Albert Holl

Albert Holl (born April 5, 1890 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ; † May 27, 1970 ibid) was a German engraver , medalist and sculptor .

Life

Sitting Girl , 1932; Sculpture Path Paths to Art

"Silberadler" from 1951; 5 DM - course coin in silver of the Federal Republic of Germany

Albert Holl was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd in 1890. His father was a teacher at the Gmünder Gewerbeschule , which Albert Holl attended from 1907 to 1912 after training as a steel engraver. After a stay in Paris in 1911/12, he attended the arts and crafts school in Munich in 1913/14 . During the First World War, the officer's leg was crushed in 1915 in the Argonne , which was then amputated. From 1922 he headed the sculpture class of the State Higher Technical School for Precious Metals in Schwäbisch Gmünd, where he also received the title of professor.

In 1922, Holl became head of the sculpture class at the State Higher Technical School for Precious Metals in Schwäbisch Gmünd, where he was also appointed professor. Until his retirement in 1955, he taught in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Works (selection)

1951: Among the best known works is the so-called "Silver Eagle", the 1951 has a circulation of 260 million copies of the to 1974 Deutsche Bundesbank issued 5- DM - Kursmünze
1963: Medal with the portrait of John F. Kennedy on the occasion of his visit to the Federal Republic of Germany , on the reverse with the coat of arms of the then federal capital Bonn and the coat of arms of Berlin
1966, 1967: Medal (with variants of the mint) for the 90th birthday, then for the death of Konrad Adenauer
1969: Medal with the portrait of Wernher von Braun , on the reverse with the spaceships of Apollo 11 over the moon, on the occasion of the moon landing in 1969
1988 ( posthumous ): Silver medal with a portrait of Carl Benz , on the reverse with Bertha Benz at the wheel of the Benz patent motor car number 3 1888 during the first successful long-distance drive in an automobile from Mannheim to Pforzheim

literature

The medal and commemorative coin of the 20th century in Germany , vol. 14.
Ferdinand Dahl: Catalog for the exhibition Kunstmedals - Medaillenkunst , part 2 ( Der Steckenreiter. Ancillary hours dedicated to the pleasure of coins. A coin post of the Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde eV , volume 87). Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde, Bonn 2013, p. 8f .; as (PDF document)

Web links

Commons : Albert Holl - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Ferdinand Dahl: Catalog for the exhibition Kunstmedals - Medaillenkunst , Part 2 ( Der Steckenreiter. Ancillary hours dedicated to the pleasure of coins. A coin post from the Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde eV ( Memento from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), volume 87 ). Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde, Bonn 2013, p. 8f .; as (PDF document)
^ Medalist Holl. Biography. Numismatics Forum, accessed October 22, 2014 .
↑ Albert Holl. Search result. RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, accessed December 3, 2014 .

personal data
SURNAME	Holl, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engraver, medalist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 5, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwäbisch Gmünd
DATE OF DEATH	May 27, 1970
Place of death	Schwäbisch Gmünd

[Der_Steckenreiter_87-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Ferdinand Dahl: Catalog for the exhibition Kunstmedals - Medaillenkunst , Part 2 ( Der Steckenreiter. Ancillary hours dedicated to the pleasure of coins. A coin post from the Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde eV ( Memento from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), volume 87 ). Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde, Bonn 2013, p. 8f .; as (PDF document)

[2] Medalist Holl. Biography. Numismatics Forum, accessed October 22, 2014 .

[3] Albert Holl. Search result. RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, accessed December 3, 2014 .