Carl von Mering

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Sculptor Carl von Mering, 1905

Carl Christian von Mering (born October 15, 1874 in Koblenz , † January 26, 1944 in Rodenkirchen ) was a German sculptor and modeller.

family

Carl von Mering was a son of the plasterer Peter Mering (1843-1901), who came from Koblenz via Bonn to settle in 1876 ​​in the then still independent Ehrenfeld . There (Keplerstrasse / Gutenbergstrasse) he founded a workshop for stucco elements ("figure factory"), in which he also employed his son Carl. Peter Mering had already married Philippine Allendorf in Koblenz, with whom he had four sons and a daughter. The family was allowed to wear the "von", which had not been used since the French Revolution, from 1894 onwards. Carl von Mering is largely related to the Cologne historian Friedrich Everhard von Mering and thus also to his son, the medical professor Josef von Mering (1849–1908) in Halle / Saale.

Life

Born in 1874, Carl von Mering first worked in his father's workshop and learned his trade . In 1907 he married Clara Johanna Eberhardt († 1961), with whom he had two children (Eberhard, Clara); the first apartment was at 124 Weinsbergstrasse not far from the Melaten cemetery . In 1911 he moved from Ehrenfeld, which was now incorporated into Cologne, into a house with a studio in Rodenkirchen , Bismarckstrasse 3, which was still independent at the time . He took part in the First World War as a soldier and kept a private war diary . He and his family were members of the Evangelical Congregation Cologne-Bayenthal . After initially good success in his job, he has suffered from a lack of orders since the global economic crisis. The oppressive unemployment caused him to join the NSDAP in 1931 . He was active in the people's welfare and became an alderman for the community of Rondorf, to which Rodenkirchen belonged at that time. This secured the family a modest salary without satisfying himself. He tried to adapt his style as a modeller to the tastes of the ruling party. But apparently he only succeeded incompletely.

Carl von Mering died on January 26, 1944 in his house in Rodenkirchen. His studio and many of his works were destroyed in the bombing war. The Cologne City Museum keeps a few smaller pieces, some of the showcase art is held by grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His small estate is kept in the Rhenish Archive for artists' bequests.

Monogram by the sculptor Carl von Mering, Cologne

Artistic career

It can be assumed that Carl von Mering first learned the plastering trade like his father. In 1895/1896 he attended the modeling class of Wilhelm Albermann at the Cologne craft and trade school . Since his financial circumstances did not allow him to study, he worked in a ceramics factory in Düsseldorf in 1899/1900 and learned "to model what is fired". After his father's death, in 1902 he entered the modeling class of Georg Grasegger at the Cologne craft and trade school a. A certificate issued by Grasegger on September 5, 1906, shows that Carl von Mering had been working as an assistant in his workshop since 1903; Grasegger probably also gave him his first assignments. In addition to sculpting, von Mering also painted and wrote poetry and frequented artistic circles in Cologne. Like his better-known contemporaries Josef Moest , Willi Meller and Georg Grasegger and Wolfgang Wallner , who had come to Cologne from outside the city , he carried out numerous public and private commissions, particularly in building sculpture, and at times taught at the arts and crafts school. The collaboration with well-known Cologne architects such as Otto Müller-Jena , Friedrich Bolte , Carl Moritz and others is documented. Like other Cologne sculptors ( Franz Albermann , Josef Pabst , Peter Berens , Eduard Schmitz ) von Mering also worked for the “fine ceramics department” of the Frechener Kalscheuerwerke under Toni Ooms .

Work (incomplete)

Fixed work

  • 1908: Meßdorf , grave monument for Heinrich Nadermann (1835–1907)
  • 1908–1912: Elberfeld , Eiland 4, building sculpture of the district court (portal)
  • 1908–1910: Gladbeck , portal decoration on the office building (today Old Town Hall; architect Otto Müller-Jena ; tower sculpture by Georg Grasegger )
  • 1909: Salzwedel , bust and base of the monument to the composer Friedrich Gartz (1819–1896)
  • 1911: Cologne, town house Gürzenichstrasse. (Arch. Friedr. Bolte); Today in the foyer of the Dorint Hotel, Pipinstraße 1 (Altstadt-Nord), fragment of the building jewelry: Greetings monkey, signed
  • 1912/13: Cologne, Machabäerstr. 26 (Altstadt-Nord), facade sculpture Ev. Parish hall (architect: Arthur Eberhard; since 1951: Kreuzkirche), now "Pathpoint Cologne"
  • 1913: Cologne city center , castle wall 1, half-relief with depiction of the Madonna (attribution)
  • before 1914: Cologne, Stolzestraße 5–7 (Neustadt-Süd), portal and relief “Zug der Mädchen”, signed
  • 1923: Cologne-Bayenthal , memorial for the fallen soldiers of the World War in the Reformation Church (design: Arch. Friedr. Bolte)
  • 1923: Cologne, Hülchrather Straße 12 (Neustadt-Nord), door frames with relief sculpture
  • 1924: Cologne-Deutz , ceramic relief on the exhibition halls, with Johann Baptist Schreiner
  • around 1925: ceramic relief "Flight into Egypt"
  • around 1925: ceramic relief "Adoration of the Shepherds"
  • 1925: new figures on the Cologne council tower
  • around 1925: Dortmund , ceramic pillars for the main cemetery
  • around 1925: Cologne-Raderthal , sculpture decorations (putti) on the fountain temple of the Fritz-Encke-Volkspark
  • around 1926: Cheeky , ceramic relief as door frames and plastic of a dolphin rider
  • after 1927: Cologne-Poll , Efeuplatz, Poller Milchmädchen, (made of shell limestone ; with Johann Baptist Schreiner , based on a GAG competition )
  • 1930: Frechen , Protestant cemetery, war memorial (sitting eagle), shell limestone
  • 1934 (?) Kierdorf (Erftstadt) , memorial with the inscription "Treue um Treue" (SA man and SS man / soldier (?), Larger than life), formerly next to the parish church of St. Martinus, not preserved
  • 1941 (?): Cologne-Rodenkirchen , Neuer Friedhof, Hochkreuz with Christ, Maria and Johannes (re-erected 1953)
  • Düren , cemetery, tomb of the Heinrich Schoeller family (resting)
  • Cologne, Melaten cemetery , sculpture of a mourner on the grave of Martha Rose

