Max Wiese

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Max Wiese

Max Wiese (born August 1, 1846 in Danzig ; † June 24, 1925 in Neuruppin ; full name Eduard Friedrich Max Wiese ) was a German sculptor , medalist and professor at the State Drawing Academy in Hanau .

The monuments to Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1883) and Theodor Fontane (1907) in Neuruppin are important works by Max Wiese. He also made the war memorials in Fehrbellin (1913), Kerzlin and Walsleben.

Life

Shortly after the death of his father, who was the royal police inspector in Danzig, his mother and Max Wiese moved to Neuruppin in 1854. From 1856 to 1864 he attended the Neuruppiner Gymnasium, from 1864 to 1868 he studied at the Berlin Art Academy . Wiese then worked as an assistant in Rudolf Siemering's studio in Berlin until 1870 .

In the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 in the Battle of Gravelotte , he suffered a serious gunshot wound to the shoulder, his right arm was paralyzed for two years, and the fourth and fifth fingers of his right hand remained immobile throughout his life.

From 1872 Wiese worked independently in Berlin. In 1875 he went on a study trip to Italy . On January 27, 1877, he married Gertrud, the daughter of the Berlin merchant Renowitzky.

In 1883 Wiese took on a teaching position for modeling at the teaching establishment of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin , and from August 1884 he was the first teacher at the drawing academy in Hanau . In this function he was given the title of professor in 1886 and also served as director of the drawing academy from 1887 to 1905. A recognition of his work as a university lecturer was his posting as one of 77 German judges to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 . From 1905 he was based and active in Berlin-Charlottenburg .

The city of Neuruppin awarded Max Wiese honorary citizenship . His death was the result of an accident; After a funeral in the parish church of St. Mary , the funeral took place on June 27th.

Works (selection)

and undated:

  • Schinkel monument in Neuruppin

  • Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in Opole

  • Memorial in Fehrbellin for the fallen 1813–1815

  • Memorial plaque at the former Neuruppin Old Cemetery

  • silver centerpiece for Prince Wilhelm

  • Cassette for the Prince Regent Albrecht of Braunschweig

  • Jahn Loose memorial in Neuruppin

  • Monument to the fallen in Kerzlin

literature

Web links

Commons : Max Wiese  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ artist. Max Wiese. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on November 26, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Prof. Max Wiese †. In: Vossische Zeitung . June 26, 1925, evening edition, p. 3 (obituary - right column below, staatsbibliothek-berlin.de ).
  3. ↑ The unveiling of the Schinkel monument in Neuruppin. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung . 3rd year 1883, No. 43, October 27, 1883, p. 393 f. ( digital.zlb.de ).
  4. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Graf Philipp Ludwig II monument In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
  5. ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Wiese, Max. Volume VI. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1916, p. 496 .
personal data
SURNAME Wiese, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiese, Eduard Friedrich Max (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and university professor at the Hanau drawing academy
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1925
Place of death Neuruppin