Alois Kreiten
Alois Kreiten (born February 16, 1856 in Oedt ; † March 3, 1930 in Cologne ) was an important Cologne goldsmith and enamelur .
life and work
Kreiten was the son of the shoemaker Valentin Kreiten (1825–1868) from Oedt and Anna Margaretha, b. Busch (1828-99). Kreiten had had its own workshop in Cologne since 1888 and was a royal Romanian court goldsmith. The workshop was located at Komödienstraße 47. He was guild master in Cologne. In 1885 he married Cäcilie Bauer (1856–1930) from Düsseldorf. His successor in the workshop was his son Paul Kreiten (1890–1970). Paul Kreiten's work shows influences from the Art Déco style and the Dessau Bauhaus .
Kreiten was the great uncle of the pianist Karlrobert Kreiten (1916–1943), who was executed by the Nazis .
Works
Works can be found in churches and museums in the Rhineland; he left numerous works of predominantly excellent quality:
- Lecture cross (approx. 1880), today St. Stephan , Cologne-Lindenthal
- Ciborium and Monstrance, St. Agnes (Cologne)
- Eagle chandelier, (1900) Cologne City Museum
- Gold-plated silver, enamel, rock crystal, precious stones: height 112 cm, diameter 54 cm
- Reliquary , St. Agatha (1900) Dormagen -Straberg
- Reliquary, St. Sebastian Rifle Brotherhood, Cologne-Dünnwald
- Pair of candlesticks Bauer and Jungfrau (1901);
- Gold-plated silver, enamel, precious stones, height 116 cm, diameter 56 cm.
- Incense ship from 1903, other works available in St. Hubertus, Cologne-Brück
- three-part oil vessel in silver (1906), St. Severin in Cologne
- Chalice (1907), St. Mary's Assumption in Cologne-Holweide
- Tower monstrance, St. Anna, Wipperfürth-Hammern
- Three candlesticks, St. Nikolaus, Cologne-Dünnwald
- Two chalices, Holy Family, Cologne Höhenhaus
- Vessel for hll. Oils, Immaculate Conception, Wipperfürth - Egen
- Ciborium, St. Joseph, Lindlar-Linde , around 1900/1. Quarter of the 20th century
- Monstrance, St. Johannes Chapel, Wipperfürth - Ommerborn
- Christening set, St. Agatha, Wipperfürth-Agathaberg (around 1920–1930)
- Ciborium, St. Nikolaus, Wipperfürth (1915)
- Kustodia, St. Maria Himmelfahrt, Hückeswagen
- Ciborium, St. Johannes Baptist, Bergisch Gladbach - Refrath
- two reliquaries in St. Kunibert , Cologne
- silver mocha service (by Paul Kreiten 1925/30), Cologne City Museum
- Monstrance (labeled 1928), St. Hedwig , Cologne- Höhenhaus
- Chalice (inscribed 1929), St. Hermann Joseph, Cologne-Dünnwald , also follow-up work by Paul Kreiten
- Ciborium (inscribed 1935, with signature Paul Kreiten), St. Johann Baptist, Köln-Höhenhaus
Web links
- Works by Alois Kreiten in the Cologne City Museum
- Silversmithing by Paul Kreiten
Individual evidence
- ^ Goldsmiths' work of historicism in Cologne, edited by Werner Schäfke, Cologne 1980, pp. 132–148.
- ↑ s. Note 3, here: Church of St. Nikolaus Dünnwald (2014)
- ↑ Martina Junghans: Hidden Treasures - Goldsmithing in the churches of Wipperfürth . Edition Kunst + Kultur, Bergisch Gladbach 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-056653-0 , p. 36. This also lists other works by Kreitens that are in Wipperfürth's churches.
- ↑ The ecclesiastical equipment of the Heilige Familie Köln-Dünnwald parish, St. Johann Baptist Church (2014) (inventory: Historical Archive of the Archdiocese of Cologne / Parish Archive Cologne Dünnwald-Höhenhaus)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Writing, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cologne goldsmith and enamelur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oedt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1930 |
| Place of death | Cologne |