August Fischer (sculptor)

August Fischer's group of fighters .

Ferdinand August Fischer (born February 17, 1805 in Berlin ; † April 2, 1866 there ) was a Prussian sculptor and medalist . He is a brother of the medalist Johann Karl Fischer .

Life

Ferdinand August Fischer (often just August Fischer) devoted himself to sculpture at the Berlin Academy under Johann Gottfried Schadow's direction, then entered the institution as a teacher and became a member of the academy and professor in 1847.

He died in Berlin in 1866 at the age of 61 and was buried in Cemetery II of the Sophiengemeinde on Bergstrasse. The grave has not been preserved.

Works

Schiller's song from the bell on a Hamburg medal by August Fischer and Christian Schnitzspahn on Schiller's 100th birthday in 1859 .

Numerous medals and small sculptures made of gold and silver.
The medal that the Senate of the Academy commissioned to present to the creator of the Frederick Memorial Christian Daniel Rauch at the unveiling in 1851 is particularly valuable .
The Faith Shield, made after a drawing by Peter Cornelius , a godparent gift from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV to Albert Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , Prince of Wales .
a centerpiece, commissioned by the city of Berlin and given to the Crown Prince of Prussia as a wedding gift.
The so-called legitimacy shield that German nobles venerated to ex-king Francis II of Naples .

Plastic works (selection)

the statue of a Roman water carrier (1839, bought by Kaiser Wilhelm I )
the sandstone statue of Moses on the Berlin palace dome (destroyed)
Minerva and Mercury on the balustrade of the royal castle (destroyed)
For more than 18 meter high Berlin Friedenssäule of Christian Gottlieb Cantian on which the bronze goddess of peace by Christian Daniel Rauch is and to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo (today at the Belle-Alliance-Platz Mehringplatz ) was set up, designed Fischer four allegorical Marble groups that were supposed to symbolize the powers involved in the battle. An eagle for Prussia , a lioness for England , a lion for the Netherlands and a lying horse for the Kingdom of Hanover . After Fischer's death, they were executed in 1876 by the sculptors Heinrich Walger (1829–1909) and Julius Franz . These sculptures are no longer preserved. The designs influenced the Swiss sculptor Ferdinand Schlöth when he designed the Winkelried monument in Stans, erected in 1865.

August Fischer was buried in Cemetery II of the Sophiengemeinde Berlin , Bergstrasse 29.

literature

Robert Dohme: Fischer, Ferdinand August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 63.
W. Lübke: The modern Berlin sculpture . In: Westermanns Monatshefte , Jahresband 04 (1858), pp. 188–197, 300–309.

Web links

Ferdinand August Fischer on the frieze at the Berlin City Hall, right

Individual evidence

^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 118.
^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Fischer, Ferdinand August. tape II . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, p. 98 .
^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Fischer, A. Volume VII . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1923, p. 306 .
^ Stefan Hess : Schlöth, Ferdinand. In: Sikart .

personal data
SURNAME	Fischer, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fischer, Ferdinand August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 17, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	April 2, 1866
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 118.

[2] L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Fischer, Ferdinand August. tape II . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, p. 98 .

[3] L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Fischer, A. Volume VII . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1923, p. 306 .

[4] Stefan Hess : Schlöth, Ferdinand. In: Sikart .