Walter Giers

Walter Giers was a German textile artist, multimedia artist, designer, musician and sound artist (1937–2016). He was born at Mannweiler and died at Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Also recorded as Walter Adolf Giers.

Walter Giers in brief

Born
1937
Died
2016
Known for
designer, musician and artist
Place of birth
Mannweiler
Contents

Recognition and collections

Walter Giers received Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Work by Walter Giers is held by ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe.

Catalogued works

2 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1968 to 1979.

5 light drops, dated 1979, held by ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. Correspondence: G, dated 1968-1978, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Giers, Walter, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. The Education of a Russian Statesman: The Memoirs of Nicholas Karlovich Giers, Russian Review, 1963. Giers, Erika, Juristinnen, 2024. The Letters of N. K. Giers to A. G. Jomini, 1876—1880, Russia in the East 1876-1880, 1959. The Education of a Russian Statesman: The Memoirs of Nicholas Karlovich Giers, The Slavic and East European Journal, 1963.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 3 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1937Walter Giers born at Mannweiler.
  2. 1968Correspondence: G (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 19795 light drops (ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe).
  4. 2016Walter Giers died at Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Giers, Erika, Juristinnen, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  2. 2.

    Giers, Walter, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  3. 3.

    The Education of a Russian Statesman: The Memoirs of Nicholas Karlovich Giers, Russian Review, 1963

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    The Education of a Russian Statesman: The Memoirs of Nicholas Karlovich Giers, The Slavic and East European Journal, 1963

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  5. 5.

    The Letters of N. K. Giers to A. G. Jomini, 1876—1880, Russia in the East 1876-1880, 1959

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  6. 6.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 5539707-4, Ausstellung Walter Giers Nachtlichter - Nachtklänge (1999 : Berlin).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

    Consult the source
  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Walter Giers.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

    Consult the source
  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1558438: Walter Giers

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

    Consult the source
  9. 9.

    “Walter Giers”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    Consult the source

Elsewhere in Modern design

For owners

Own a work by Walter Giers?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.