Andreas Moritz (silversmith)
Andreas Moritz (born May 16, 1901 in Halle (Saale) ; † February 15, 1983 in Würzburg ), actually Moritz Max , was a German silversmith and university professor.
Life
After completing an apprenticeship in machine tools, Moritz began studying mechanical engineering in Karlsruhe , but switched to the Burg Giebichenstein Art College in Halle in 1922 , where he studied silversmiths with Karl Müller and Erich Lenné . From 1925 he studied at the United State Schools for Free and Applied Arts in Berlin with Bruno Paul . Here he also got to know the sculptor Georg Kolbe , whom he helped, among other things, with the execution of the Rathenau monument in the Rehberge park . Between 1933 and 1939 he stayed mainly in other European countries, including London . During the Second World War Moritz was drafted as a soldier and towards the end of the war he was taken prisoner by the French, from which he was released in 1946. Then he was an art teacher at a school. In 1952 he was given a teaching position at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg as head of the class for gold and silversmiths. From 1954 until his retirement in 1969 he worked there as a professor. In 1976 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts .
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Stylistically influenced by the Bauhaus , he designed cutlery, vessels and jewelry, among other things. He also designed numerous works of art for churches at home and abroad. Several solo exhibitions honored his work, for example in 1969 in Nuremberg and in 1971 in the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin and in the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf . Works by Moritz can be found in the collections of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg , the Grassimuseum für Angewandte Kunst Leipzig and the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York.
literature
- Moritz, Andreas . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 424 .
- Decorative Arts Museum Cologne : Emil Lettré - Andreas Moritz. Two German silversmiths in the 20th century . Exhibition catalog. Wienand, Cologne 1976.
- Peter Schmitt: Moritz, Andreas. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 147 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Andreas Moritz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Andreas Moritz in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ursel Berger: "Dedicated to the Jewish Republic". The Rathenau fountain in the Rehberge park and the earlier projects for a Rathenau memorial . In: Sven Brömsel, Patrick Küppers, Clemens Reichhold (Eds.): Walther Rathenau in the Network of Modernity (p. 81). De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Berlin and Boston 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-028927-5 , p.
- ↑ Federal Archives, Central Database of Legacies
- ↑ Grassimuseum for Applied Art, New Acquisitions 2014 ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection, Professor Andreas Moritz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moritz, Andreas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Max, Moritz (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German silversmith and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1983 |
| Place of death | Wurzburg |