Emanuel Semper

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Emanuel Semper (born December 6, 1848 in Dresden , † November 16, 1911 in Dessau ) was a German sculptor .

Life

He was the sixth child of the architect Gottfried Semper and his wife Bertha Thimmig. From 1871 to 1878 he and his brother Manfred Semper managed the construction of the new opera house in Dresden , which was built according to his father's plans, and was responsible in particular for the design of the building decoration.

In 1881 he was appointed professor and appointed to the Prussian building, drawing and modeling school in Erfurt . However, the school was closed again after three years. He then worked as a freelance sculptor.

Emanuel Semper died at the age of 62. His final resting place is in Cemetery III in Dessau-Roßlau .

Works

The grave of Emanuel Semper in Dessau
  • 1871–1878 building decoration of the second Semperoper in Dresden
  • 1903 Peter figure and tympanum relief at the Petruskirche Dessau
  • 1903 Fountain with a monument to a beaver hunter in Dessau
  • 1905 Roland statue at the commercial secondary school in Dessau (today building of the Philanthropinum grammar school )
  • 1907 Seated figure by Gottfried Semper, Semperhaus Hamburg
  • ?? Bust of Richard Wagner in Leipzig
  • 1907 fountain at the city swimming pool in Dessau
  • ?? August Klughardt's tomb
  • ?? Design of the tomb for his father Gottfried Semper
  • ?? Bronze plaque on Friedrich Brümmer's grave in Cemetery III in Dessau

photos

  • Tympanum relief and figure of Peter

  • Beaver fountain on the radio station

  • Base of the destroyed Roland statue

  • Fountain at the city swimming pool

  • August Klughardt's grave

  • Gottfried Semper's grave complex

  • Bronze plaque on Friedrich Brümmer's grave

literature

  • Roland Oßmann: The tradition of training construction specialists in Erfurt - forerunner of the Erfurt University of Applied Sciences. In: ARC, 20 years course at the FH Erfurt. Erfurt 2011.

Web links

Commons : Emanuel Semper  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Emanuel Semper
  2. ↑ a b c d Hans-Joachim Mellies: People and personalities, explorations on the Dessau cemetery III. Jonitzer Verlag, Dessau 2014, ISBN 978-3-945927-01-4 .
personal data
SURNAME Semper, Emanuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1911
Place of death Dessau