Karl Hammer (architect)

Karl Hammer , also Carl Hammer , (born March 6, 1845 in Nuremberg ; † June 16 or July 17, 1897 there ) was a German architect , craftsperson and painter . He is one of the representatives of the Nuremberg style .

Life

As the son of a comb maker, he attended the Nuremberg Art School from 1858 due to his talent for drawing. After completing his studies in 1861, he joined the studio of the architect Matthias Berger in Munich as a draftsman . After four years of activity, after a brief activity in the restoration of the cathedral in Augsburg, he entered the painter's studio of the Ritter brothers in Nuremberg to devote himself to watercolor painting . During this time he made drawings of Nuremberg views and church furnishings in connection with an order from the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

According to his own statements, his work at Ferdinand von Quast was equivalent to a “university” and enabled him to work out his mentor's competition design in the competition for the Berlin Cathedral .

Under the direction of Quasts, he took part alongside Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch on the research trip to the island of Rügen in order to travel to Italy as a draftsman for a year with Ernst aus'm Weerth (1829–1909) after the Franco-German War .

After being employed as curator of the Bavarian Industrial Museum in Nuremberg in 1872, he married Lina Kellner, the daughter of the Nuremberg glass painter Georg Kellner. In 1878 or 1879 his son Hans Hammer was born, who later became a painter. In 1879 he was appointed to the Karlsruhe School of Applied Arts, which he headed as director from 1885.

Following the death of Adolf Gnauth in 1885, he was his successor at the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts .

plant

• 1873: Exhibition unit of the Bavarian Trade Museum at the 1873 World Exhibition in Vienna
• 1876: two colored glazings for the hall of the imperial cities in the Germanic National Museum (motif: Charlemagne receives the ambassadors and gifts from Harun al Raschid )
• 1880: three windows of the princes and barons of Tettau for the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg (executed by Sebastian Eisgruber )
• 1882: trailer
• 1889: Exhibition unit of the Bavarian Industrial Museum at the Paris World Exhibition in 1889
• 1894: Reminder sheet for the Hans Sachs Festival (color lithograph )

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Edmund Wilhelm Braun : Karl Hammer , in: Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein (Hrsg.): Arts and Crafts: Journal of Arts and Crafts since 1851. Vol. 47.1897-1898, pp. 333–343.
2. ^ Hammer, Karl , in: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon, Vol. 2, p. 567; HAMMER, Karl (1845 - 1897), Painter, architect , in: Benezit Dictionary of Artists, published in print January 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 , published online November 2011, e- ISBN 978-0- 19-989991-3
3. ↑ Biographical information , accessed on January 10, 2012, the content was updated on March 20, 2013, accessed on September 30, 2013
4. ↑ Hammer, Hans , in: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon, Vol. 2, p. 567 indicates April 29, 1878, HAMMER, Hans (* 1879), Painter, draughtsman, engraver, watercolourist , in: Benezit Dictionary of Artists, published in Printed in January 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 , online publication November 2011, e- ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3 on April 29, 1878.
5. ↑ Figures , accessed on January 10, 2012
6. ↑ Figures , accessed on January 10, 2012
7. ↑ Lithography ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 10, 2012 

literature

• Edmund Wilhelm Braun : Karl Hammer , in: Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein (Hrsg.): Arts and crafts: Journal for arts and crafts since 1851. Vol. 47.1897–1898, pp. 333–343.