Albert Moritz Wolff

Albert Moritz Wolff (born June 15, 1854 in Berlin , † August 23, 1923 in Lüneburg ) was a German sculptor and medalist , he used the signature A. M. Wolff .

Albert Moritz Wolff should not be confused with the older sculptor Albert Wolff (1815–1892), to whom he was not related.

Life

Little is known about Wolff's life so far. It can be assumed that he was trained as a drawing teacher, as the activity in this profession can be proven. The first known sculptural work is a relief dated 1879 on the Reinhold tomb in Hamburg. As a student at the Berlin Art Academy , he exhibited for the first time at the academy exhibition in 1881, namely the bust of the preacher Nessler. Sculpture was probably a sideline for him at this time; in 1885 he was still working full-time as a drawing teacher at the French Gymnasium in Berlin . Some of his grave figures, grave reliefs, small sculptures and medals have been sold in large numbers as so-called catalog goods by various companies (Gladenbeck in Berlin, WMF in Geislingen, Gebr. Lindt NFL in Berlin, Werner & Sons mint in Berlin) for decades . Some of the bronzes auctioned at various art auctions show typically Russian motifs and are signed in Cyrillic , which suggests that Wolff also supplied the Russian market.

Services

Wolff's artistic achievements are less in the area of ​​monument sculpture than in the area of ​​genre-like small sculptures and commemorative medals. The latter he made mainly for the Berlin mint Werner & Sons.

Works

Some of the following small sculptures have been auctioned off in recent years. (see also on artnet.com artnet.de with images)

plant	image	Dating	Location	Further information
Relief Mercury (Reinhold Tomb)		1879	Hamburg, Ohlsdorf cemetery	Mercury, in the background port activities; received at the place
Bust of the preacher Nessler		1881		first participation in the Berlin academy exhibition
Winter sleigh ride	see kunstmarkt.com	~ 1890?
Judith with sword		1893
Caucasian plow		1894
Short rest		1894		perhaps identical to the drinking camel driver , still in 1926 in the catalog of the Gladenbeck foundry (32, 21 and 16 cm)
Mourners (tomb of the Baare family)		1895	Bochum, old cemetery (so-called Kortumpark )	received on site; same figure as in 1914 in Hamburg
Cossack making music		1895
St. Michael		1897	Erkner , Church of Galilee	received at the place
War memorial 1870/71		1897	Erkner
Statuette of Otto von Bismarck		1900
Grave site Leopold Hoesch		1900	Düren, Evangelical Cemetery Düren
Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I.		1902, March 22	Rixdorf near Berlin	Melted down in 1944
War memorial	see query.nytimes.com	1903, May 30th	Philadelphia (USA)	for the German veterans cemetery; same design as in Erkner
Reliefs of the Great Elector and his wife		1904	Berlin, Dorotheenstädtische Church	receive
Kant medal	see kant.uni-mainz.de	1904		on the 100th birthday of Kant
Medal Friedrich Schiller on the 100th anniversary of his death		1905	Grassimuseum Leipzig, No. 710	after the sculpture by Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
Medal Hermann Dannenberg		1905	Coin cabinet of the Institute for Classical Archeology at the University of Tübingen
Relief mourners (Voigt tomb)		1906	Hamburg, Ohlsdorf cemetery	Electroplated bronze from WMF; received at the place
Relief mourners (tomb Hameister)		1906	Cammin (Mecklenburg), cemetery	Electroplated bronze from WMF; received at the place
Commemorative medal of the Army, Navy and Colonial Exhibition Berlin 1907		1907	z. B. a copy in the School and Local History Museum Berlin-Friedenau	Portrait of Crown Prince Wilhelm , the patron of the exhibition
various medals		~ 1907		20 different medals at the Berlin art exhibition
Friedel medal		1907
Memorial to the Marine Expeditionary Force		1907/08	Swakopmund
Sculpture from the memorial for the Marine Expeditionary Force as a statuette		1908 ff.		Small bronzes from the Gladenbeck Berlin foundry
Tomb Johanna Stegen		1908	Berlin, Sophienkirchhof II	received at the place
Statues of Emperor Wilhelm II and Empress Auguste Viktoria		Inauguration: April 9, 1910	Jerusalem, on the facade of the Mount of Olives Hospice	received at the place
Competition design for a colonial monument		1912	for Windhoek	Order went to Adolf Kürle
Arab praying		(1912)		still in 1926 in the catalog of the Gladenbeck foundry (36, 21 and 16 cm)
Mourners (Neidhardt / Reimer tomb)		1914	Hamburg, Ohlsdorf cemetery	received on site; same figure also in Bochum in 1895
Sanders Medal		1916		Half-length portrait in uniform en face; Back: ON DEC 18. 1915 et al. 9 JAN. 1916 WAS THE CLEANING OF GALLIPOLI
Martha Jagielski tomb		~ 1920	Berlin, Luisenstadt Cemetery	received at the place
Tomb Pommrich			Berlin, French cemetery	received at the place
Knight				still in 1926 in the catalog of the Gladenbeck foundry (38 cm)
Guard soldier				still in 1926 in the catalog of the Gladenbeck foundry (29 cm)
Saida (after Villani)
boar
Escape from Egypt (?)
Gun with operation
Lion fighters
Tracked
Smuggler				still in 1926 in the catalog of the Gladenbeck foundry (27.5 cm)
Team of oxen				still in 1926 in the catalog of the Gladenbeck foundry (22 cm)
Farm wagon	see artnet.de
Caucasian mill				still in 1926 in the catalog of the Gladenbeck foundry (16 cm)
Troika				still in 1926 in the catalog of the Gladenbeck foundry (19 cm)
Cossack couple (kiss goodbye)
Horse watering girl	see artnet.de
Hunter
Load the sledge with ice				still in 1926 in the catalog of the Gladenbeck foundry (15 cm)

