Arthur Lewin-Funcke

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Arthur Lewin-Funcke (born November 9, 1866 in Niedersedlitz near Dresden , † October 16, 1937 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor and medalist.

Life

Arthur Wilhelm Otto Lewin-Funcke had the surnames of both parents; the father was called Lewin, the mother Funcke. He completed an apprenticeship as an ivory carver, then the craft school in Berlin, and finally he studied from 1890 to 1895 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, among others with Ernst Herter , Gerhard Janensch , Albert Wolff - also stays with the Rome Prize in Italy from 1895 to 1897 in the Villa Strohl-Fern and France fell into this period -, then from 1900 another year at the Académie Julian in Paris with Denys Puech . In 1899 the artist was entered in the catalog of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition for the first time as Arthur Lewin-Funcke - from 1901 also in the address book. Previously he was listed as Arthur Levin or Lewin. The change to the double name, it is said, took place because the name Lewin was not uncommon at the time and he wanted to set himself apart from his many namesakes. In 1901 he founded the “Study Ateliers for Painting and Sculpture” in Berlin, which was based at Kantstrasse 159 in Charlottenburg until at least 1934 . The numerous students included Paul Citroen , David Friedmann , Charles Hug , Käthe and Peter Kollwitz and Felix Nussbaum . In 1903 he married Eva Elisabeth Poenitz, a daughter of Franz Poenitz . The marriage produced four children, including Andreas Funcke , born in 1909 , who also became an artist. In 1905 he received a small gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition. In 1913 Lewin-Funcke was appointed professor.

Works

Lewin-Funcke mainly created nudes, but also busts. Some of his metalwork was lost or melted down during World War II ; For example, Luther with Hans and Lenchen , a 222 cm high group of figures from 1930, which stood in front of the evangelical parish hall in Berlin-Zehlendorf , was dismantled in 1943 as a metal donation . A bronze lion, which had its place in front of the artillery barracks in Eberswalde , probably fell victim to the war. Germany's first memorial for the blind once stood in Berlin-Steglitz . The work, created in 1926/27, showed a naked man carefully feeling his way forward. Blind people were a central theme of his work in the 1920s. Opus 60 or Dedication from 1916 (height 169 cm), a standing nude with head tilted back and eyes closed, is still in the "Italian Garden" of the Berlin Botanical Garden . The life-size sculpture Streitende Knaben from 1894/95 is located in front of an old people's home, Am Compesmühlenweg, in Mönchengladbach.

Lewin-Funcke's depictions of children were partly used as models for character dolls. A boy bust from 1898 by the Kämmer & Reinhardt company served as a model for the K&R 102 and K&R 107 dolls. The laughing baby from 1908 became K&R 100, the so-called imperial baby . Heinz Burkowitz became K&R 106 and the armed boys brought him a Rome scholarship during his studies. The life-size representation of Vogler was awarded the honorary prize of the city of Berlin in 1909. The figure was located in the Breite Strasse in Berlin-Pankow and has not existed since the Second World War.

Arthur Lewin-Funcke also created reliefs, grave slabs, medals and plaques. The double portrait of Lory and Else Arnhold was cast in silver in 1897.

A memorial plaque was attached to his house and studio at Podbielskiallee 15 in Berlin-Dahlem , which he used from 1911 .

Web links

Commons : Arthur Lewin-Funcke  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karin Weyert: Arthur Lewin-Funcke. Medals / plaques , accessed March 25, 2014.
  2. ^ Art in public space
  3. ^ Short biography Arthur Lewin-Funcke , on kunst-im-oefflichen-raum-frankfurt.de, accessed on April 10, 2016
  4. ↑ student list (incomplete)
  5. ↑ biography
  6. ↑ Luther with Hans and Lenchen
  7. ↑ Leo
  8. ↑ The war blind
  9. ↑ Bust of a boy
  10. ↑ Laughing baby
  11. ↑ Heinz Burkowitz
  12. ↑ Arguing boys
  13. ↑ The Vogler
  14. ↑ Lory and Else Arnhold
  15. ↑ Home and studio
personal data
SURNAME Lewin-Funcke, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lewin-Funcke, Arthur Wilhelm Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Niedersedlitz
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1937
Place of death Berlin