Wilhelm Habich

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Bust of Peter Joseph Krahe made by Wilhelm Habich in 1887 .

Christian Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Habich (born October 20, 1840 in Clausthal , † March 2, 1933 in Braunschweig ) was a German sculptor .

Life

The seventh of nine children of a miner family in Harz learned to be a miner at the age of 13. In his spare time Habich carved toys, which he also sold. The support from his superiors enabled him to work as a modeller in the Königshütte near Lauterberg from 1858 . He then worked in a furniture factory in Oderfeld. From 1863 to 1867 he received training at the Royal Polytechnic School in Hanover . He then worked in the local studio of the sculptor Friedrich Wilhelm Engelhardt . It was here that his first independent equestrian statue "Gottfried von Bouillon" was created. From 1867 to 1870 Habich was employed as a master model in the Ilsenburg ironworks before he returned to Hanover. After a short stay, he moved to Braunschweig in 1872 with his second wife, Friederike Hintze, who came from Braunschweig. There he worked as a freelance artist for over 50 years. In addition, he worked as a drawing teacher at schools in Braunschweig between 1873 and 1894. He belonged to the sociable association of clothing sellers around the poet Wilhelm Raabe . Habich was awarded the Order of Henry the Lion . His works found nationwide recognition. He died very old in 1933 in Braunschweig. The Wolfenbüttel State Archives keep his estate .

plant

Habich created a variety of sculptures and sculptures, including equestrian statues and statuettes of members of the Braunschweig, Hanover and Imperial German nobility. An equestrian statuette of the Brunswick Duke Wilhelm was awarded a prize in Bad Harzburg in 1895 . His portrait busts of Braunschweig personalities became famous, including Heinrich Caspari , Carl Friedrich Gauß , Franz Abt and Heinrich Büssing . Habich's plants are located in Braunschweig, Hanover, Leipzig and Berlin.

literature

  • Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries. Hanover 1996, p. 237f.
  • Norman-Mathias Pingel: Habich, Christian Friedrich Georg Wilhelm. In: Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon supplementary volume. Braunschweig 1996, p. 58.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon supplementary volume. Braunschweig 1996, p. 58.
personal data
SURNAME Habich, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Habich, Christian Friedrich Georg Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Clausthal
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1933
Place of death Braunschweig