Erich Schmidt-Kabul

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Erich Schmidt-Kabul, born Erich Schmidt (born June 9, 1897 in Stettin ; † May 6, 1961 in Kiel ), was a German sculptor .

Life

After an apprenticeship as a stonemason at Zeidler & Wimmel in Bunzlau, Erich Schmidt attended the teaching institute of the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin from 1920, and from 1924 the United State Schools for Free and Applied Arts (today Berlin University of the Arts ). However, due to mental illness, he had to repeatedly interrupt his training. In 1925 his teacher Hermann Hosaeus involved him in the execution of the monumental lion monument for fallen students from the corps at the Rudelsburg near Bad Kösen.

From 1927 until the fall of King Amanullah , he was involved in making architectural jewelry for the Darul Aman Palace in Afghanistan and has been called Erich Schmidt-Kabul ever since. When he returned to Berlin, he took part in the competition for an imperial memorial for the fallen soldiers of the First World War , which Bad Berta had planned but never realized.

After a stay in the psychiatric clinic at Kiel University , he was forcibly sterilized on the basis of the “ Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases ” on January 1, 1934 . In 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942 and 1944 he was represented with animal figures at the Great German Art Exhibitions in the Haus der Kunst in Munich.

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Sculpture shipyard workers , 1939/40, photo by Friedrich Magnussen, 1974

Schmidt-Kabul created mostly building-related works. After the " seizure of power ", he made numerous National Socialist emblems on barracks and public buildings. As a freelance sculptor, he mainly created animal figures.

Works

  • 1936: " Hans im Glück " and " Goldmarie " Kieler Spar- und Leihkasse, destroyed in the war
  • 1936: “Zeitungsente” publishing house for the Kieler Latest News, destroyed in the war
  • 1937: bust of Hitler
  • 1939: Relief portrait of the local group leader Joachim Meyer-Quade
  • 1939/40: "Sailor" and "shipyard worker" (artificial stone) at the former naval arsenal in Kiel
  • 1949: Pelican for fountain system in the Eichhof cemetery in Kiel

literature

  • Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer: Erich Schmidt-Kabul. In: Ders .: Kiel artist. Vol. 3: In the Weimar Republic and National Socialism 1918–1945. Heide 2019, ISBN 978-3-8042-1493-4 , pp. 359-377.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Documents on this in the Erich Schmidt-Kabul estate in the Kiel City and Maritime Museum
  2. ↑ gdk–research.de
  3. ^ Ute Beckmann: Sculpture in Schleswig-Holstein 1933–1945. In: Bärbel Mantiz, Thomas Al. Greifeld (ed.): Art without a museum. Contributions to art in Schleswig-Holstein 1933–1945. Heide 1993, ISBN 3-8042-0602-6 , pp. 72-79.
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt-Kabul, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt, Erich (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1961
Place of death Kiel