Claus Berg

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Claus Berg (* 1475 in Lübeck ; † around 1535 probably in Güstrow ) was a late-Gothic Low German carver at the beginning of the 16th century , who initially worked in Lübeck and later in Odense in Denmark .

Part of the group of apostles in Güstrow Cathedral

Life

Claus Berg, from the Lübeck family, made a name for himself there as a sculptor until around 1510–1515. During his time as a traveling journeyman, he came to the workshop of Veit Stoss at the end of the 15th century . Berg followed around 1520–1522, allegedly together with 12 journeymen, the call of the Danish queen mother Christine , the widow of King Hans of Denmark , who lived in Odense, and who had been called to him several times .

The large late Gothic winged altar from 1526 for the Church of the Franciscans (OFM) in Odense comes from Berg's workshop. It was initially sold to St. Mary's Church in 1805 and has stood there in St. Knud's Cathedral since 1885 . It is around 6 meters wide and over 4.5 meters high.

Other works are a grave tablet for King Hans and his son Franz, who died young. Other altars by Berg are in the Vor Frue Kirke in Aarhus , in Sanderum Sogn and Tistrup . A triumphal cross in the church of Sorø Abbey and the figures of the apostles in Güstrow Cathedral (around 1530) are also attributed to him.

Berg's son Frants became Bishop of Oslo , his grandson Claus Berg gave a description of his career.

Attributions

The altar of the Georgsbruderschaft from the Maria-Magdalenenkirche (castle church) with the holy clan as a center piece (around 1510-15) in the St. Anne's monastery in Lübeck is today regarded as the work of an unknown master of southern German education.

gallery

  • Berg's high altar in St. Knud's Cathedral in Odense

  • Figure of Jacob the Dane as a detail in St. Knud Cathedral

  • Berg's altar in St. Mary's Church in Aarhus

  • Berg's altar in Bregninge Kirke, Ærø

literature

  • Jan Friedrich Richter : Claus Berg - production of reredos of the late Middle Ages in the Baltic Sea region. (Monuments of German Art) German Publishing House for Art Studies, Berlin 2007; plus dissertation, Freie Univ. 2004.
  • Karin Kanter: Studies on Claus Berg as a carver. Diss. Phil. Tübingen 1999. 5 microfiches 2000.
  • Hans Arnold Gräbke :  Berg, Claus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 75 ( digitized version ).
  • Karl Schaefer : The Lübeck sculptor Claus Berg. In: Der Wagen , 1937, pp. 27–43.
  • Viggo Thorlacius-Ussing: Billedskaereren Claus Berg: en Fremdstilling af hans liv and virksomhed med saelig henblik paa nyere fund and undersøgelser. Copenhagen 1922.

Web links

Commons : Claus Berg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Model for the art of Ernst Barlach. In: Lübecker Nachrichten, November 15, 2015, p. 34.
  2. ↑ Quoted here from Karl Schaefer : History of the fine arts in Lübeck. In: Fritz Endres: History of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Lübeck 1926, pp. 113-170 (162ff).
  3. ^ Dome, churches, monasteries. VEB Tourist Verlag Berlin / Leipzig, 1st edition 1984
  4. ↑ Uwe Albrecht , Jörg Rosenfeld and Christiane Saumweber: Corpus of medieval wooden sculpture and panel painting in Schleswig-Holstein, Volume I: Hanseatic City of Lübeck, St. Annen Museum. Kiel: Ludwig, 2005. ISBN 3-933598-75-3 , pp. 410-414
personal data
SURNAME Berg, Claus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Low German carver
DATE OF BIRTH 1475
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH around 1535
Place of death uncertain: Güstrow