Christian Hempel (sculptor)
Christian Hempel (born February 1, 1937 in Dresden ; † January 30, 2015 there ) was a German restorer and sculptor .
Life
Christian Hempel came from a family of sculptors; his grandfather Oskar Paul Hempel (1887–1954) had a sculpting town in Tolkewitz , which was continued in the next generation by Werner Hempel (1904–1980).
After his school days, an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor in his father's company followed from 1954 to 1957. He then completed an evening course at the Dresden University of Fine Arts from 1957 to 1961 . In 1961 he moved to Oberloschwitz in Dresden, passed his master craftsman examination in 1962 and from 1963 worked as a freelance restorer, stone sculptor and model maker in Dresden with a master’s certificate .
From 1965 he was chairman of the examination committee and chief master of the stonemasons and sculptors guild.
Christian Hempel lived in Dresden-Oberloschwitz. The family business in Tolkewitz was continued by his son Julius Hempel (January 21, 1971 - January 16, 2015) and, after his death, by his twin brother Sebastian Hempel (born January 21, 1971).
Honors
- 1975: Honorary "Recognized Artisan"
Works (selection
Dresden buildings
- Semperoper , the characters peace and justice
- Outdoor sculptures on the palace in the Great Garden
- sculptural exterior decoration and the Nereid and Triton fountain at the Taschenbergpalais
- Sculptures and facade decorations as well as the baptismal font of the palace chapel in the Dresden residential palace
- Figures in the main street in Dresden Neustadt
- Renewal of the facade on the building of the art academy
- Figures for the Catholic Court Church
Other works
- Gable at the old brewery in Meissen
- King Johann Monument in Johanngeorgenstadt
- Figures in the castle garden of the hunting lodge Wermsdorf
- Figures in the Großsedlitz palace garden
- Wartburg in Eisenach
- Weesenstein Castle
- Hartenfels Castle in Torgau
- Sweden Monument in Freiberg
- Renaissance bay window on the market square in Freiberg
- Koenigstein Fortress
- Copy of the bay window from the Princely House in Grimmaische Strasse in Leipzig
- Reconstruction of the water art sculptures in Wismar
- Restoration or replica of Saxon post mile pillars
literature
- Christian Hempel . In: Artists on the Dresden Elbhang. Volume 1. Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 1999, ISBN 3-936240-01-9 , p. 66.
- Norbert Landsberg: Artist tours through Striesen and Blasewitz: Between the Great Garden and Borsbergstrasse . Volume 4. Self-published, 2005, ISBN 3-938283-04-1 .
- Gerhard Glaser : Christian Hempel on his 65th birthday . In: Sächsische Heimatblätter , Vol. 48, No. 1, 2002, p. 58.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Hempel in: Artists on the Dresden Elbhang. Volume 1. Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 1999, p. 66.
- ^ Norbert Landsberg: Artist tours through Striesen and Blasewitz: Between the Great Garden and Borsbergstrasse . Volume 4, self-published, 2005.
- ↑ DNN of January 20, 2015
- ↑ Harald Lachmann: Heavy blow for the sculptor dynasty Hempel , natursteinonline.de v. 02/12/15
- ^ Author collective, FG Kursächsische Postmeilensäulen (Ed.): Lexicon Kursächsische Postmeilensäulen . transpress, Berlin 1989.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hempel, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German restorer and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 2015 |
| Place of death | Dresden |