Constantin Starck

Constantin Starck , also Konstantin Starck , (February 18 ^July / March 2,  1866 ^greg. In Riga ; † September 11, 1939 in Berlin or August 22, 1939 ; full name Karl Constantin Starck ) was a Baltic German sculptor and medalist .

Life

Starck studied from 1885 to 1887 at the Stuttgart Art Academy (with Nikolai von Grünewaldt and Karl Donndorf ) and 1887-1891 at the Berlin Academy of Art (at Albert Wolff , Fritz Schaper and Ernst Herter ), where he then until 1898 master student at Reinhold Begas was .

At the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in 1904, Starck was awarded a small gold medal. In 1908 he was appointed a member of the Prussian Academy of the Arts , from 1923 he was senator of the academy. Until 1910 he taught at the teaching institute of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin .

The painter Johannes Starck (* 1862) was his brother, the painter and textile designer Helene Starck (* 1902) was his daughter.

Tombstone

Starck died in Berlin in 1939 at the age of 73 and was buried in Cemetery II of the Sophiengemeinde Berlin in Berlin-Mitte.

plant

Many of Constantin Starck's works can be found as art in public spaces . Known are among others:

• around 1910: Lyrik group of figures at the Poznan City Theater
• 1912: Children's fountain on Barbarossaplatz in Berlin-Schöneberg (destroyed in World War II, rebuilt in 1989 by the sculptor Heinz Spilker )
• 1926–1927: Fountain figure at the Barbarossa fountain in Berlin-Reinickendorf, Olwenplatz
• 1928: Flute player and Daphne ( girl with oleander branch ) in the Botanical Garden in Berlin-Dahlem
• Flute player in the Joachimsthalschen Gymnasium in Berlin-Wilmersdorf
• 1930: Tennis player in Hanover (gift from the Fritz Behrens Foundation to the city of Hanover, set up in 1935 on the premises of the German Tennis Club Hanover )
• 1935: Golfer in Hanover ( financed by the Fritz Behrens Foundation and installed in the city ​​park in 1959 )

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  Figure at the children's fountain in Berlin-Schöneberg

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  Tennis player in Hanover

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  Golf player in the city ​​park of Hanover

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  Flute player in the foyer of the building at Bundesallee 1–12 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf

literature

• Starck, Constantin. In: Ludwig Forrer : Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Spink & Son Ltd., London. Volume 5, 1912, pp. 666-667 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ); Volume 8, 1930, p. 220 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Starck, Constantin . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 478 .
• Starck, Constantin . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 343 .
• Ludwig Zerull : Karl Constantin Starck. In: Art without a roof. Sculptures and objects in the cityscape of Hanover. Edition Libri Artis Schäfer, Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-88746-278-5 , p. 56.
• Sabine Hannesen: The sculptor Constantin Starck (1866-1939). Life and work. (= European university writings, art history , volume 28.) Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-631-45721-9 . (also dissertation, Free University of Berlin, 1991.)

Web links

Commons : Constantin Starck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Constantin Starck. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
• Medals from Constantin Starck at www.medaillenkunst.de (website of the German Society for Medal Art ), accessed on January 26, 2015

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Starck, Constantin . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 343 .
2. ^ Members database of the Berlin Academy of the Arts.
3. ↑ Children's fountain ( Memento of the original from November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.bildhauerei-in-berlin.de , accessed on January 25, 2015. 
4. ↑ Fountain figure of the Barbarossa fountain ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.bildhauerei-in-berlin.de , accessed on January 25, 2015 
5. ^ Reclam's Art Guide Germany, Volume VII: Berlin. P. 405.
6. ↑ Flute Player ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.bildhauerei-in-berlin.de , accessed on January 25, 2015 
7. ↑ Daphne ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.bildhauerei-in-berlin.de , accessed on January 25, 2015. 
8. ^ Reclam's Art Guide Germany, Volume VII: Berlin. P. 494.
9. ↑ ^{a b} Zerull: Karl Constantin Starck. In: Art without a roof. Sculptures and objects in the cityscape of Hanover. 1992, p. 56.