Small plastic

  • 1916: Ceramic medallion "The Pied Piper of Hameln", signed CVMering 1916
  • 1916 (?): Ceramic medallion "The brave little tailor", sign. KvMering Cologne
  • 1924 (?): Ceramic sculpture Hans Muff, sign. CvM
  • around 1925: Woman with dolphin, ceramic sculpture
  • 1928: New Year's plaque Lauchhammerwerke, iron art casting, sign. K. v. Mering, Cologne Rh
  • 1931: Pieta (only picture survived)
  • Ceramic sculpture "Bockig"
  • Ceramic sculpture "The old man" (sitting monkey)
  • Ceramic sculpture "Thorns" (crouching monkey)
  • Ceramic sculpture sitting monkey with crossed legs ("chimpanzee")
  • Ceramic sculpture putto with cornucopia
  • Portrait medallion Klara (plaster?), Sign. CvM
  • Female bust, ceramics, sign CvM (in the Cologne City Museum )
  • Relief portrait "Oskar Jäger" (in the Cologne City Museum )
  • Ceramic sculpture "Putto with snail" (in the Cologne City Museum )
  • Sculpture "sulfur gang", sign. CvM
  • Female nude (small sculpture, bronze), on loan from the Cologne City Museum since 1995
  • Saint George fighting the dragon (small sculpture, bronze), on loan from the Cologne City Museum since 1996

gallery

  • Memorial for Friedrich Gartz, Salzwedel, 1909

  • Portal of the district court in Wuppertal, before 1912

  • Portal at the town hall in Gladbeck, around 1910

  • Greeting monkey (Cologne, former town house)

  • Portal and relief Stolzestr. 5-7

  • Archway Stolzestr.

  • Archway detail on the left

  • Archway detail on the right

  • Pride street, relief

  • Relief, left part

  • Cologne, Machabäerstr. 26, Ev. Parish hall, 1912/13

  • Portal Cologne, Hülchrather Str. 12

  • Hülchrather Str. 12, left side: male figure

  • Hülchrather Str. 12, right side: female figure

  • Milkmaid monument in Cologne-Poll, 1927/28

  • Monument with the inscription "Treue um Treue" (1934?)

  • Hochkreuz in the New Cemetery, Cologne-Rodenkirchen, around 1941

  • Hochkreuz Rodenkirchen, St. Maria

  • Hochkreuz Rodenkirchen, St. John

Mering, Rattenfaenger.jpg

literature

  • Egon Heeg: The Cologne-Frechener ceramics 1919-1934. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1992.
  • Gisela Klinkhardt: The sculpture in the Werkbund exhibition in Cologne 1914. Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 1997.

Web links

Commons : Carl von Mering  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ von-mering.de ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ heimatverein-gladbeck.de ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de
  4. ↑ Wenge / Salditt / Tröger: Kölner Hausmadonnen , Cologne 2014, p. 78/79 (with ill.).
  5. ↑ kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de
  6. ↑ Fritz Rath shock: The Protestant community in Cologne-Bayenthal. Cologne 1930, p. 26 (ill.), P. 27.
  7. ↑ kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de
  8. ↑ Heeg 1992, pp. 47-53
  9. ↑ Heeg 1992, p. 217, No. 103, m. Fig.
  10. ↑ Heeg 1992, p. 217, No. 104, m. Fig.
  11. ^ Walter Geis: The image programs of the 19th century. In: Hiltrud Kier , Bernd Ernsting, Ulrich Krings (eds.): Cologne. The council tower. His story and his program of characters. (= Stadtspuren - Monuments in Cologne , Volume 21.) JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 1996, pp. 219–263, in particular pp. 246 f. (with picture)
  12. ↑ Heeg 1992, p. 44, p. 180, No. 11
  13. ↑ Heeg 1992, p. 194, No. 54
  14. ↑ kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de
  15. ^ Sculpture and architecture, in: Bauwarte, year 1927, pp. 313-320, especially p. 317 f. (Bollard Milkmaid, with illus. Model). Further drafts of merings are mentioned in the text.
  16. ↑ Heeg 1993, p. 166
  17. ^ Günter Leitner, cemeteries in Cologne. Mitten im Leben , Jürgen Fritsch Verlag, Neumarkt / Oberpfalz, 2003, p. 14
  18. ↑ Heeg 1992, p. 46; P. 308, m. Fig.
  19. ↑ Heeg 1992, p. 304
  20. ↑ letter-stiftung.de
  21. ↑ letter-stiftung.de
personal data
SURNAME Mering, Carl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mering, Carl Christian von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and modeller
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1944
Place of death Rodenkirchen