Andreas Krüger (architect)

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Andreas Krüger (born May 12, 1719 in Neuendorf near Potsdam, † 1759 in Berlin ) was a German painter and architect .

family

Krüger was the son of the court mayor in Neuendorf. As a descendant of the Brandenburg family Koppehele (from his father's side), he belonged to the group of beneficiaries of the George Koppehl Family Foundation. He was the uncle and teacher of Andreas Ludwig Krüger , the progenitor of the important Potsdam architect family Krüger, whose last offspring, secret building councilor in Potsdam and architect of the Potsdam Church of the Redeemer and the building of the Empress Augusta Foundation, died in 1917.

Life

The former Kraatz'sche Haus, Blücherüplatz 2 in Potsdam around 1890

Krüger received training as a draftsman and painter from the court painter Johann Adelfing, but then turned to architecture. He first worked on the Potsdam Garrison Church (1731-1735) designed by Philipp Gerlach (1679-1748 ) and was involved in the expansion of Berlin's Friedrichstadt. In 1736 he became a construction manager at the Prussian War and Domain Chamber and subsequently received numerous orders for buildings in Berlin and Potsdam. From the mid-1740s he worked with Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff , probably on all of his Potsdam buildings (secured: work on the Potsdam City Palace , the riding stables at the Lustgarten (1746) and the barracks of the Reitende Leibgarde (1751)); However, the exact extent of his involvement is unclear. Krüger may have also initiated numerous renovations for Sophie Dorothea, the mother of King Frederick II of Prussia, at her summer residence at Monbijou Castle in Berlin (destroyed) and at Oranienburg Castle . The only large building by Kruger that had survived the course of time until its gradual destruction in 1945, 1950 and 1963 was the Dutch Palais in Berlin (1752, Unter den Linden No. 36), stylistically close to Palladianism and therefore Knobelsdorff's style . Occasionally, the thesis of Knobelsdorff's lack of independence and its dependence on Krüger's ideas was even put forward (e.g. by F. Nicolai 1786 and Manger 1789/90). His only surviving work is the high altar of the Berlin Marienkirche (1757–62), a simple baroque pillar construction made of wood with two side passages, four paintings by Christian Bernhard Rode and a crucifixion scene (stucco figures of Christ with the cross and two adoring angels). None of his paintings have survived.

publication

  • Hans-Joachim Giersberg , (Ed.): AL Krüger (Ed.): Illustration of the most beautiful areas and buildings, both in and outside Potsdam. Facsimile print of the 12 etchings published in two series by Andreas Ludwig Krüger in 1779 and 1782 with views of buildings in the city of Potsdam and in Park Sanssouci including the two accompanying text booklets, General Directorate of the State Palaces and Gardens, Potsdam-Sanssouci 1979

literature

personal data
SURNAME Kruger, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1719
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuendorf near Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH 1759
Place of death Berlin