August Vogel (sculptor)
August Vogel (born July 28, 1859 in Flensburg , † November 10, 1932 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor and medalist .
His studio was in Berlin at Reichstagplatz 3.
For example, he created candelabra and decorative plastic on the Berlin Reichstag building , the figurative decorations on the facade and portal for the Wertheim department store by Alfred Messel on Leipziger Platz , jewelry on the Charlottenburg town hall and two fountains in Bochum town hall . For the architect Bruno Schmitz he made reliefs for the Kaiser Wilhelm monument at the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz and for the Kaiserin Augusta monument (Koblenz) .
At the turn of the century, he created the two monumental marble statues of “Justice” and “Grace” for Hamburg City Hall , which are placed at the entrance to the Senate enclosure. In 1908 he adorned the new tower portal of the main church Sankt Michaelis (Hamburg), which was rebuilt after the fire in 1906, with a huge bronze sculpture of the Archangel Michael fighting with Satan.
From 1914 until his death in 1932, Vogel was a member of the Prussian Academy of the Arts , Section for the Fine Arts.
August Vogel died in Berlin in 1932 at the age of 73. He was buried in the Heerstraße cemetery in today's Berlin-Westend district (grave location 4-A-6-1). The grave was cleared after 2005.
Works
- Candelabra and sculptural jewelry for the Berlin Reichstag building and statue of Rudolf von Habsburg in the entrance hall (destroyed)
- Sandstone sculpture of John the Baptist on the east side of the Berlin Cathedral
- Building sculpture at the Wertheim department store, Leipziger Platz, Berlin (destroyed)
- Allegories of the arts and famous art cities on the attic of the Bode Museum , Berlin (together with Wilhelm Widemann )
- 1896 reliefs for the Kaiserin Augusta monument (Koblenz)
- 1897 Relief on the Kaiser Wilhelm monument at the Deutsches Eck , Koblenz
- 1898 Bridge decoration on the second Alsen Bridge in Berlin-Tiergarten , which was demolished in the 1920s.
- 1899 sandstone figures for the decoration of the Roßstrasse Bridge in Berlin-Mitte
- 1899 Badge for the 100th anniversary of the Technical University of Berlin .
- 1900 Figure decorations at Villa Staudt Tiergartenstrasse (with Wilhelm Widemann and Karl Ludwig Manzel , destroyed)
- 1902 fire department memorial in Berlin-Kreuzberg (destroyed)
- 1905 fountain for the sanatoriums in Berlin-Buch
- 1909 bronze relief for the tomb of Simon Blad with a depiction of the deceased in the central cemetery in Friedrichsfelde
- 1914 Sandstone fountain on the Museumplatz in Hamburg-Harburg, foundation of the Thörl company, badly damaged in the Second World War
- Relief for the fallen soldiers of the First World War in the St. Margareta Church in Dortmund-Eichlinghofen
1899 early Art Nouveau , medal for the 100th anniversary of the TH Berlin , front.
The back of this medal.
Individual evidence
- ↑ August Vogel. Artist. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on December 2, 2015 .
- ^ Berlin address, telephone and business directories 1707 - 1991/1992 - Digital State Library Berlin - Central and State Library Berlin .
- ↑ Festschrift for the inauguration of the newly built Great St. Michaelis Church, October 19, 1912
- ^ Academy of the Arts: August Vogel
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude and Spener, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-7759-0476-X . S. 200. Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial sites . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 496.
- ↑ Palais Staudt - Berlin, Regentenstrasse / Tiergartenstrasse 9 - Design & Production: Otto Rieth - Image Index of Art & Architecture - Image Index of Art & Architecture - Home Image Index .
- ↑ a b Thörl-Brunnen - Hamburg, Harburg (Hamburg), Museumsplatz - picture index of art & architecture - picture index of art & architecture - home picture index .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vogel, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1932 |
| Place of death | Berlin |