Carl Dopmeyer
Carl Dopmeyer (born October 24, 1824 in Springe ; † November 9, 1899 in Hanover ) was a German sculptor .
Life
After seven years of training, including with the Hanoverian sculptor Heinrich Ludwig August Hengst , Dopmeyer studied with a scholarship from the Hanoverian king 1851–56 at the Munich Art Academy . Then he worked in Hanover until his death . From 1856 he was a member of the Hanover Art Association . He often created his visual works in collaboration with the architects of the Hanover School , for example with Christoph Hehl , in his later creative years mainly fountains and monuments. Many of his sculptures, created around the turn of the century, still shape the cityscape of Hanover today.
Michel Lock worked in Dopmeyer's workshop between 1866 and December 1868 .
Works (selection)
- Schiller sculpture on the entrance hall of the Hanover Opera House (1852)
- Statues of Dürer, Vischer, Leibniz and Humboldt on the facade of the Künstlerhaus (1855)
- Tympanum fields of the southern and northern transept portal of the Christ Church in Hanover (around 1860)
- Bödeker monument, at the Marktkirche Hanover (tower north side), Hanns-Lilje-Platz (1880, for the Hanoverian pastor and benefactor Hermann Wilhelm Bödeker )
- Burckhardt Monument , Hanover, Vordere Eilenriede (1883, for the forester Heinrich Christian Burckhardt , 1859–79 head of the Hanoverian forest administration)
River water art by Hubert Stier on Friederikenplatz with the water tower by Dopmeyer, in front of it the monumental fountain by Karl Gundelach (bowl today on the Klagesmarkt ).
- Sandstone sculpture above the main entrance of the Trinity Church in Hanover (around 1882)
- Ernst von Malortie's tomb (1886), in the Herrenhausen cemetery
- Figures on the facade of Bremen Central Station (around 1889) with Diedrich Samuel Kropp
- Four heads of river gods, Hanover, at the Lower Saxony state parliament , Friederikenplatz (1890, from the former river water art ) [see: List of buildings that have disappeared from old Hanover , 1897]
- Gutenberg Fountain , on Friedrichswall (1890), today the Gutenberg Monument in Schloßwender Strasse
- Statues of saints at the St. Elisabeth Church Hanover (by Christoph Hehl ), Gellertstrasse (1895, above the entrance hall)
- Portal tympanum and St. Martin's scene at St. Martin's Church in Nörten-Hardenberg
- Luther sculpture on the entrance portal of the Luther Church (1898), destroyed on March 25, 1945
- Gänseliesel fountain , Hanover, Goseriede ( Steintor) (1898)
- Luther Monument , Am Markt (started in 1899, completed by Ferdinand Hartzer )
- Bronze statuette of Ernst von Malortie in the Hanover Historical Museum
- Candelabra with mythical creatures on the segment arch bridge Königsworther Straße, 1895–98
- Magnificent candelabra on the Königsworther Bridge
literature
- Wilhelm Rothert : General Hannoversche Biography Volume 1: Hannoversche men and women since 1866 , Sponholtz, Hannover 1912, pp. 112-116.
- Hugo Thielen : Dopmeyer, Carl . In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , pp. 97-98.
- Christian Klatt: Carl Dopmeyer and the St. Andreas Church in Springe. In: Springer Yearbook 2005 for the city and the old district of Springe . Springe 2005, pp. 30-33.
- Eva Himmelreich: the life and work of the Springe-born sculptor Carl Dopmeyer. In: Springer Yearbook 2005 for the city and the old district of Springe. Springe 2005, pp. 34-45.
- Hans Josef Böker : The portal sculptures of the Christ Church in Hanover. Additions to the work of the Cologne cathedral sculptors Christian Mohr, Peter Fuchs and Edmund Renard. In: Low German contributions to art history 24 (1985), pp. 185–200.
Web links
Commons : Carl Dopmeyer - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Josef Böker: The portal sculptures of the Christ Church in Hanover: additions to the work of the Cologne cathedral sculptors Christian Mohr, Peter Fuchs and Edmund Renard. In: Low German Contributions to Art History 24 (1985), p. 198.
- ↑ see this photo with the - misspelled - inscription “C. DOPPMEYER 1886 FEC "
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dopmeyer, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jump |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1899 |
| Place of death | Hanover |