Albrecht Leistner

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Masterpiece by Albrecht Leistner: Sculpture Resurrection, tomb Albert Böhme 1933, on the south cemetery in Leipzig
Albrecht Leistner: Sculpture Awakening, Hermann Leistner's tomb 1920, on the south cemetery in Leipzig
Albrecht Leistner: Wandering boy, bronze relief 1933, on the south cemetery in Leipzig
Albrecht Leistner's studio in Leipzig, built in 1912
Albrecht Leistner: Richard Wagner, bronze head 1911
Albrecht Leistner family grave in the south cemetery in Leipzig
Awakening flower , grave trunk, Ohlsdorf cemetery

Carl Albrecht Leistner (born November 6, 1887 in Leipzig ; † October 24, 1950 there ) was a painter , graphic artist and sculptor .

Life

family

Albrecht Leistner was the son of the scale manufacturer Emil Leistner (1843-1911) and his wife Hedwig, née Reuschel (1852-1932). In 1909 he married Hermine Kiessig (1887–1964), the daughter of a Leipzig hotel owner. The marriage resulted in two daughters and a son:

  • Leonore (1910-1997)
  • Siegfried (1914–1970)
  • Isolde (1920–1989)

education

After attending the community school and the secondary school , the young Albrecht initially accompanied his father on extensive trips, both of which led to all of Germany, the Scandinavian countries and Tyrol . In 1905 he went on an educational trip to Italy lasting several months . Here his decision matured to devote himself entirely to art. The Leipzig illustrator Fedor Flinzer taught him the basics of drawing. At the Leipzig Art Academy were Alois Kolb and Adolf Lehnert his teachers. He then studied anatomy for two semesters and continued his self-taught education .

Creating art

As a freelance artist, the enthusiastic mountaineer initially devoted himself to painting high mountains. He achieved his first success as a painter in 1902 at the World Exhibition in Turin , where he was awarded a bronze medal .

In his hometown he was one of the founding members of the Leipzig Secession in 1910 and initiated the Leipzig annual art exhibitions with his friend Max Klinger . He was also a member of the German Association of Artists in Weimar .

Klinger inspired him to do his first sculptural work , which from then on should become his actual form of artistic expression. His first work, a Richard Wagner head, was made of bronze and plaster of paris in 1911 and sold very successfully by the art dealer PH Beyer & Sohn. On the occasion of the 1914 world exhibition for book trade and graphics, he created two groups of nudes , called printing and etching . The allegories were very popular because of their humorous presentation.

His artistic work was interrupted by the First World War. As a soldier at the front , he experienced the hell of Verdun . He artistically processed the horrors of war in 50 lithographs , which he published as a portfolio under the title Seven Months Before Verdun 1916. Experiences from the field in 50 stone drawings told by Albrecht Leistner in a limited edition of 100 pieces.

Leistner experienced the peak of his work in the 1920s. Monuments, busts and statues in bronze and marble , reliefs and plaques as well as tombs were created in large numbers. However, Leistner got into financial difficulties as a result of the global economic crisis , so that he had to sell his house, which also housed his studio .

Due to his critical stance on National Socialism , his works were no longer shown at major art exhibitions in Munich and Leipzig. On December 4, 1943, his studio in Leipzig was badly damaged by aerial bombers. In 1944, a large part of his outsourced works were destroyed as a result of further war effects.

The artist, who had suffered badly from gout for a long time and was therefore unable to work, died a few years after the end of the war. He was buried in the Kiessig-Leistner family grave, with the artistic design of which Reinhold Carl had been commissioned at the time, in the Südfriedhof in Leipzig.

Works (selection)

  • 1910 Night Watch , oil painting
  • 1910 Spessart memory , oil painting
  • 1911 Richard Wagner, bronze head on marble base
  • 1914 letterpress and etching sculptures , marble
  • 1914 Amazone, marble
  • 1915 Fedor Flinzer, bronze plaque ( Neuer Johannisfriedhof , Leipzig)
  • 1916 cemetery memorial in Amel
  • 1916 Seven months before Verdun, portfolio, 50 sheets of lithographs
  • 1918 War memorial in the park of St. Georg Hospital, Leipzig
  • 1920 Max Klinger, bronze bust
  • 1920 Max Klinger, death mask and cast of the hands, bronze
  • 1920 Sculpture Awakening , Hermann Leistner tomb, marble, Südfriedhof Leipzig
  • 1921 Julius Klengel , bronze bust
  • 1923 Hans Soltmann , bronze bust on a marble base
  • 1923 Adolf von Strümpell , marble bust
  • 1924 Awakening Flower , tomb for Robert Stamm, marble, Ohlsdorf cemetery
  • 1925 Franz von Hoeßlin , bronze bust
  • 1926 Johannes Brahms , marble bust
  • 1926 H. Lange, Kreishauptmann, marble bust
  • 1926 Eisblumen, portfolio, 10 sheets of etchings
  • 1927 Ludwig van Beethoven , bronze bust
  • 1928 Ludwig van Beethoven, marble bust
  • 1928 Karl Straube , bronze bust
  • 1930 Ludwig Wüllner , marble bust
  • 1933 Sculpture resurrection for the tomb Albert Böhme, marble, Südfriedhof Leipzig
  • 1938 Summer afternoon (Schlierseer Berge), oil painting
  • 1938 Mondnacht , oil painting

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Ordinary members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Leistner, Albrecht ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed October 17, 2015)
  2. ^ Grave trunk according to Barbara Leisner, Heiko KL Schulze, Ellen Thormann: Der Hamburger Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf. History and tombs , Verlag Hans Christians, Hamburg 1990, page 136, cat. 924: 1921/22

literature

  • Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig: Catalog of the sculptures, Cologne 1999, passim.
  • Alfred E. Otto Paul: The art in silence. Art treasures in Leipzig cemeteries, No. 01, Leipzig 2009, pp. 14f, 22ff, 90ff.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Leistner, Albrecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leistner, Carl Albrecht (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1950
Place of death Leipzig