Pütz was raised in Berlin where his mother was a member of Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophical Society. As a result, he was educated at Waldorf from the very beginning.

His encounter with Rudolf Steiner at the Waldorf School made a lasting impression on him. Steiner gave Pütz a decisive orientation for his creative path. After studying sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, he continued his studies with Oswald Dubach in Dornach.

• Born: 1907
• Died: 1979
• Hometown: Berlin, Germany
• Education: Kunsthochscule Karlsruhe (Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, Germany)

As a furniture maker, sculptor, teacher and art lecturer, Pütz adopted the anthroposophical approach to art as social practice. He taught at the Ottersberger Rudolf Steiner School and became an early practitioner of art therapy, founding the College of Social Work in Art in Ottersberg in 1967.Pütz designed and created furniture and objects from the late 1920s through the 1960s.

His life’s work culminated in the founding of the University of Applied Sciences in 1984, which he created with Mrs. Rose Maria. It was state-recognized and subsequently developed into one of the largest and most significant higher education programs for art therapy all over the world.

Some of his most famous works are cabinets, chairs, and clocks in his original, distinctive style where he utilizes lines and bevels heavily to create geometrically formed furniture. His work, as well as many of the other students of the Dornach school, later influenced Esherick and his designs.