Adolph Siegfried
Adolph Siegfried (born November 30, 1842 in Bramstedt ; † July 14, 1898 in Rostock ) was a German wood sculptor .
Life
Adolph Siegfried was the son of a stone carver and grew up in Güstrow in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . He trained as a carpenter and carver. A request made to Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II for financial support for a scholarship for academic training at an art school was not taken into account. In 1867, Adolph Siegfried founded his own sculpture and carving workshop in his hometown of Güstrow.
Siegfried's artistic activity is essentially limited to working in wood. Mecklenburg architects and builders, including Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel , often employed him in the context of church renovations and new church buildings. Some of his verifiable works can be found in Mecklenburg churches. With his self-made carvings Siegfried took part in a number of arts and crafts exhibitions and, according to his own statements, was able to win eight prize medals. His art was also valued in England, where he was able to sell a number of his works.
At the State Trade Exhibition in Schwerin in 1883, Adolph Siegfried was awarded the Great State Medal of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
At the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, he showed a carved sideboard and a carved parlor cabinet.
Works
- Altar (demolished in 1911) and baptismal stand in the Techentin village church
- 1868: Restoration of the 12 apostle figures by Claus Berg in Güstrow Cathedral
- 1873: Partridge family as a gift to the Grand Duke
- 1873: Altar frame in the village church in Sietow
- 1873: Altar cross for the Lohmen village church
- 1877: Relief portraits of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II on the war memorial in Malchin in 1870/71
- 1882: extensive carving for the refurbishment of the Güstrow parish church
- 1883: Wall tableau (awarded the Great State Medal)
- 1883/84: Changes to the altar in the Kirch Kogel village church with a crucifix and eight surrounding angels.
- John Brinckmans mask , tinted plaster (owned by the Museum of the City of Güstrow)
literature
- Ulrich Hermanns: Medieval town churches of Mecklenburg. Monument preservation and construction in the 19th century. Schwerin 1996, ISBN 3-931185-15-X , p. 429
- W. Raabe, G. Quade: Mecklenburgische Vaterlandskunde. Vol. 1, Wismar 1894; Pp. 253f, 490
Unprinted sources
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State Main Archive Schwerin (LHAS)
- LHAS 2.26-1 Grand Ducal Cabinet Cabinet III. No. 5161.
- LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Provincial Monastery / Monastery Office Dobbertin. Lohmen Church, Kirch Kogel village church.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dates and locations according to the entry in the funeral register of the Güstrow parish church, accessed via ancestry.com on August 3, 2017
- ↑ LHAS 2.26-1 Grand Ducal Cabinet III , No. 5161
- ↑ Quade (Lit.), p. 254
- ↑ Columbische Weltausstellung in Chicago: official catalog of the exhibition of the German Empire. 1893, p. 135, no.2494
- ↑ Fred Beckendorff: Between Sonnenberg and Müggenmoor. Techentin eight centuries. Techentin 2006, p. 41.
- ^ Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. IV. Volume: The district court districts of Schwaan, Bützow, Sternberg, Güstrow, Krakow, Goldberg, Parchim, Lübz and Plau. Schwerin 1901, reprint 1993, ISBN 3-910179-08-8 , p. 406
- ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. Church Lohmen, No. 3843 Furnishing and consecration of the church.
- ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. Kirch Kogel village church, No. 4624 Purchase of church organ.
- ↑ Brinckman bust is in the John Brinckman High School in Güstrow after John Brickman. The pictorial biography. 2014, p. 137.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Siegfried, Adolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bramstedt |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1898 |
| Place of death | Rostock |