Alfred Zschorsch
Alfred Zschorsch (born September 24, 1887 in Erfurt ; † July 26, 1956 in Düsseldorf - Kaiserswerth ) was a German sculptor .
Live and act
After studying sculpture at the Leipzig Art Academy from 1904 to 1910 , he initially worked in Munich and Berlin . From 1922 he lived in Düsseldorf and soon became the owner of the house at Kölner Strasse 15 on the corner of Börnestrasse. and got a studio in the new building of the art academy in Golzheim. In 1937 Zschorch was one of the sculptors commissioned to create the Estates when planning the Reich Exhibition, the Creative People , and moved into his “House for a Married Sculptor” with a spacious studio. The house was built by the architect HN Schröder at Dietrich-Eckart -Platz 1, today Albrecht-von-Hagen -Platz, in the model housing estate Schlageterstadt, today Golzheimer Siedlung. Zschorch was a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party . Since 1948 he was a member of the Heimatverein Düsseldorfer Jonges and for many years in the artists' association Malkasten .
Alfred Zschorsch was buried in the north cemetery.
The father Theodor Zschorsch was a builder and architect in Leipzig. His brother Walter Zschorsch (1888–1965), also studied at the Art Academy in Leipzig, and became a sculptor and painter. His works include the youth memorial in Leipzig (decommissioned), which was dedicated to the Hitler Youth , and bronze busts of Hermann Göring , Rudolf Hess and Dr. Ley .
Honors
In 1938 he received the Düsseldorf Gaukulturpreis for his sculptures.
Work (selection)
- 1935 - Portal relief at the Stadtsparkasse Hilden
- 1936 - Portal relief Stadtwerker , shell limestone, for the municipal works, Luisenstrasse 105, Düsseldorf
- 1938 - Portal relief for the Poensgen pipe works, Düsseldorf
- 1937/41 - winemaker from Muschelkalk (part of a group of four) in the north park in Düsseldorf for the NSDAP - Reich Exhibition Schaffendes Volk
- 1938 - Relief on the savings bank building in Remscheid
- 1938 - Adler at the new Gilde Insurance building, Düsseldorf
- 1938/39 - Two groups of figures (models for bronze) and over 20 smaller reliefs for the Wuppertal police headquarters
- 1940 - Girl braiding hair , at the Great German Art Exhibition in the Haus der Kunst in Munich
- 1940 - Dormant , at the Rhenish Art Exhibition in Berlin in the Schönhausen Palace exhibition building of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts
- 1942 - War memorial for the silk weaving mill Gebr. Colsmann, Essen-Kupferdreh
- around 1950 - Paul Egger memorial plaque, bronze (1944–1950 director of the Düsseldorf gasworks), today on the Stadtwerke site on Höherweg
- 1957 - Fischbrunnen , shell limestone, Himmelgeister Strasse 325, Düsseldorf-Flehe
- 1954 - Bronze wheel bat fountain on Burgplatz (Düsseldorf) on behalf of the Düsseldorf Jonges
swell
- Art in the German Empire 5/1941, page 272.
- Kunstrundschau 48/1940, page 110.
- Werner Alberg (Ed.): Düsseldorfer Kunstszene 1933–45. Düsseldorf 1987.
- Wolfgang Funken: Ars Publica Düsseldorf , Volume 1, Klartext-Verlag Essen, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8375-0873-4 , p. 89
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kölner Strasse 15, E. Zschorsch, Alfred, Bildhauer, in Düsseldorfer address book 1924 , p. 56 uni.duesseldorf.de
- ↑ Proven to be listed in the Leipzig address book 1898 , p. 1028 SLUB
- ^ Theodor Zschorsch, architect, Zeitzer Str. 24 I .; Walter Zschorsch, acad. Sculptor, (residential) Zeitzer Str. 24 I. (today Karl-Liebknecht-Str.), In Leipzig address book 1917 , p. 1069 SLUB
- ↑ Die Kunst für alle , No. 12, September 1940, p. 274
- ↑ Jan Niko Kirschbaum: Sculptures in front of the police headquarters , article with images from June 16, 2013, on denkmal-wuppertal.de
- ↑ Die Weltkunst , No. 38/39, September 1940, p. 1 Alfred Zschorsch resting (illustration)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zschorsch, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and member of the NSDAP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1956 |
| Place of death | Düsseldorf - Kaiserswerth |