Alfred Vocke

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Alfred Vocke (born April 24, 1886 in Breslau ; † February 18, 1944 there ) was a German sculptor and medalist .

Life

Vocke received his training at the State Academy of Arts and Crafts in Breslau . Since 1923 professor at the State Art Academy in Kassel . From October 1, 1933, he was a professor at the United State Schools for Free and Applied Arts in Berlin, where he was dismissed in 1937 because his wife was Jewish. For the same reason he is denied membership in the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts ; thanks to Hugo Lederer's protection , he was accepted as an exception into the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts on May 24, 1938.

He taught, among others, Hedwig Bollhagen , Kurt Lehmann , Karl Walter Schmidt , Ernst Thomann .

Activity as a medalist

Honorary Prize of the Reich President 1929 on the Constitution Day, obverse.
Prize of the Reich President 1929 on the Constitution Day, back.
5 Reichsmarks, 1938

The Berlin Mint minted the following coins with his assistance:

  • The two- and five-mark piece 1934 Potsdamer Garrisonkirche dated March 21, 1933. (“The day of Potsdam”; meeting of the Reichstag, likewise these coins also without date).
  • The two and five mark pieces (Jäger 367) from 1935 to 1939 with the bust of Paul von Hindenburg , together with the medalist Franz Krischker. These coins have the margin inscription “Common good before self-interest”.

These silver coins were in circulation in Germany until the end of World War II and were largely hoarded.

Works (selection)

  • Sleeping (small bronze sculpture)
  • Kortum Medal of the City of Bochum on the 100th anniversary of Carl Arnold Kortum's death in 1924
  • Fountain figure and the relief plates for the Bochum jobs fountain
  • Worker statues (Halle, 1934)
  • Chandelier as a memorial for four fallen soldiers of the First World War (draft) in the Evangelical Church of Leckringhausen (Kassel district)

Web links

Commons : Alfred Vocke  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Wolfgang Steguweit : The medal and commemorative coin of the 20th century in Germany , Berlin 2000, p. 344.
  • Wolfgang Ruppert . Artist under National Socialism. Artist individuals, art politics and the Berlin art college. In: Wolfgang Ruppert (ed.). Artist under National Socialism. The 'German art', the art politics and the Berlin art college. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna. 2015 pp. 21–73 ISBN 978-3-412-22429-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christine Fischer-Defoy: Art, Power, Politics. The Nazification of the art and music colleges in Berlin. Ed .: Berlin University of the Arts. 1st edition. Elefanten Press, Berlin (West) 1988, p. 304 .
  2. ↑ http://www.artnet.de/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=1C787B5C18837FB896D65936DF23CD30 .
  3. ↑ http://www.bochum.de/C125708500379A31/Print/W27DZBNB950BOLDDE .
  4. ↑ Alfred Vocke: worker statues . Retrieved February 14, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Vocke, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1944
Place of death Wroclaw