Albert von Soest

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Albert von Soest (also Albert van Soest , * before 1550 in Soest (?) / Westphalia ; † 1589 in Lüneburg ) was 1567–1588 wood carver ( bielden snider ) in Lüneburg.

Life

Albert von Soest was particularly well known for the oak wood carving in the large council chamber in the Lüneburg town hall , which he carried out together with Gerd Suttmeier .

He has been on the Lüneburg tax lists since 1567 and acquired Lüneburg citizenship in 1583. His artistic work was based on Albrecht Dürer .

Eberhard von Holle , paper mache

Soest created three-dimensional portraits - especially of Reformation personalities - in paper mache . The basis for this were carved wooden models , which then made serial production possible. A paper mache portrait of Martin Luther is on display in the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. A counterpart and a portrait of Philipp Melanchthon are in the collection of the State Museum Schwerin .

See also

literature

  • Wilhelm Behncke : Albert von Soest, a craftsman of the XVI. Century in Lüneburg. Strasbourg: JHE Heitz 1901 (Studies on German Art History 28) ( digitized version )
  • Edgar Ring: “To truck with papir.” Albert von Soest and the production of paper reliefs. In: clay stones shards. Excavated and researched in the old town of Lüneburg, ed. v. Frank Andraschko et al. a. (De Sulte 6), Lüneburg 1996, 107-111.
  • Karl Ernst Hermann Krause :  Soest, Albert van . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 537 f.
  • Georg Winter:  Albert von Soest. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , pp. 135 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Bernhard Decker: Reformers - not made of cardboard. Martin Luther and the image propaganda of Albert von Soest in paper mache. In: Anzeiger des Germanisches Nationalmuseums 2011, pp. 9–33.

Web links

Commons : Albert von Soest  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ National Museum: Danish Middle Ages and Renaissance. Catalog, Copenhagen 2002, p. 115. ISBN 87-89384-98-9
personal data
SURNAME Albert von Soest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albert van Soest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German carver
DATE OF BIRTH before 1550
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Soest
DATE OF DEATH 1589
Place of death Luneburg