Carl Heinrich Gramzow

Allegorical depictions of the arts and sciences on the south elevation of the Neues Museum, which Carl Heinrich Gramzow was involved in carrying out, from Friedrich August Stüler , Das Neues Museum in Berlin , Riedel 1862

Carl Heinrich Gramzow - in the baptismal entry Gramtzow - (born March 11, 1807 in Berlin ; † unknown [after 1850]) was a German sculptor .

Life

Born in Berlin in 1807, Carl Heinrich Gramzow was a student of Karl Friedrich Wichmann and the Berlin Academy . Between 1826 and 1844 he took part in the academy exhibitions several times. From 1838 to 1842 he worked in Rome , then returned to Berlin and took part in the sculpting work at the Neues Museum . For political reasons he emigrated to America in the revolutionary year of 1848. As early as 1849/50 he came back to Europe, went to Rome and withdrew from art because of little success.

Place and date of death are unknown.

Works

• Marble statue Genius of Peace , 1848, National Gallery Berlin
• Caryatids in the White Hall of the Berlin City Palace (destroyed)
• Participation in the allegorical statues of the arts and sciences at the Neues Museum (north and south elevation) in Berlin
• Copy of a Bacchus on the east side of Sanssouci Palace (lost)

literature

• Friedrich Noack : Gramzow, Carl Heinrich . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 498 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Dankmar Trier: Gramzow, Carl Heinrich . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 60, Saur, Munich a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-22800-1 , p. 216.

Web links

• 02325 Carl Heinrich Gramzow. In: Matriculation book of the Munich Art Academy 1809–1841.