Adolf Fremd
Adolf Fremd (born May 18, 1853 in Vaihingen on the Fildern , † February 19, 1924 in Stuttgart ) was a German sculptor . He created numerous sculptures and monuments in Stuttgart.
Life
Foreign attended the Stuttgart art school , where he was a student of Bernhard Neher and Theodor Wagner . From 1874 he studied at the Dresden Art Academy with Ernst Hähnel . Two years later he became an assistant in Adolf von Donndorf's studio in Stuttgart. In 1886 he won second prize in a competition for a memorial for Johann Heinrich Dannecker in Stuttgart, the last pupil of which he called himself. He was friends with the stone sculptor Kurt Fanghänel , and it is believed that he was instrumental in foreign works made of stone. More often, however, Fremd created models for bronze casting . Monument busts, reliefs and larger-than-life figures were created.
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Bad Carlsruhe in Silesia
- 1878: Bust of Duke Wilhelm Eugen von Württemberg in the castle
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Champigny (France)
- around 1910: War memorial for the German soldiers who fell in the Franco-German War of 1870/1871
- Stuttgart
- 1878: Bust of Duke Wilhelm Eugen of Württemberg
- Statue of Ludwig Uhland in the town hall
- 1895: Physics and chemistry, allegorical attic statues, State Trade Museum Stuttgart, destroyed in World War II
- 1896: Figure decorations on the Marquardtbau , destroyed in World War II except for two niche figures on the 2nd floor on Bolzstrasse
- 1897–1901: four allegorical figures for the King Charles Bridge
- 1899: Night watchman fountain in front of the Leonhardskirche
- 1903: Monument bust of Franz Liszt in the upper palace garden
- 1904: Urban statue on Urbansplatz, melted down during World War II
- 1910: Rudolf-Keller-Brunnen on Gablenberger Weg
- 1912: Sculpture and Allegory of Painting, two allegorical attic statues at the Great House of the Stuttgart State Theater
- 1922 or 1926: Meadow nymph based on the group of nymphs by Johann Heinrich Dannecker (today in the Stuttgart Lapidarium)
- 1926: Fritz-Keller -Brünnele at the forest cemetery in Stuttgart
- Schiller memorial stone in Vaihingen on the Fildern with relief, replica 1949
- Tübingen
- Seated image of Count Eberhard im Barte on the Neckar Bridge
gallery
Schiller memorial stone in Vaihingen
Fritz-Keller -Brünnele
literature
- Dankmar Trier: Stranger, Adolf . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 44, Saur, Munich a. a. 2005, ISBN 3-598-22784-1 , p. 392.
- Stranger, Adolf . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 415 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Gustav Wais : Stuttgart's art and cultural monuments. 25 pictures with city history, architectural history and art history explanations. Stuttgart 1954.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Kurt Fanghänel, employee of Professor Fremd" - In: Chronik der Stadt Stuttgart , Volume 50 (1990) (Nekrolog)
- ↑ a b c d Gustav Wais : Stuttgart's art and cultural monuments. 25 pictures with city history, architectural history and art history explanations. Stuttgart 1954.
- ^ Karl Leibbrand: The König-Karls-Brücke over the Neckar between Stuttgart and Cannstatt. Ernst & Son, Berlin 1895.
- ^ Wilhelm Kick (ed.): Modern new buildings . Continuously published illustrated sheets for architecture. 4. [1902], with text on plate 30, after text on plate 40 (night watchman fountain).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stranger, Adolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1853 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vaihingen on the Fildern |
DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1924 |
Place of death | Stuttgart |