Christian Schönamsgruber

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Portrait of Christian Schönamsgruber (oil on canvas), painted by Hans Oertle, Nuremberg 1955.

Christian (Karl) Schönamsgruber (* 1875 in Nuremberg ; † 1961 there ) was a German engraver and medalist and is one of Nuremberg's most important Art Nouveau artists.

Schönamsgruber's early ambitions to become a sculptor were disapproved by his father and so he had to learn the craft of engraving.

He was able to sharpen his talent in the second course from Richard Riemerschmid and in the first two courses from Friedrich Adler , so that he was able to open his own workshop in 1903 with the support of the Lothar von Faber Foundation . Numerous works made of metal were purchased from the sample collection of the Nuremberg Industrial Museum , with his artistic focus being on the processing of silver. In later years he became a teacher for engraving and chasing at the vocational training school in Nuremberg.

literature

  • Claus Pese: Art Nouveau from Nuremberg, art craft industrial culture . Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-89790-236-7 , pages 210-215 "Christian Schönamsgruber"
  • Brigitte Leonhardt, Dieter Zühlsdorff, Norbert Götz u. a .: Friedrich Adler between Art Nouveau and Art Déco. Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-925369-34-1 , pages 395, 397, 405-406, 410

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claus Pese: Art Nouveau from Nuremberg , page 210–215 "Christian Schönamsgruber"
  2. ^ Brigitte Leonhardt: Friedrich Adler between Art Nouveau and Art Déco 405-406
personal data
SURNAME Schönamsgruber, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schönamsgruber, Christian Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH 1961
Place of death Nuremberg