August Herzig
August Albert Theodor Herzig (born August 3, 1846 in Hamburg , † July 11, 1919 in Dresden ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Herzig's artistic talents were recognized at an early stage and so he began studying at the Hamburg trade school around 1865. From 1872 to 1875 he studied at the Dresden Art Academy with Ernst Julius Hähnel and Johannes Schilling . He was a master student with Schilling. After completing his studies, he worked in Ernst Hähnel's studio in Dresden before moving to northern Germany . But at the end of 1880 he returned to Dresden and worked as a freelancer in his own studio. In addition to sculptures made of bronze, marble and sandstone, he created small sculptures in porcelain , bronze and stone .
Works (selection)
St. Johannes with the eagle , sculpture created by August Herzig in 1888 in the entrance hall of the south side of the Petrikirche in Hamburg's old town .
- 1878: War memorial in Darmstadt for those who died in the Franco-German War , destroyed by air raids in 1944, remains in the State Museum.
- 1888: four marble sculptures of the Evangelists on the south side of the Sankt-Petri-Kirche in Hamburg and the sculptures Christ with angels over Peter and Paulus on the west side with the sculptor Carl Fr. Neubert
- 1894: two putti in Roman Renaissance sandstone architecture at the Dresden Art Academy
- 1898: Porcelain figure cavalier, greeting, owned by the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
- 1899: Centaurs fountain on the market square of Frohburg
- Groups of putti figures at the round pavilion between the academy and exhibition buildings in Dresden
literature
- Bergmann: Meissen artist figures , model numbers; A 100-Z 300, illustration catalog no.301.
Web links
Commons : August Herzig - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
- ↑ Fig
- ↑ a b brunnenturmfigur.de ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ auktion-bergmann.de
- ↑ reitwanderfuehrer.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hearty, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herzig, August Albert Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 1919 |
| Place of death | Dresden |