Arthur Trebst

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Arthur Trebst

Friedrich Arthur Trebst (born June 12, 1861 in Lößnig near Leipzig ; † August 27, 1922 there ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Trebst was the son of the cabinet maker Robert Trebst and his wife Pauline Rosalie (née Walter). In 1891 he married Caroline Elisabeth Röntgen (1860–1936), who came from a musical family and was distantly related to the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen . She was a daughter of Engelbert Röntgen and sister of the composer Julius Röntgen . Her mother, Pauline Friederike Röntgen, b. Klengel (1831–1888), was a sister of Julius Klengel . The marriage had three children, the future librarian Dr. Hans Trebst (1895–1935), the unmarried Dorothea Amanda Trebst (1897–1971) and Eva Maria Trebst (1898–1946).

Arthur Trebst tomb, restituted in 2019

education

After attending primary school and an apprenticeship in his father's workshop, Trebst studied sculpture at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden from 1882 . His teacher was Ernst Hähnel . As early as March 1883 he received a bas-relief with the title Aegeus recognizes his son Theseus , a certificate of honor for a student work . From 1886 he studied with Fritz Schaper in Berlin. He completed his training with several study visits to Florence and Rome .

Creating art

After returning from Italy Trebst settled in Leipzig in 1889 and opened a studio at Salomonstrasse 7. After a short period as a wood sculptor, he finally turned to stone carving. He mainly devoted himself to architectural and portrait sculpture as well as the design of churches. From 1900 onwards he also increasingly advocated the renewal of tomb art. He received numerous, sometimes very honorable, commissions from the city of Leipzig. In addition to the artists Johannes Hartmann , Adolf Lehnert , Josef Mágr and Hans Zeissig , Trebst was chosen to create the allegorical figures on the southwest facade of the New Town Hall . The neighboring bank building , built in the style of historicism , is also adorned with sculptural works by the artist. For the new building of the Leipzig University Library he designed the symbols of the four faculties on the attic of the main entrance. There are also numerous sculptural works by Arthur Trebst on and in Leipzig churches and in various cemeteries, which testify to his artistic mastery. He also made portrait busts and reliefs for public and private clients .

The economically difficult years after the First World War undermined Arthur Trebst's health. Paralysis of the hands finally ended his artistic activity. The artist died in Leipzig at the age of 61. He was buried in the Südfriedhof , very close to one of his last major works, the figure of Christ for the mausoleum of Ernst Traugott Fritzsche . In cooperation with the administration of the south cemetery, the Paul Benndorf Society succeeded in restituting the abandoned grave site after more than 45 years.

Works (selection)

  • Apostle figure, Thomaskirche Leipzig

  • Apostle figure, Thomaskirche Leipzig

  • Gravestone of the Ernst Bauer family, restored in 2011

  • Archangel Michael, Michaeliskirche Leipzig

  • Marble bust Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

  • Bronze relief grave monument Otto Teich , Südfriedhof Leipzig

  • Signature Arthur Trebst

  • Serving love

  • Apostle figures, north portal of the Ev.-Luth. Thomaskirche , Leipzig
  • Archangel Michael, above the main portal Ev.-Luth. Michaeliskirche , Leipzig
  • Sculpture group I am the Lord, your doctor , main portal of the deaconess house , Leipzig, 1901
  • Figures of Moses , John the Baptist and the four evangelists, Ev.-Luth. Gethsemane Church, Leipzig
  • Crucifixion group, Großmiltitz cemetery chapel near Leipzig
  • Bust of Johannes Brahms , marble
  • Bust of Adolf Stoecker , marble
  • Kaiser Wilhelm I Memorial for Crimmitschau / Saxony (unveiled September 2, 1893)
  • Monumental half figure Prof. Dr. Ernst Leberecht Luthardt, marble tinted and gilded, 1895 (loss of war, December 1943)
  • Marble cross, Emil Wilhelm Frommel grave , old garrison cemetery , Berlin, 1897
  • Blessing Christ according to Bertel Thorwaldsen , Ev.-Luth. Christ Church , Bad Wilhelmshöhe near Kassel , 1903; second version: for the mausoleum Ernst Traugott Fritsche, 1914/16, Südfriedhof Leipzig
  • Sculpture man with scales , marble, 1907
  • Mourners , marble figure Tbodsch grave, Leipzig- Plagwitz cemetery , 1908
  • Ernst Bauer grave , Leipzig Südfriedhof, 1911
  • Portrait relief of his brother-in-law Julius Röntgen , 1913
  • Bust of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer , marble, 1916
  • Bronze relief grave monument Otto Teich, Südfriedhof Leipzig, 1919

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Trebst In: Saxon Biography. ( saebi.isgv.de ).
  2. ^ Directory of works of art in the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1903, p. 59 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Bust of the Lord Geh. Church councilor Prof. D. Luthardt, Canon of the Meissen Cathedral Monastery . In: Illustrated catalog of the Academic Art Exhibition in Dresden . 1894, p. 64 , Bildwerke, No. 761, as a plaster model ( digital.slub-dresden.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Trebst, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trebst, Arthur Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Loosely
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1922
Place of death Leipzig