Adolf Heer

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Adolf Heer

Adolf Heer (born September 13, 1849 in Vöhrenbach , Black Forest , † May 29, 1898 in Karlsruhe ) was a German sculptor . He became famous primarily as the creator of the Kaiser Wilhelm monument in Karlsruhe.

Live and act

Adolf Heer grew up as the son of the sculptor Joseph Heer in Vöhrenbach in the Black Forest. He was the third oldest of ten siblings, four of whom did not survive childhood. He apprenticed to his father Joseph and his uncle Carl Heer, who ran a sculpting business under the name of the Heer Brothers , which was known far beyond Vöhrenbach. For example, in 1768 they decorated the tombs in the high choir of the St. Peter's monastery church.

He studied sculpture at the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts (approx. 1867 to 1871), in Berlin in the workshops of Rudolf Siemering and Alexander Calandrelli, and at the Art Academy (approx. 1871 to 1873). He also worked for two years in Dresden with Adolf Breymann (1873–1875). From 1877 to 1880 he lived in Rome, where he completed his artistic training by studying the great artistic works of antiquity.

In 1881 he became a professor at what was then the Karlsruhe School of Applied Arts, which was his last place of work until his death in 1898. His successor was Fridolin Dietsche .

Works (selection)

Scheffel memorial in Heidelberg, 1891
Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in Karlsruhe, 1897
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial in February 2012
  • Baden-Baden :
    • Figure decorations at the Kaiserin-Augusta-Bad (destroyed by an excavator shovel in 1963)
  • Donaueschingen :
    • Group of figures enthroned over the rim of the Danube source and depicting “Mother Baar”, who shows her “daughter”, the young Danube, the way.
  • Heidelberg :
    • Scheffel memorial in Heidelberg on the Großer Scheffelterrasse opposite the palace complex (1891, melted down during World War II)
    • Sandstone figures at the New Town Hall
    • Bust of the literary historian Georg Gottfried Gervinus in the mountain cemetery
    • Bronze figures "Science and Fama" for the university auditorium
  • Karlsruhe :
    • Allegorical group of figures "Festesfreude und Fame" at the north portal of the festival hall (destroyed in World War II)
    • Joseph Victor von Scheffel's tomb in the cemetery
    • Equestrian statue of Emperor William I. on the imperial court (1890-1897)
      The four allegorical figures accompanying the base (including the Clio by John Shepherd ) were melted down in 1943, the monument is preserved in this reduced version.
  • Neudingen :
    • Two angel figures for the princely crypt Maria Hof
  • Osnabrück :
    • Equestrian statue of Emperor Wilhelm I (1898 as a replica of the Karlsruhe equestrian statue)
      The bronze sculpture fell victim to the metal collection in 1942, the empty base was removed after the end of the Second World War .
  • Bust of an unknown woman (possibly sister or relative of the army)
  • Shoulder bust of Josef Viktor von Scheffels
  • Significant participation in two angel figures for the mausoleum of Prince Albert (commissioned by the English Queen Victoria)
  • Gravestone of his relative, the painter Johann Baptist Kirner

literature

  • [Thomas] Cathiau: Adolf Heer. In: Badische Biographien , Part V. 1891-1901. Edited by Friedrich von Weech and Albert Krieger . Winter, Heidelberg 1906, pp. 263–267 ( digitized version )
  • Erich Willmann: sculptor Prof. Adolf Heer. His life and works on the Baar and the surrounding area. In: Writings of the Association for History and Natural History of Baar 53 (2010), pp. 81–98 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Volume 6: Freiburg district. Jacob Christian Benjamin Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen / Leipzig 1904, p. 337. ( Wikisource )
  2. ↑ Heinz Schmitt (Ed.): Monuments, fountains and free sculptures in Karlsruhe 1715–1945. (= Publications of the Karlsruhe City Archives , Volume 7.) 2nd edition, Karlsruhe 1989, ISBN 3-7617-0264-7 , page 686.

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personal data
SURNAME Army, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Army, Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Voehrenbach
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1898
Place of death Karlsruhe