Bernhard Kurt Roch

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English stairs with sculptures of the continents

Bernhard Kurt Roch (also Bernhard Curt Roch ; born August 31, 1847 in Dresden ; † December 2, 1922 there ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Bernhard Kurt Roch studied at the Dresden Art Academy and was a student with Robert Diez . He then worked freelance in Dresden, and in 1890 the sculptor Peter Pöppelmann joined his studio. Roch also made numerous small bronze sculptures.

In 1895 Roch made the ceiling relief and several baroque sculptures of the English staircase , the stairwell of the vestibule of the Dresden residential palace , which was reconstructed from 2008 to 2011 by the Dresden sculptor Stefan Dürre .

Works (selection)

  • Altarpiece, a representation of Christ made of French sandstone for the Gröditz church
  • Models for the altar, pulpit, baptism and lectern, later executed by the wood carving company Johannes Ludwig, for the Luther Church in Radebeul
  • 1895: Ceiling relief and four groups of candelabra as symbols of the four continents for the English Staircase, the stairwell of the vestibule of the Dresden Residenzschloss

literature

  • Dürre, Stefan: "A special piece of jewelery of the inner development". The stuccoing of the "English Staircase" in the former Dresden residential palace by the sculptor Curt Roch . In: Preservation of monuments in Saxony, ISSN  0943-2132 , 2010, pp. 30–34.
  • Dürre, Stefan: Curt Roch, Royal Saxon Court Sculptor - A contribution to the research of late historicism in Saxony . In: Preservation of monuments in Saxony, ISSN  0943-2132 , 2013, pp. 70–76

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saxon Biography , page 47 , accessed on March 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
  3. ↑ kirchen Bezirk-grossenhain.de
  4. ↑ lutherkirchgemeinde-radebeul.de
  5. ↑ stefanduerre.de
personal data
SURNAME Roch, Bernhard Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roch, Bernhard Curt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1922
Place of death Dresden