Leonhard Romeis

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Leonhard Romeis (born January 13, 1854 in Höchstadt an der Aisch ; † November 17, 1904 in Munich ) was a German architect of historicism .

Leonhard Romeis, architect, bronze plaque made by his son Karl
St. Benno in Munich (1895)
Paleontological Museum (1902)
St. Gallus in Fremdingen (1903)

Life

Romeis was born the son of a carpenter. A beneficiary, to which the boy was sent for drawing lessons , recognized his artistic talent early on. On his advice he was sent to the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich . After graduation, Romeis traveled to Italy . In 1886 he was appointed professor at the Munich School of Applied Arts.

In the same year he married the Bamberg merchant's daughter Anna Ramis, with whom he had five children. His eldest son Benno Romeis, born in 1888, worked as an anatomist at the University of Munich . His son Karl Romeis (1895–1960) was a sculptor. Romeis succumbed to kidney disease on November 17, 1904 at the age of 50. He was knight III. Class of the Order of Merit of Saint Michael .

Works (selection)

Private structures

  • Munich, Richard-Wagner-Strasse No. 5, 7, 9 and 11
  • Munich, Schackstrasse. 1897 four large buildings, neo-baroque. The corner houses facing Ludwigstrasse are designed as a head building, lavishly with domes and groups of figures, some simplification after the war.
  • Munich, tenement Ismaninger Strasse 92, 1898 and Rauchstrasse 1, 1898.
  • Munich, Richard-Wagner-Straße 18, in an imposing corner location, neo-renaissance, bel étage with separate stairwells and stately entrances as well as rental apartments with separate entrances and economic stairs and shops on the ground floor.
  • Munich, 1880 House for Prof. Anton Hess , teacher for sculpture at the School of Applied Arts and for the important style theorist of the 19th century, Dr. Georg Hirth .
  • Frankfurt am Main: One of his most elaborate structures is the so-called Liebig Castle, remnants of the interior have been preserved, 1888 to 1902.

Villa construction , mainly recourse to the late Gothic and early Renaissance as well as the Nuremberg area:

  • Pöcking : Villa Rizinus, 1989.
  • Munich: Villa Oswaldstrasse 14, 1892, castle-like building
  • Munich: Grützner Schlösschen 1883 to 84 for the genre painter Eduard von Grützner , Grütznerstrasse 1.
  • Munich: Double villa at Mühlstrasse 39–41, 1893.

Public buildings:

Churches:

Monuments and fountains made by sculptors close to him - such as Ferdinand von Miller , Eckhardt, Bernauer and Anton Hess .

Interior design "As efficient as Romeis did as an architect, the focus of his artistic fortune lay in cabaret, in interior design." ( Gmelin )

  • Bamberg: paneling of the auditorium of the former old grammar school, 1886, today reading room of branch library 4 of the university;
  • For the German national arts and crafts exhibition in 1888, the "Bamberger Zimmer" was awarded a prize by Prince Regent Luitpold
  • Cathedral of Bamberg Cathedral, 1899
  • Interior of Matzen Castle near Brixlegg / Tyrol

literature

  • Thieme Becker: Allgemeine Lexikon der Bildenden Künste, Volume 27/28, 1992 p. 561
  • Wölker, Anton: From the history of the city of Höchstadt an der Aisch. Höchstadt ad A. 1979, p. 227 ff Leonhard Romeis
  • Gmelin, L .: Leonhard Romeis. In: Kunst und Handwerk, 55 year 1904/5 pp. 317–329
  • Muschter, A .: Leonhard Romeis. In: Deutsche Bauzeitung 1905, p. 64 ff
  • Salvisberg, Paul von: Chronicle of the German National Art Industry Exhibition in Munich 1888, Munich 1888.
  • Hirth, Gg .: The German Room, Leipzig
  • Ruß, Norbert: Architect Leonhard Romeis (1854–1904). His activity in Bamberg and its importance for the Bamberg arts and crafts. In: Heimat Bamberger Land, 13th year, No. 3, 2001, pp. 86–90.
  • LG: The St. Benno Church in Munich. In: Kunst und Handwerk 49, (1898/99) drawn by LG (probably Ludwig Gmelin)
  • Barbara Six: The architect Leonhard Romeis (1854–1904). His Munich villas with special consideration of the houses for the painters Eduard von Grützner and Ernst Ludwig Plaß . (Series LMU Publications / History and Art Studies, No. 14). Master's thesis, LMU Munich 2005 ( online )

Web links

Commons : Leonhard Romeis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From the German Society for Christian Art , in: Die Christliche Kunst: Monthly for all areas of Christian art and art history as well as for the entire art life, supplement, 1st year, issue 3, Dec. 1904, p. II.
personal data
SURNAME Romeis, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect of historicism
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Höchstadt an der Aisch
DATE OF DEATH 17th November 1904
Place of death Munich