Caesar Scharff

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Caesar Scharff (born December 22, 1864 in Hamburg , † October 21, 1902 in Alt-Rahlstedt ) was a German sculptor. Scharff was a member of the established Hamburg Artists 'Association from 1832 , but also had contact with the more modern Hamburg Artists' Club from 1897. Stylistically, his works can be assigned to Art Nouveau .

Works and activities

Memorial for the shipping company Laeisz in the entrance hall of the Laeiszhof

Scharff's creative focus was cemetery art, many of his sculptures are on the Ohlsdorfer Friedhof in Hamburg. He caused a sensation with the revealing representation of his characters. Their erotic charisma was often felt to be inappropriate to the culture of mourning.

  • 1898 bronze relief on the tomb of Dr. Heinrich Köstlin (kneeling sculpture disappeared)
  • 1898/99 bronze relief on the Soltau tomb
  • 1899 bronze relief on the tombstone of the Gottfried Holthusen family
  • 1900 bronze relief on the tombstone of the Georg Heinrich Wehber family
  • 1900 Sandstone grave wall of the Hansing family
  • 1900 Bronze plate on the stele for the Prochownick family
  • 1900 Publication of the illustrated book: The Hamburg Cemetery and its plastic grave decorations
  • 1901 Participation in the competition for the Bismarck monument (4th prize)
  • 1901 Tomb of the Diederichsen family
  • 1901 tomb of the Hausen family
  • 1901 tomb of the Wellge family (stolen in 2011)
  • 1903 memorial for the shipping company Laeisz

Selection of Ohlsdorf cemetery:

  • Bronze relief Soltau

  • Hansing grave wall (red sandstone)

  • Marble grave Hausen

  • Granite / bronze tomb Diederichsen

  • Bronze relief Holthusen

Pillow stone "In memory of the sculptor Caesar Scharff",
Ohlsdorf cemetery

Caesar Scharff was also buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery, his pillow stone is in grid square H 11 (right next to the Jaffé grave).

literature

  • Volker Plagemann: Father city, fatherland, God protect you with a strong hand: monuments in Hamburg. Hans Christians, Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-7672-0967-5
  • Volker Plagemann (ed.): Industrial culture in Hamburg: The German Empire's gate to the world. Beck, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-406-09675-1
  • Barbara Leisner, Heiko KL Schulze, Ellen Thormann: The Hamburg main cemetery Ohlsdorf. History and tombs. 2 volumes and an overview map 1: 4000. Hans Christians, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-7672-1060-6 .

Web links

Commons : The works of the sculptor Caesar Scharff  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Grave of Köstlin at the Ohlsdorfer Friedhof support group
  2. ↑ grave Wellge with figure of 2,003 at fredriks.de
  3. ↑ Celebrity Graves

Remarks

  1. ↑ This is not confirmed, however, with regard to the gravestones contained in Barbara Leisner's standard work, Volume 2
  2. ↑ Soltau grave is no longer in family ownership, the cemetery administration uses an information sign to indicate the possibility of a " grave sponsorship " (seen July 2, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Scharff, Caesar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1902
Place of death Alt-Rahlstedt