Clemens Grundig

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Moritz Clemens Grundig (born October 25, 1859 in Dresden ; † 1939 there ) was a German draftsman and sculptor .

Liliencron Monument in Springhoe
Wettin Obelisk, Dresden
Bronze lion in Schönlinde

Life

Between 1885 and 1888 he completed evening classes with Johannes Schilling at the Dresden Art Academy . In the meantime he worked in the master studios of Schilling and later with Robert Diez on their commissions. In doing so, he developed a special ability to perfectly depict the detailed, nature-related plastic ornaments. This peculiarity opened him up to participation in the Dresden art exhibitions. So he worked out the special sculptural ornamentation for other sculptors in their works. Around 1889 he worked freelance in Dresden and had his studio at Schnorrstrasse 15, later from 1901 to 1935 at Schweizer Strasse 19. From 1889 to 1939 he lived in Dresden at Franklinstrasse 18 (then 16). All buildings were destroyed in 1945 by the air raids on Dresden . He also created several grave monuments and plastic facade decorations in the Johann-Georgen-Allee in Dresden.

Cenotaph for the fallen of the First World War, Grumbach near Wilsdruff

Works (selection

  • 1893–1894: Tendrils of floral decorations on the twin fountains Still waters and stormy waves at Albertplatz Dresden.
  • 1897: Bronze reliefs with ornamental plastic decorations on two flagpoles for the town hall in Hamburg
  • 1898: Three bronze reliefs with ornamental plastic decorations on the Petmecky grave monument, North Cemetery in Wiesbaden .
  • 1905 to 1906: Ornamental plastic jewelry on the Wettin Obelisk , Taschenbergplatz, Dresden
  • 1905: Liliencron monument in Sprighoe near Kellinghusen
  • 1906: Art grave for Carl Oysen, granite stele, oval three-quarter portrait; Ohlsdorfer Friedhof , Hamburg .
  • 1906: Group of bronze figures for a well system of squid fighting with monkfish for crabs , exhibition Dresden exhibition palace.
  • 1908: bronze figure Bohemian lion with overwhelmed Prussian eagle; Schönlinde ( Krásná Lípa ), for the victims and fallen in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866
  • 1908: Plastic, decorative facade decorations, Johann-Georgen-Allee 5, 7 and 13, Dresden.
  • 1923: Bronze lion on a rectangular base, memorial for those who fell in the First World War, Grumbach near Wilsdruff . Inscription: In honorable memory of the victims of war and violence

literature

  • Bärbel Stephan: Saxon Sculpture Johannes Schilling 1828–1910. Publishing house for construction. Berlin. ISBN 3-345-00494-1 , pp. 117, 237.
  • Alfred Aust: The Ohlsdorfer Friedhof Hamburg. Verlag Gesellschaft der Freunde, Hamburg 1964, pp. 64–66.
  • Ernst-Günter Knüppel: Robert Diez. Sculpture between Romanticism and Art Nouveau. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-86583-355-6 .
  • German Arts and Crafts Exhibition 3, 1906, Dresden: Official catalog of the Third German Arts and Crafts Exhibition , Dresden 1906, p. 147.

Web links

Commons : Clemens Grundig  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ determined from the marriage register of the city of Dresden
  2. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
  3. ^ German applied arts exhibition 1906, Dresden
  4. ^ Address book for Dresden and its suburbs, 1889 . Schönfeld, Dresden 1889 ( digitized version ).
  5. ^ German applied arts exhibition 1906, Dresden
personal data
SURNAME Grundig, Clemens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grundig, Moritz Clemens (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1865
DATE OF DEATH 1939
Place of death Dresden