Adolf Breymann

Adolf August Wilhelm Breymann (born June 16, 1839 in Mahlum ; † September 1, 1878 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German sculptor of the 19th century .

Life

Heinrichsbrunnen in Braunschweig

Breymann was born in the large household of Pastor Ferdinand Christian Breymann (1797–1866) and his wife Louise, née. Hoffmann (1802–1876) born. He was the younger brother of the pedagogue and women's rights activist Henriette Schrader-Breymann . He received his training first in Braunschweig with court sculptors Theodor Strümpell and Georg Howaldt and from 1859 in Dresden . The main work is the larger than life statue of Henry the Lion for the Heinrichsbrunnen on the Hagenmarkt in Braunschweig, which was cast in the workshop of his teacher Georg Howaldt and erected in Braunschweig in 1874, after having previously been awarded the silver medal at the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873. Breymann personally supervised the design of the mausoleum of Queen Victoria of Great Britain in Frogmore , for which he had designed two angels, which were also cast by Georg Howaldt in Braunschweig.

Works

The eagle of the war memorial for the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 in Potsdam

Fountain statue of Heinrich the Lion ( 1869 and 1874 ) for the Heinrichsbrunnen inaugurated in 1874, bronze casting for Braunschweig, shown at the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873 (awarded the silver medal), made by Georg Ferdinand Howaldt
Two angels with swords for the crypt of the British Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in Frogmore House near Windsor , made by Georg Ferdinand Howaldt
Victory Monument, 1881 for Braunschweig, continued after Breymann's death by Robert Diez , made by Georg Ferdinand Howaldt
War memorial 1870/71 in Göttingen on Bahnhofstrasse, in front of the avenue gate and the anatomy. The monument was ceremoniously unveiled on July 23, 1876.
After restoration, the mighty eagle of the monument, which was partially destroyed in the Second World War and later removed, stands on a simple concrete stele in the Havelland barracks in Potsdam-Eiche as a permanent loan from the city of Göttingen to the Bundeswehr .

literature

Regine Nahrwold: Breymann, Adolf August Wilhelm. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 99-100 .
Paul Zimmermann : Breymann, Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 231-233.

Individual evidence

↑ Regine Nahrworld: Breymann, Adolf August Wilhelm. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 99 .

Web links

Commons : Adolf Breymann - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Frogmore - House, Gardens and Mausoleum Angel with sword in front of the mausoleum

personal data
SURNAME	Breymann, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Breymann, Adolf August Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	June 16, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mahlum
DATE OF DEATH	September 1, 1878
Place of death	Wolfenbüttel

[1] Regine Nahrworld: Breymann, Adolf August Wilhelm. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 99 .