12 Facts About Hinnerk Scheper

Hinnerk Scheper's older brother was Hermann Scheper, who was born on 3 April 1842.

At the age of 7 Hinnerk Scheper was enrolled in the Protestant Volksschule in Wulften in 1904.

Hinnerk Scheper developed the photos in his self built darkroom.

From 1922 to 1925 Hinnerk Scheper worked as a mural painter and colour designer, for buildings in Weimar and Munster.

From 1925, Hinnerk Scheper headed the workshop for mural painting at the Bauhaus in Dessau, succeeding Wassily Kandinsky, until the final closure of the Bauhaus by the National Socialists in 1933.

Hinnerk Scheper organized a design competition for the wallpaper patterns among his students in the mural painting workshop.

From 1929 to 1931, Hinnerk Scheper was on leave from the Bauhaus to work in Moscow, the Soviet Union capital to set up and manage a state consulting centre for colour design with associated teaching activities for the entire Soviet Union.

Together with his wife Hinnerk Scheper worked for various photo agencies in Berlin until 1932.

From 1942 to 1945 Hinnerk Scheper did military service in Germany.

In 1951, Hinnerk Scheper attracted attention as an expert witness in an expert commission consisting of Professor Richard Sedlmaier from Kiel, Professor Gunther Grundmann and Dr jur.

From 1952 Hinnerk Scheper held a teaching position for the preservation of historical monuments at Technische Universitat Berlin and from 1953 he held the title of Government Director.

Hinnerk Scheper's daughter-in-law became the wife of son Dirk, Renate Scheper.