Conrad Anton Beumers

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Conrad Anton Beumers (born March 1, 1837 in Erkelenz , † 1921 in Düsseldorf ) was a German goldsmith .

life and work

He completed his apprenticeship in Aachen and founded a goldsmith's workshop in Düsseldorf after his journeyman migration to Paris in 1859. In 1902 he became purveyor to the court and in 1913 court jeweler.

Beumers mainly worked for church and public clients. He is best known for his works in the Romanesque style. In the 1880s Beumers worked several times with the painters Georg Oeder , Carl Gehrts and Alfred Graf von Brühl as well as the sculptors Heinz Müller and Josef Schneider. His son Paul (1865–1950) also became a goldsmith.

Works (selection)

literature

  • Wolfgang Scheffler : Goldsmiths Rhineland-Westphalia . 1st half band. De Gruyter, Berlin 1973, p. 183.
  • Church decorations and table decorations. Exhibition catalog Ev. Stadtkirche Unna 1987, ISBN 3-924210-19-5 , pp. 250-252.
  • The goldsmith Conrad Anton Beumers, 1837–1921. Exhibition, February 25 to April 5, 1987, Stadtmuseum, former Palais Graf Spee . Düsseldorf 1987.
  • Birgitta Falk: Beumers, Conrad Anton . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 10, Saur, Munich a. a. 1994, ISBN 3-598-22750-7 , p. 280 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Board : Beumers, Paul . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 552–553 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).