David Fahrner

David Fahrner (born January 15, 1895 in Freudenstadt ; † October 5, 1962 there ) was a German sculptor.

Life

David Fahrner was a visual artist who mainly created sculptures and reliefs. He completed an apprenticeship at the Stuttgart metal goods factory Meyer und Wilhelm, then worked at the Stuttgart art stamping institute, trained as an engraver and stamp in Schwäbisch Gmünd and then returned to Freudenstadt as a freelance artist. In the thirties he also worked for the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik in Geislingen an der Steige. Fahrner was represented at the Great German Art Exhibition from 1939 to 1944 . In 1957 he became a founding member of the Freudenstadt artist group "Das Quadrat".

Fahrner designed a variety of plaques, reliefs, sculptures and sculptures. As far as can be seen, there is no catalog raisonné.

Barbel fountain Freudenstadt

Works

Works in public space - monuments, fountains and reliefs

War memorial Worms

War memorial Worms-Neuhausen

This monument was erected in 1937. Donated by Ludwig Heyl .

"Seated"

After 1945. Memorial for those who died in both world wars. Altensteig, Walddorf, Calw district.

Neptune Fountain Tübingen

In 1947, the Neptune figure on the market fountain in Tübingen was reconstructed by Fahrner. The metal was melted down from French weapons. The plastic was poured in the WMF.

“Venus” in Freudenstadt

The Venus is a bronze figure of 1954. It was created in memory of the destruction and reconstruction of Freudenstadt after the Second World War. It is also known as "Mortgage Venus" because the reconstruction of the city involved considerable debts. The figure reaches into a better future with one hand and pushes away the evil of the past with the other.

Barbel fountain

Post war period. Freudenstadt. The barbel , a trout-like fish, is Freudenstadt's heraldic animal.

Kneeling female figure

1959, bronze, Betzingen cemetery near the Fallen Memorial. Oskar Kalbfell's daughter Ingrid is said to have been the model for the figure

Fisherwoman's fountain

1960, Aalen, in front of the St. Johann cemetery.

Works for the inner area - sculptures, busts etc.

"Standing girl"

1939 plaster

"Flute player"

1941. Female nude with transverse flute. Approx. 38 cm.

"Dancing"

1945. Cast zinc, with a greenish patina in bronze, three-dimensional figure of a female nude in a dance swinging her arms to the side and angling her right leg backwards, standing on a rounded base, signed and dated 1945 in the cast on the reverse of the base, height: approx. 34 cm. https://www.siebers-auktionen.de/fileadmin/benutzerdaten/auktionen/Kuenstlerverzeichnis/F/Fahrner__David/3450-3.jpg

"Bust of Daniel Straub"

1950. Geislingen City Archives. [1]

Straub was the founder of WMF.

"Little boy holding his stomach"

Sculpture, approx. 10 cm high, date of origin unknown.

Bust of Hermann Saam

The sculptor portrayed the politician Hermann Saam . Date of origin unknown.

Bust of Theodor Heuss

In 1961, a bust of Fahrner was made in the Strassacker art foundry for the Reutlingen Business School, which was named after Theodor Heuss on June 7, 1961 . Heuss himself wrote about it: “Yesterday morning (with Mrs. Steins) in Süßen near Göppingen, bronze foundry, where the bust (by me) was cast for Reutlingen - they want to give me one too. (It is not 'brilliant', but very solid). Now that's one thing that I liked. "

A copy of this bust was donated to the city of Reutlingen from the estate of the former Prime Minister Gebhard Müller. It is now in the town hall.

Medals and commemorative coins

• 1924: Medal for services to the Zeppelin-Eckener donation . Cast bronze medal. Ecker's head to the left / Unclothed man in front of stylized waves and airship.
• 1930: End of the occupation of the Rhineland, silver medal and bronze medal 1930. Front two clapping hands, back two bells and a poem:

Hear what the bell on the Rhine speaks

Children and grandchildren don't forget!

What we will do in twelve bitter years

because some broke in pain

suffered in the Rhineland

in white and black disgrace

Let it be a sacred legacy to us

consecrated with blood and tears

We were we are

and we stay

German forever "

• 1931: University of Frankfurt am Main, Faculty of Economics, Faculty Medal.
• 1953: German Ski Championships Baiersbronn, one-sided cast bronze medal.
• 1960: Commemorative medal for the wedding of Diane Princess of France and Carl Herzog von Württemberg. Reliefs of the married couple, looking to the left, she behind, he in the foreground, covering half of them. Back of the crown, Württemberg coat of arms, French coat of arms with three lilies.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cominpage: Heimat- und Museumsverein Freudenstadt eV Accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
2. ^ The Great German Art Exhibitions 1937 ?? 1944/45. Retrieved May 24, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Cenotaph for those who fell in the world wars | Altensteig district of Calw, Walddorf (Altensteig) | David Fahrner | Image index of art & architecture - Image index of art & architecture - Homepage Image index. Retrieved May 24, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Neptune Fountain - TUEpedia. Retrieved May 24, 2018 . 
5. ^ Betzingen Cemetery | Technical operations services Reutlingen (TBR) - from waste management to winter services. Retrieved May 24, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Today is All Souls Day. Retrieved May 24, 2018 . 
7. ^ Fischerin-Brunnen, David Fahrner | ART! CITY! BASKING! Retrieved on May 25, 2018 (German). 
8. ↑ Standing girl - The Great German Art Exhibitions 1937 - 1944/45. Retrieved May 18, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Female nude with flute by David Fahrner. Retrieved May 25, 2018 . 
10. ↑ DAVID FAHRNER BRONZE FIGURE OF A LITTLE BOY | eBay. Retrieved June 12, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Exhibition in the museum in Freudenstadt commemorates the work of the honorary citizen Hermann Saam . In: Neckar Chronicle online . ( neckar-chronik.de [accessed on May 25, 2018]).
12. ^ Frieder Günther: Theodor Heuss, Privatier and Elder Statesman . De Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-598-25129-0 , pp. 369 .
13. ↑ Portrait bust of Theodor Heuss made by David Fahrner, placed in Reutlingen Town Hall - German Digital Library. Retrieved May 24, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Two commemorative medals in a jewelry box: In memory of the liberation ceremony in Worms on July 1st, 1930 * Ludwig Freiherr Heyl zu Herrnsheim - German Digital Library. Retrieved June 11, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Faculty Medal . In: Faculty 02 - Economics . December 21, 2017 ( uni-frankfurt.de [accessed May 25, 2018]).

Web links

Commons : David Fahrner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Article about David Fahrner in the Schwarzwälder Boten