Bow tensioner

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Ferdinand Lepcke in his studio with the bow tensioner

The arch tensioner is a sculpture created around 1905 by the sculptor Ferdinand Lepcke .

General

The bow tensioner at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in 1906

Ferdinand Lepcke presented his sculpture "Die Archenspannerin" for the first time at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in 1906, which took place from April 28 to September 30, 1906. The art critic Ernst Schur wrote about the sculpture as part of an exhibition review in Berlin's architecture world : “It stands closed, draws a bow and looks sideways at the target. The strong, elastic tension before sending the arrow is well expressed in all limbs. It is an act of elastic strength and beauty. Tight, lively form that involuntarily appears large and impresses itself. ”In summary, Schur assesses Die Archenspannerin and a study head also exhibited by Lepcke as “ one big line, there is style in it. ” Also at the Munich annual exhibition in 1907, again at the Große Berliner Art exhibition in 1908 and at the International Art Show Vienna in 1909 the bow tensioner was shown.

The sculpture became one of Lepcke's most successful works. Castings were produced and offered in various sizes by the Gladenbeck art and image foundry in Friedrichshagen and the Lauchhammer art foundry . The latter only acquired the license to reproduce the arch tensioner in iron and bronze in all sizes in 1917 from Oskar Lepcke, Ferdinand's brother. Twenty percent of the sales price went from the foundry in Lauchhammer to Lepcke's descendants. In 1929 the Lauchhammer art foundry offered bow tensioners in sizes 44, 75½ and 180 cm. At least ten life-size bow tensioners were cast in Lauchhammer long after Lepcke's death. Around 1910, Gladenbeck offered arch tensioners in sizes 58 and 80 cm for the larger market.

There is a life-size plaster model of the arch tensioner in the Lauchhammer Art Casting Museum. Another life-size plaster model was in the possession of the Coburg Municipal Collections. Under certain circumstances, this is said to have been the original formed by Lepcke. The Coburg plaster model is considered lost.

While a relatively large number of casts have been made of smaller sizes, the number of life-size arch tensioners is limited. The known specimens are mostly in public spaces.

Bow-tensioner Heringsdorf

On the left in front of the villa, partially covered, is the Heringsdorf bow-tensioner

The banker Gerson von Bleichröder had a villa built for his son Hans in Heringsdorf in 1908 . In the extensive gardens, a cast arch tensioner was set up at Gladenbeck. The villa and garden with a bow-tensioner are now a classy holiday accommodation.

Bow tensioner Berlin-Mitte

Bow tensioner Berlin-Mitte

In 1909, the Berlin National Gallery acquired a life-size arch spanner cast by Gladenbeck from Ferdinand Lepcke's estate and placed it in the colonnade courtyard . A photograph by Friedrich Seidenstücker shows the arch tensioner in front of the Alte Nationalgalerie in 1947. At this point it was showing some gunfire damage from World War II. From 1951 to 1969 this specimen of the arch tensioner was then in the garden of Schönhausen Palace , until 1960 the seat of the President of the GDR . From 1971 to 1995 the bow tensioner was loaned to Lothar Bolz , then Minister for Foreign Affairs of the GDR . After extensive renovation, it was re-erected in 2010 in the colonnade courtyard in front of the Alte Nationalgalerie.

Bow Tensioner Bydgoszcz

Bow Tensioner Bydgoszcz

From May to June 1910 an 80 cm version of the bow-tensioner was shown at an art exhibition in Bromberg, today's Bydgoszcz . As a result, the Bromberg-based banker Louis Aronsohn donated a life-size sculpture. This was set up in September 1910 in the city theater garden between the theater and the Brahe . In the 1920s, the sculpture was moved to its current location in Jana Kochanowskiego Park.

Bow Tensioner Coburg

Bow Tensioner Coburg

In Coburg, the birth town of Ferdinand Lepcke, in 1912 a life-size arch tensioner cast near Gladenbeck was set up on the Bahnhofstrasse bridge.

Bow tensioner Berlin-Nikolassee

Bow tensioner Berlin-Nikolassee

In 1925, a bow-tensioner was set up on Hohenzollernplatz in front of the town hall in the Nikolassee district of Berlin . This sculpture was given to the Berlin district of Zehlendorf by "the family of the deceased artist and other citizens resident in the district of Zehlendorf" and the Nikolassee association. The original has been missing since the Second World War. In 1997, a new cast was made by the Lauchhammer art foundry based on the arch tensioner of the Nationalgalerie, and in 1999 it was installed at an approximately old location. The costs for new casting and re-installation amounted to 65,000 DM.