literature

• Wolff, Albert Moritz. In: L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Volume VI, Spink & Son Ltd., London 1916, page 527 / Volume VIII, Spink & Son Ltd., London 1930, page 281.
• Wolff, Moritz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 215 .
• Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt: Königsberg sculptures and their masters 1255–1945. Holzner, Würzburg 1970, p. 198.
• Peter Bloch , Waldemar Grzimek : Classic Berlin. The Berlin School of Sculpture in the 19th century. Propylaen-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-549-06631-7 . / as a new edition: Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-7861-1767-5 .
• Peter Bloch, Sibylle Einholz , Jutta von Simson (eds.): Ethos and Pathos. The Berlin School of Sculpture 1786-1914. Contributions with short biographies of Berlin sculptors. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-7861-1598-2 .
• Inge Kießhauer, Rolf Kießhauer: Bronzenes for Berlin. On the trail of monuments and sculptures from Gladenbeck's bronze foundries in Berlin and Friedrichshagen. In: Friedrichshagener Hefte , No. 38–40 (2001).

Web links

Commons : Albert Moritz Wolff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reinhold tomb , Ohlsdorf cemetery: Details from Barbara Leisner, Heiko KL Schulze, Ellen Thormann: The Hamburg main cemetery in Ohlsdorf. History and tombs. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1990, page 51, cat. 280.
2. ↑ Stefan Krmnicek, Marius Gaidys: Taught images. Classical scholars on 19th century medals. Accompanying volume to the online exhibition in the Digital Coin Cabinet of the Institute for Classical Archeology at the University of Tübingen (= From Croesus to King Wilhelm. New Series, Volume 3). University Library Tübingen, Tübingen 2020, p. 28 f. ( online ).
3. ↑ Tomb Neidthardt / Reimer , Cemetery Ohlsdorf, Planquadrat O 20 (at the Cordesallee): genealogy.net pictures and inscriptions in and Text u. historical picture by Barbara Leisner, Heiko KL Schulze, Ellen Thormann: The Hamburg main cemetery Ohlsdorf. History and tombs , Verlag Hans Christians, Hamburg 1990, page 112, cat. 730