Fritz Roeber

[1] He accepted a major commission from Rhine Province to design figurative jewelry for a gold trophy, to be presented to Prince (later Kaiser) Wilhelm on the occasion of his wedding.

Later, he became a co-founder of the "Central-Gewerbe-Vereins" (Central Trade Association) and helped to develop the local arts and crafts industry.

During the early part of the 20th century, he was involved in organizing several large, international exhibitions and a memorial plaque in his honor was placed at the Kunstpalast [de].

In 1919, following a partial merger with the Kunstgewerbeschule (Arts and Crafts School), he hired seven instructors to teach the new subjects that would be added: the painter Ludwig Heupel-Siegen [de], sculptor Hubert Netzer, graphic artist Ernst Aufseeser and three architects; Wilhelm Kreis, Emil Fahrenkamp (the Kunstgewerbeschule's former director) and Fritz Becker [de].

He also oversaw the construction of new studio buildings for the Kunstakademie, along the Rhine, designed to be an "art city on the English model".