August Volz

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August Franz Leberecht Volz ( Latvian Augusts Francs Folcs ) (born February 27, 1851 in Magdeburg , † June 20, 1926 in Riga ) was a German sculptor of Classicism and Art Nouveau .

Life

Volz was born as the son of the shoemaker Johann Andreas August Volze and Johanne Marie, nee. Morin, born in Magdeburg. In his hometown he was a student of the sculptor Habs from 1869 to 1871 . Volz studied at the Berlin Academy of the Arts , where he learned from Albert Wolff , among others . In 1866 he was one of the founders of the Association of Younger Artists Roma , from which the Corps Borussia Berlin later emerged. He was involved in the decoration of various monumental buildings, which were headed by Baurat Ende.

In 1875 Volz went to Riga. There he founded a sculpting and stonemason company, which became the largest of its kind in Riga and led the industry until his death in 1926. Stucco work as well as memorial plaques, monuments and sculptures were made. The first big order was the splendid exterior design of a private house in Wöhrmannschen Garten , today's Hotel Europa Royale Riga . Several hundred works were created under his name, most of which were exhibited in Riga. Sculptures by Volz can be found there, for example, on the gables of the Latvian National Theater and the State Art Museum. He was involved in the design of the Parliament Building ( Saeima ), the Academy of Arts and the State Bank Latvias Banka . Volz also taught modeling classes at the trade school and at the Jung-Stilling school.

Volz was also in demand as a sculptor outside the city limits of Riga. His company designed private castles in Latvia and also the German Theater ( now Eesti Draamateater ) in Tallinn .

Volz married twice in Riga, first Marie Thurm in 1882, then Olga Julie Kalning in 1911.

Works in Riga

Roland statue with fountain on Rathausplatz, right in the background the Schwabe-Haus
  • Nymph fountain in front of the Latvian National Opera (replica by Mirdza Lukaža)
  • Roland statue with fountain (replica by Edvīns Krūmiņš) on the town hall square in front of the house of the Blackheads as well as several figures and the coats of arms of the Hanseatic cities on the latter
  • "Apprentice with arithmetic book" on the roof of the building Amatu iela 4 (opposite the Small Guild )
  • Atlases figure group with an illuminated glass globe on the roof of the building Teātra iela 9 (corner of Vaļņu iela)
  • Fountain sculpture "Golden Knight" (replica by Edvīns Krūmiņš) in the shopping mall Vaļņu iela 3
  • Decorative-plastic facade design of the Russian Orthodox Nativity Cathedral

literature

  • Volz, August Franz Leberecht . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 537 (the birthday is March 11th).
  • Volz, August . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 52 (here the birthday is March 11th).
  • Georg Bremer (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Berlin Prussians. Verl. Preussen-Zeitung, Berlin 1983, p. 224.
  • Ināra Appena: August Volz - Sculptor of Riga. Neputns, Riga 2012, ISBN 978-9984-480786 -7.

Web links

Commons : August Volz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on August Volz. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, "3", 5.
  3. ↑ a b c makslasvesture.lv ( Memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) - Here March 7 is given as the birthday: "August's Folcs (1851.7.III ― 1926.)".
  4. ↑ Jochen Könnecke, Vladislav Rubzov: Latvia. DuMont Reiseverlag, ISBN 978-3-7701-6386-1 , p. 88.
  5. ↑ a b c Riga Monument Agency Augusts Francs FOLCS (August Volz) Open information "Tēlnieks: Augusts Folcs (oriģināls, cinks)".
personal data
SURNAME Volz, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Volz, August Franz Leberecht (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1926
Place of death Riga