Bow Tensioner Hanover

In 1928 a bronze arch tensioner was set up in the ramparts on Prinzenstrasse in Hanover . It was financed by the Fritz Behrens Foundation . The sculpture is a life-size bronze made in 1928 by the Lauchhammer art foundry on behalf of Oskar Lepke, Ferdinand Lepcke's brother. Oskar Lepke offered the sculpture to the city of Hanover at a reasonable price, but made the offer subject to the condition that the arch tensioner must be set up in public space. The city of Hanover accepted the offer. The statue can be traced there until 1940, after which it is lost.

Arch tensioner Wilhelmshaven

Arch tensioner Wilhelmshaven

In 1982, in Wilhelmshaven , a sponsored town of Bydgoszcz, an arch-tensioner was set up on Störtebekerplatz near the town hall . This is a cast by the bow tensioner from Coburg.

Bow tensioner Wetzlar

In Wetzlar in 2006, a bow-tensioner was set up in front of the Spilburg barracks . This is a copy that was made by the Rincker bell and art foundry .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Contrary to the information on the website of today's holiday accommodation, the name of the sculpture is not "Diana" and it is not a cast of the bow-tensioner set up in Bromberg about two years later (sic).
  2. ↑ The term "original" used at the time still leads to misinterpretations today.

supporting documents

  1. ^ Catalog Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1906 , p. 121 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Ernst Schnur: Architecture, Sculpture, Applied Arts at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1906. In: Berliner Architekturwelt , Volume 9, Issue 4 (July 1906), p. 126 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ In: Die Kunst - Monthly Bulletin for Free and Applied Art , 22nd year, No. 24 (September 15, 1907), p. 583 ( digitized version ).
  4. ^ Catalog Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1908 , p. 85 ( digitized version ).
  5. ^ Catalog International Art Show Vienna 1909, p. 56 ( digitized version ).
  6. ^ Nicky Heise, Susanne Kähler , Klaus Weschenfelder: Ferdinand Lepcke (1866–1909) - monograph and catalog raisonné. Coburg 2012, p. 201
  7. ↑ catalog Lauchhammer Bildguß , 1929 S. 116th
  8. ↑ Sales offer of a life-size bow-tensioner, signed with the mark of the Lauchhammer art foundry and copy number "2/10" (= number 2 of 10).
  9. ↑ Inge Kießhauer, Rolf Kießhauer: Bronzenes für Berlin / On the trail of monuments and sculptures from Gladenbeck's bronze foundries, Berlin and Friedrichshagen (= Friedrichshagener Heft No. 38–40). Berlin 2001, p. 282.
  10. ↑ The Bow Tensioner and Phryne v. Ferdinand Lepcke in the Art Casting Museum Lauchhammer.
  11. ^ Nicky Heise, Susanne Kähler , Klaus Weschenfelder: Ferdinand Lepcke (1866–1909) - monograph and catalog raisonné. Coburg 2012, pp. 199–201
  12. ^ Nicky Heise, Susanne Kähler , Klaus Weschenfelder: Ferdinand Lepcke (1866–1909) - monograph and catalog raisonné. Coburg 2012, p. 206
  13. ↑ a b Bernhard Maaz (Ed.): National Gallery Berlin / Das XIX. Century / inventory catalog of the sculptures (volume 1). EA Seemann Verlag, Berlin 2006, p. 378 f
  14. ^ Neue Zeit , January 18, 1993, p. 13.
  15. ^ Seidenstücker photo of the bow tensioner from 1947
  16. ^ Nicky Heise, Susanne Kähler , Klaus Weschenfelder: Ferdinand Lepcke (1866–1909) - monograph and catalog raisonné. Coburg 2012, p. 210
  17. ^ Nicky Heise, Susanne Kähler , Klaus Weschenfelder: Ferdinand Lepcke (1866–1909) - monograph and catalog raisonné. Coburg 2012, p. 209
  18. ↑ 760. Submission (art) - to pass resolutions - on the acquisition of works of art from September 22, 1926. In: Submissions for the city council assembly of the city of Berlin 1926, p. 544. ( digitized version )
  19. ^ Nicky Heise, Susanne Kähler , Klaus Weschenfelder: Ferdinand Lepcke (1866–1909) - monograph and catalog raisonné. Coburg 2012, p. 208
  20. ↑ Chronicle of the city of Hanover from the beginning until 1988
  21. ^ Nicky Heise, Susanne Kähler , Klaus Weschenfelder: Ferdinand Lepcke (1866–1909) - monograph and catalog raisonné. Coburg 2012, pp. 201-203
  22. ↑ "Bow Tensioner" stands. In: Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung from March 24, 2006.

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