Erich Hoffmann (sculptor)

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Erich Hoffmann

Erich Hoffmann (born June 10, 1910 in Kaiserslautern , † July 15, 1967 in Munich ) was a German freelance artist in the field of monumental and architectural sculpture.

Life

After the journeyman's examination in stone sculpture, Erich Hoffmann moved to Munich in 1932 and studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he was a master student of Joseph Wackerle until 1939 . Among other things, he was involved in the execution of the Neptune Fountain (Munich) . After a serious wound in World War II , Erich Hoffmann returned to Munich in 1948, where he worked as a freelance sculptor from 1950. His grave is in the Munich North Cemetery .

Work (selection)

Dutch girl with clogs
  • River god with pike (1954), Herzogenauracher Damm, Erlangen
  • Delphinbrunnen (1962), Kaulbachstrasse , Munich
  • Little mermaid
  • Dutch girl with clogs (1955), Hollandstrasse, Munich-Schwabing
  • The Three Wise Men (1965) Ingolstadt
  • Boy with Fish (1963) Ingolstadt, corner of Donaustraße / Steuartstraße
  • Shepherd with staff, dog and sheep
  • The fighter

literature

  • Adolf Schwammberger: Fürth from A to Z: a ​​history dictionary. Verlag für Kunstreproduktionen Christoph Schmidt 1968 ISBN 3-923-0063-30 , p. 235.
  • Helmut Weihsmann: Building under the swastika: architecture of decline. Verlag Promedia 1998, ISBN 3-853-7111-38 , p. 194.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matriculation database - Academy of Fine Arts Munich. Retrieved December 22, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ exact date of death so far without reference to the source
  3. ^ Academy of Fine Arts Munich - 00100 Erich Hoffmann, Matrikelbuch 6, 1931-1935
  4. ^ Ministry of Public Works, Prussia (Germany) Ministry of Finance: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 58. Verlag Ernst and Korn 1938, pp. 992–994.
  5. ↑ Munich cemetery culture
  6. ^ Art in Erlangen
  7. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 30, 2014: The mermaid sculpture by Erich Hoffmann is back
  8. ↑ Johannes Hauser: Why are maraboos sitting on the fountain in front of the high school? In: Donaukurier. April 3, 2012, accessed December 20, 2017 .
  9. ^ House of German Art: "HDK 329 Erich Hoffmann The Fighter"
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German freelance artist in the field of monumental and architectural sculpture
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiserslautern
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1967
Place of death Munich