Carl Egler
Carl Egler (born July 3, 1896 in Rappenau , † August 16, 1982 in Karlsruhe ) was a German sculptor.
Life
Egler began an apprenticeship as a sculptor in the workshop of the Karlsruhe Majolika , where he was supported by Professor Hermann Föry. He was badly wounded in the First World War and was then employed again by Karlsruhe Majolika from 1919 to 1923. He processed his war experiences in his works, for example in "Russian Types" from 1919. In 1923 he traveled to Italy with his older brother the painter Willi Egler (1887–1953), a student of Walter Conz and Albert Haueisen . The influence of Italian Renaissance sculptures is particularly noticeable in the bronze sculpture “My Mother” from 1926.
From 1925 to 1932 he was a member of the Karlsruhe Academy and master class with Georg Schreyögg , Kurt Edzard and Christoph Voll . From 1932 he worked as a freelance artist and had numerous exhibitions in Germany. From 1936 he lived in his own house in Karlsruhe-Mühlburg. Together with his brothers Willi Egler (1887–1953) and the writer and composer Ludwig Egler (1894–1965) , he redesigned his home, studio, workshop and garden into a total work of art. The three Egler brothers were always closely associated with the Karlsruhe Artists' Union and were of great importance in the city's social life.
In 1966 he received the title of professor of the state of Baden-Württemberg .
Egler is buried together with his brothers in a shared grave complex in the main cemetery in Karlsruhe.
plant
Carl Egler's work consists mainly of female and girl figures, which he created from wood, bronze, terracotta, ceramic, granite and marble. On behalf of the public he created portrait busts of the Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe, Karl Schnetzler, of Carl Benz and Franz Grasshof. For the cemetery of Karlsruhe-Mühlburg the memorial for the victims of the Second World War "The Mourners" (1961) and for the Karlsruhe main cemetery the memorial for the euthanasia dead "Gate of Pain" (1964)
- Majolica mural in the sauna of the Vierordtbad
- Memorial for the fallen in the Mühlburg cemetery "The Mourners"
- Memorial for the euthanasia dead "Gate of Pain" at the main cemetery in Karlsruhe
- Ceramic chameleon fountain and sandstone fountain in the garden of the former residential building in Mühlburg, Marktstrasse 4
- Memorial to the dead of the First World War on the church square on Kastenwörtstrasse in Daxlanden
- Carl Benz Monument Beiertheimer Wäldchen, redesigned in 1956 by sculptor Carl Egler
- Grashof memorial Beiertheimer Wäldchen. By Karl Friedrich Moest , unveiled in 1896, redesigned by Carl Egler after the Second World War
- Schnetzler monument on Bahnhofstrasse. Bronze bust, redesigned by sculptor Carl Egler in 1953
- Art in building employment office, today state survey office, Kapellenstr. 17, Karlsruhe. "Workers of the hand" and "workers of the mind"
literature
- Anett Beckmann: Mentality-historical and aesthetic investigations of the gravestone sculpture of the Karlsruhe main cemetery , Univ.-Verl. Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 2006. p. 171, ISBN 978-3-86644-032-6 .
- Hubert Dörrschuk: Professor Carl Egler, sculptor and ceramist , Schwal, Karlsruhe 1981.
- Fritz Wilkendorf: The sculptor and ceramist Carl Egler , in: Ekkhart-Jahrbuch 1964. P. 108–124.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cultural monuments in Karlsruhe https://web1.karlsruhe.de/db/kulturdenkmale/detail.php?id=00309
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Egler, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rappenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1982 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |