Jacob Daniel Burgschmiet
Jacob Daniel Burgschmiet (born October 11, 1796 in Nuremberg ; † March 7, 1858 there ) was a sculptor and ore caster of the 19th century .
Life
Burgschmiet's first significant sculptural work was three figures for the orphanage in Nuremberg. He was a teacher of modeling at the art school in Nuremberg . During his stay in Paris in 1828, he was represented in Nuremberg by his friend and student Georg Howaldt . Burgschmiet founded the art foundry Lenz , which his son-in-law Christoph Albrecht Lenz continued and which still exists today.
His grave is in the Johannisfriedhof (Nuremberg) .
Works
- Restoration of the beautiful fountain in Nuremberg under the direction of Albert Christoph Reindel 1822–1824
- 1826 Statue of Philipp Melanchthon in sandstone for Nuremberg
- 1834 Tomb for the last Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg , Georg Karl von Fechenbach , in the right aisle of Bamberg Cathedral
- 1840 Dürer statue for Nuremberg based on a design by Christian Daniel Rauch
- 1849 Statue of Beethoven based on a design by Ernst Hähnel for Bonn
- 1851 Colossal statue of Charles IV for Prague
- 1858 Luther statue based on a design by the sculptor Ferdinand Müller for Möhra (near Eisenach )
Monument to Emperor Charles IV for the anniversary of the University of Prague
Appreciation of his work in 1858, a picture from an article in the magazine " Die Gartenlaube "
Beethoven monument on Bonn's Münsterplatz
Dürer's monument on Albrecht-Dürer-Platz in Nuremberg
literature
- Georg Wolfgang Karl Lochner : Burgschmiet, Jakob Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, pp. 610-613.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Johannes Rée: Reindel, Albert Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, pp. 11-13.
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SURNAME | Burgschmiet, Jacob Daniel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burgschmiet, Jakob Daniel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor, ore caster |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1796 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1858 |
Place of death | Nuremberg |