref>''Progressive Architecture'' (magazine), 1939, Vol. 20, pg. 5</ref> |
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The Weidler Studio was at 4589 Lexington Avenue, Hollywood, California.<ref>''Pencil Points'' (magazine), Vol. 20, Issues 7-12 - pps. 1, 36, & 40 (''Pencil Points'' became ''Progressive Architecture''</ref> |
The Weidler Studio was at 4589 Lexington Avenue, Hollywood, California.<ref>''Pencil Points'' (magazine), Vol. 20, Issues 7-12 - pps. 1, 36, & 40 (''Pencil Points'' became ''Progressive Architecture''</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:06, 4 May 2013
Alfred Weidler (né Alfred Wilhelm Carl Weidler 27 May 1886 Georgsmarienhütte, Germany — 16 June 1966 Los Angeles) was an architect who, after moving from Germany to Los Angeles in 1923, went on to became a prolific model builder for 40 years with 20th Century Fox.[1]
Early career
The impetus for Weidler moving his family to America, arriving 1923, came at the collapse of the German mark after World War I. Weidler had been in the German Army Engineering Corps during World War I. After the war, Alfred became the city architect for Hamburg and the Weidlers started their family. By 1939, Weidler had made more than 500 models for Hollywood sets, large and small. And he was the author of correspondence courses in modelmaking.[2]
The Weidler Studio was at 4589 Lexington Avenue, Hollywood, California.[3]
Family
He was married in 1917 in Berlin to a former Wagnerian opera singer, known professionally as Margaret Therese Louise (née Meyer; 1890–1987). Among their six children, two were child actors: Sylvia (1921–2003), who appeared in the 1930 film, What a Widow!, and Virginia (1927–1968), who flourished as a child actor. One of their sons was a will-known big band saxophonist and composer: George Weidler (1926–1989).
Selected publications
- Creative painting without a brush a course of instructions to produce original pictures and idea sketches; a new method of designing by controlled visualization, develops creative imagination, broad conception, speed, by Alfred Weidler (1943) OCLC 23229861
- Scenic Master Stencil, by Charles William Alfred Weidler (1943)
- Varistencil Art: Art for everybody, A course of instruction to produce original paintings and idea sketches. A new method of designing by controlled visualization. Develops creative imagination, broad conception, speed. Augmented and improved edition, Vol. 36, Issue 1, (1945)
Affiliations
- Member, Architects League of Hollywood