Alf J. Balcke

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Portrait of the architect Balcke by Heinrich Hellhoff , 1909

Alf J. Balcke , also Alfred J. Balcke or Alfred Balcke , (* May 1, 1857 in Berlin as Hermann Julius Alfred Balcke ; † July 20, 1909 there ) was a German architect , craftsman and painter who designed the mourning decoration for Adolph in 1905 von Menzel carried out.

Life

Balcke was the son of the businessman Ludwig Friedrich Balcke. After finishing school, Balcke was trained at the renowned Berlin architecture firm Ende and Böckmann ( Hermann Ende and Wilhelm Böckmann ) as well as at the Berlin Bauakademie .

A stay in the United States was followed by a temporary collaboration in the Berlin architecture firm Schulz & Schlichting .

At the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in 1909 he was one of six representatives of the Berlin Artists Association .

painting

  • undated: hand drawing of a half-timbered house
  • 1905: Presentation drawing of a commercial building for the Russian Company from 1835, Moscow

Buildings and designs

  • 1902: Country house for Cornelie Andrevits in Hungary
  • 1903: Competition design for a representation hall for the state exhibition building in Berlin-Moabit (awarded 1st prize and planned for execution)
  • 1903: Design of an exhibition space for the Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1903 in Berlin
  • 1904: Competition design for an apartment building in (Berlin-) Charlottenburg (together with Carl Sickel, awarded 2nd prize)
  • 1904: Wall decoration for the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in Berlin in 1904
  • 1907: five-storey hotel with restaurant in (Berlin-) Charlottenburg, Kurfürstendamm 27
  • 1908: Entrance hall for the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in Berlin in 1908
  • 1909: Entrance hall for the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in Berlin in 1909
  • 1909: Study of a room for the Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1909 in Berlin
  • 1909: Steinert's mansion in Lodz

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death register StA Berlin III, No. 743/1909
  2. ^ Max Ohle: Berlin as an architectural monument. A reply . In: Berliner Architekturwelt: magazine for architecture, painting, sculpture and contemporary arts . tape 8 . E. Wasmuth, 1906, p. 89 ff., Here: 108 [Fig. 120] ( Book view on Archive.org - “ Mourning decoration on the grave of Adolf von Menzel. Executed on behalf of the board of the Berlin Artists Association by the association member Alfred J. Balcke, architect in Berlin”).
  3. ^ Heidelberg historical holdings - digital , accessed on August 19, 2013
  4. ↑ Travel sketch
  5. ^ Office building, Moscow (1905) , accessed on August 19, 1913
  6. ↑ Landhaus for Cornelie Andrevits, Hungary , accessed on August 19, 2913
  7. ↑ Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 37, 1903, No. 12 (from February 11, 1903), p. 80 (short report on the competition results, no illustration) ( online as a PDF document with 17.6 MB, therein p. 21)
  8. ↑ Berlin Art Exhibition 1903 , accessed on August 19, 2913
  9. ^ The last Berlin residential building competition. In: Berliner Architekturwelt , 7th year 1904/1905, no. 8 (from November 1904), p. 273 (text), p. 276 f. (Images) ( online ( memento from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) as PDF document with 17.6 MB)
  10. ^ Wall decoration for the Berlin art exhibition 1904 , accessed on August 19, 2013
  11. ↑ Additional information , accessed on August 19, 2013.
  12. ^ Vestibule for the Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1908 , accessed on August 19, 2913
  13. ^ Berlin Art Exhibition 1909 , accessed on August 19, 2013
  14. ↑ Study in the hall for the Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1909 , accessed on August 19, 2913
  15. ^ Mansion for Steinert, Lodz , accessed on August 19, 2913
personal data
SURNAME Balcke, Alf J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Balcke, Alfred J .; Balcke, Alfred; Balcke, Hermann Julius Alfred (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect, craftsman and painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1909
Place of death Berlin