August Wredow
August Julius Wredow (born June 5, 1804 in Brandenburg an der Havel , † January 21, 1891 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .
Life
August Wredow received his artistic training from Emil Cauer from 1815 . He then worked from 1823 to 1827 as a student of Christian Daniel Rauch in his studio. He continued his training with Johann Gottfried Schadow at the Berlin Academy . The next stop was Emil Wolff's workshop in Rome from 1826 to 1835. From 1837 to 1841 he worked in Carrara . After his return from Italy Wredow lived in Berlin from 1841 until his death on April 21, 1891, interrupted by a renewed stay in Carrara from 1856 to 1857. In 1843 he became a member of the Senate of the Academy of Arts and in 1860 received the title of royal professor.
He was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery in Berlin. His grave was dedicated to the city of Berlin from 1987 to 2009 .
In 1886 he founded the Wredow School of Drawing in Brandenburg an der Havel. The purpose of the foundation was to provide art lessons for schoolchildren, craftsmen and traders and to promote art.
His works are strongly influenced by Bertel Thorvaldsen .
Works (selection)
- 1822: bust of a young man (in the local history museum of the city of Brandenburg)
- 1825: Bust of Immanuel Meyer Magnus (plaster), Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin
- 1830: Bust of Catherine II of Russia for the Walhalla ( Regensburg )
- 1830: Statue (marble) of Ganymede , the eagle of Jupiter seeing , Charlottenhof Palace in Potsdam
- 1833–1835: Statute (marble 1841) of Paris with arch , Orangery Palace (Potsdam)
- 1838: Pleading boy
- 1839: Mercury with snakes
- 1841: three Norns (in the Brandenburg Local History Museum)
- Allegorical statues on the facade of the Neues Museum (Berlin) on the north and south dome halls
- 1842/1857: Figure (marble) Nike carries the fallen warrior up to Olympus , on the Schlossbrücke (Berlin-Mitte)
- Statues of the apostles in the choir of the Church of St. Catherine (Brandenburg an der Havel) (the models of the statues of the apostles from Helsinki, donated in 1855, already lost in 1931)
- Statue of Andreas Schlueter
- 1844 ff .: six statues of the apostles (cast zinc) Andreas , Matthäus , Judas Thaddäus , Johannes , Philippus , Bartholomäus on the Helsinki Cathedral , the other figures are by Hermann Schievelbein (preserved on site)
- 1856: Bust of Emma Krause (plaster), Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin
Nike carries the fallen hero up to Olympus , Schloßbrücke (Berlin-Mitte)
Bust of Empress Catherine II (Russia) in the Walhalla near Regensburg
Statue Ganymede by August Wredow
Apostle Bartholomew on the Helsinki Cathedral
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literature
- Detlef Karg (Ed.): "An important fact that is beneficial in its consequences ..." The Wredow Foundation in Brandenburg an der Havel (= series of publications by the Wredow School of Drawing, Volume 1). be.bra Wissenschaft Verlag, Berlin 2016
- Alfred Gotthold Meyer: Wredow, August Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 253-256.
- Ethos & Pathos - The Berlin School of Sculpture 1786–1914 . Catalog and accompanying volume for the exhibition Berlin 1990
- Nationalgalerie Berlin - inventory catalog of the sculptures 2006, ISBN 3-86502-119-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about August Wredow in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ "An important and, in its consequences, extremely beneficial fact ..." - be.bra science without be.bra. In: www.bebra-wissenschaft.de. Retrieved August 27, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wredow, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wredow, August Julius (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brandenburg on the Havel |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1891 |
| Place of death | Berlin |