Bernhard Wessel (sculptor)

Bernhard Wessel (* 31 January 1795 in Osnabrück ; † 28. March 1856 in Hanover ) was a German court - sculptor and professor .

Life

The Greek doctor Hippocrates at the Ratsapotheke in Hanover, 1830

Goethe on the front porch of the Opera House in Hanover, around 1850

Bernhard Wessel first learned from his father before continuing his education in sculpture with Johann Christian Ruhl in Kassel from 1815 to 1817. From 1818 to 1820 Wessel stayed in Paris to study, and from 1822 to 1825 in Rome . He “returned to Hanover in 1825” and was appointed court sculptor there. As a result, however, he had to " give preference to the orders of the royal court over private individuals."

In 1831 Wessel received the call to the Hanover Higher Trade School as a teacher for modeling and embossing .

Famous works

Various works in the Leineschloss ;
"A very successful bust of the late Duke of Cambridge ";
1830: Hygieia and Hippocrates for the council pharmacy in Hanover; the two figures originally adorned the previous building erected by August Heinrich Andreae from 1829 to 1831;
1842: Renewal of the large coat of arms of the Welfenhaus on the portal of Osnabrück Castle .

until 1852: Statues of Goethe and Molière on the opera house built by Laves ;

literature

Karl Karmarsch : Bernhard Wessel ... , in: The polytechnic school in Hanover , second, very expanded edition, Hanover: Hahnsche Hofbuchhandlung, 1859, p. 157 and others; online through google books
Thieme-Becker , Vol. 35 (1942), pp. 435-436
The court sculptor Bernhard Wessel , in: Osnabrücker Mitteilungen , ed. from the Association for History and Regional Studies of Osnabrück , Vol. 88, 1992, pp. 253-257; Preview over google books
Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , 2nd edition, Vol. 10, Munich: Saur, 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-25030-9 and ISBN 3-598-25030-4 , p. 571; online through google books

Web links

Commons : Bernhard Wessel - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Karl Karmarsch; Bernhard Wessel ... (see literature)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rudolf Vierhaus (see literature)
↑ The court sculptor Bernhard Wessel (see literature)
↑ Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Karmarschstraße 44 , in: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon (HKuKL), p. 156
^ Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Opernplatz 1 , in: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 176ff.

personal data
SURNAME	Wessel, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German court sculptor and professor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 31, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH	Osnabrück
DATE OF DEATH	March 28, 1856
Place of death	Hanover

[Karmarsch-1] Karl Karmarsch; Bernhard Wessel ... (see literature)

[DBE-2] Rudolf Vierhaus (see literature)

[3] The court sculptor Bernhard Wessel (see literature)

[4] Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Karmarschstraße 44 , in: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon (HKuKL), p. 156

[5] Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Opernplatz 1 , in: Hannover Art and Culture Lexicon , p. 176ff.